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More recently, tackles the stepsibling from hell. Hailee Steinfeld’s Nadine is already grieving her father when her mother starts dating, then marries, the father of her classmate. Suddenly, the annoying kid at school becomes her stepbrother. The film doesn't sugarcoat the horror. For a year, they ignore, mock, and betray each other. The reconciliation doesn't come from a forced hug but from a quiet moment of shared survival. It’s messy, delayed, and earned.