My Stepfather (Cici Babam)

My Stepfather (Cici Babam) (translated)

Movie · 2018 · 14 people

BKM Film made Cici Babam, a Turkish comedy film directed by Meltem Bozoflu. It opened on April 20, 2018 and drew 440,458 admissions and roughly 5.18 million liras at the Turkish box office. Mars Entertainment Group distributed it. The "cici baba" of the title is the new father who joins the family when the mother remarries, and the comedy comes from the friction between the newcomer and the children.

The story begins with three grown siblings who have lost their father. When a new "cici baba" arrives in the family, things get complicated. He tries to win acceptance, while the siblings, who do not want their mother to marry, do everything they can to stop it. The cast includes Mahir İpek, Onur Buldu, Onur Atilla (as Mahmut), Meltem Yılmazkaya, Yasemin Çonka, Derya Karadaş, Burak Topaloğlu, Alper Kul, İrem Sak (Kurşuncu Şevkiye), Uğur Bilgin, Defne Yalnız, Derya Alabora, Kuvvet Yurdakul, Özgün Aydın, Aslı İnandık and Ayhan Sicimoğlu.

Murat Kepez, Eray Akyamaner, Sıla Çetindağ and Uğur Güvercin wrote the screenplay. Necati Akpınar produced, Türksoy Gölebeyi was the director of photography, and the music is credited to Sunay Özgür and Ender Akay. Ahmet Küçük and Mustafa Gökçen edited, Vahit Yazıcı handled art direction, Atilla Türkantöz designed the costumes and Elif Yakarçelik was line producer.

DirectorMeltem Bozoflu
Production companyBKM Film

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Also in the cast: Defne Yalnız, Kuvvet Yurdakul

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Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humour and heart.

A light comedy the whole household can sit down to. Three grown siblings do not want their mother to remarry, and the new stepfather keeps trying to win them over. It is a family tug-of-war, so grandparents and parents will follow it easily, and I do not expect heavy themes. The grown-up siblings' troubles may bore very small children, though. A good fit for a weekend evening with a full living room.

Yeşilçam Nostalgic A viewer raised on the classics, looking for warm storytelling and strong acting.

A mother remarrying while the children dig in their heels is just the sort of family matter Yeşilçam loved, so the premise feels familiar and warm. It is also good to see seasoned names such as Derya Alabora in the cast. Still, the delicate emotional balance of the old masters' comedies is hard to find in today's box-office comedies. If the siblings' scheming never goes beyond the noise of friction, what remains is a familiar mould rather than a film that warms the heart.

Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

Four writers share the screenplay, yet it rests on a single idea: the new stepfather and the siblings who resist him. The set-up is clear, but once the idea has been stated, his attempts to win acceptance and their attempts to block him risk becoming a predictable loop. How alive Meltem Bozoflu's direction and the large cast can keep that loop is the real test. Making room for the supporting characters falls to the editing, to Ahmet Küçük and Mustafa Gökçen, because a cast of this size scatters easily. Do not look for a strong cinematic language; this is a comedy that stays inside the formula's safe limits and tries to stand on rhythm and ensemble chemistry.

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