Wow, the other review sure spent more time and thought on the film than the filmmakers did. Stepsister is a more than competent effort. Well shot, solid performances, but frankly didn't add up to much. It certainly did NOT live up to it's pedigree. When I see a film has screened at Cannes and San Francisco International FF, I'm expecting something truly exceptional. Not a kind of meandering character piece that could've been fired off on a couple of afternoons. And frankly felt longer than it's 17 minutes. It was certainly worth a watch, but not much to get excited about. It's an issue I see again and again and one has to wonder about the incestuous nature of film festival programming.