Directed by:
Andrew CurrieScreenplay:
Robyn HardingCast:
Emmanuelle Chriqui, James Brolin, Jason Ritter, Christine Lahti, Rainbow Sun Francks, Naomi Snieckus, Steven McCarthy, Kate Corbett, Bart Badzioch (more)Plots(1)
As The Steps opens, we meet failed investment banker Jeff (Jason Ritter) and his party-animal sister Marla (Emmanuelle Chriqui), New Yorkers who've been invited by their publishing-magnate father, Ed (James Brolin), to visit his cottage in Northern Ontario. They're infuriated, terrified and appalled — to them, Canada is even a bigger wasteland than Wyoming. Since their father married Sherry (Christine Lahti), a woman with a chequered past and children by three different men, they've been worried they may never see any of their father's fortune. Jeff and Marla head for Georgian Bay and find that things are worse than anticipated. Sherry's crew of offspring would have to step up their game seriously just to reach the "motley" level. Keith (Steven McCarthy) is an unemployed musician who was kicked out of the emerging band and he was in; Samir (Vinay Virmani) is a pot dealer and full-time stoner; and though eldest son David (Benjamin Arthur) may have the second-largest paintball field in all of Ontario, he also seems to have fairly serious rage issues. And now Sherry and Ed are planning on a few changes to their family that may leave Jeff and Marla out in the cold. (Toronto International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Emmanuelle Chriqui
Canada
Best movies:
Harrison Bergeron (1995) (TV movie)
Cadillac Records (2008)
Detroit Rock City (1999)
James Brolin
USA
Best movies:
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Traffic (2000)
Von Ryan's Express (1965)
Jason Ritter
USA
Best movies:
You're Not You (2014)
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll (2009)
Brooklyn Brothers (2011)
Christine Lahti
USA
Best movies:
...And Justice for All (1979)
Running on Empty (1988)
8 (2012) (theatrical recording)
Rainbow Sun Francks
Canada
Best movies:
Stargate Atlantis: Rising (2004) (TV movie)
Murdoch Mysteries: Once Upon a Murdoch Christmas (2016) (TV movie)
Black Fox: The Price of Peace (1995) (TV movie)
Naomi Snieckus
Canada
Best movies:
Kiss and Cry (2017)
Saw 3D (2010)
Work It (2020)
Steven McCarthy
Best movies:
Under the Banner of Heaven (2022) (series)
The Murdoch Mysteries (2004) (series)
The Crossing (2000) (TV movie)
Kate Corbett
Best movies:
It: Chapter Two (2019)
Goalie (2019)
An Audience of Chairs (2018)
Bart Badzioch
Best movies:
The Steps (2015)
Gabrielle Miller
Canada
Best movies:
Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story (1997) (TV movie)
Trading Christmas (2011) (TV movie)
Corner Gas: The Movie (2014)
Benjamin Arthur
Best movies:
The Steps (2015)
Last Survivors (2021)
Vinay Virmani
Best movies:
The Steps (2015)
Rebecca Chan
Best movies:
The Steps (2015)