The Family Stone (Widescreen
Edition) starring Dermot Mulroney,
Sarah Jessica Parker, Claire Danes,
Diane Keaton, Rachel McAdams
Great Movie
For anyone who views holiday gatherings with equal parts joy and dread,
The Family Stone offers plenty of comedy to identify with. Writer -director
Thomas Bezuchas slapstick premise begins when Everett (Dermot
Mulroney) brings his fiancé Meredith (Sarah Jessica Parker) home to meet
his family for Christmas. Its an instant disaster when parents Sybil (Diane
Keaton) and Kelly (Craig T. Nelson) agree with their gay, deaf son Thad
(Ty Giordano, who is actually hearing impaired), pot-smoking son Ben
(Luke Wilson) and daughters Amy (Rachel McAdams) and Susannah
(Elizabeth Reaser) that Meredith is way too uptight to be welcomed into
their family. Meredith recruits her sister Julie (Claire Danes) to help her
thaw the Stone family cold front, and after building a solid emotional
foundation for his holiday comedy, Bezucha starts to stack the deck with
plot developments that, while heartwarming, border on the absurd. You
either go with the movies flow or you dont, and with this appealing cast
(featuring some really nice work by Keaton, Nelson, Parker and Danes) its
easy to forgive Bezuchas unlikely blend of yuletide cheer, petty
animosities, and romantic tables turned in the blink of an eye. Toss in a
case of terminal illness and youve got a sad-happy tearjerker that works in
spite of itself. If you dont recognize at least part of your own holiday clan in
The Family Stone, you probably havent been paying attention. --Jeff
Shannon
This movie was more then what I expected in a great way. After watching
it, it reminded me of my family in allot of ways. Although it is a holiday
movie to some respect, I watch it all year long. You have a family that is
close and always knows best, not afraid to voice there opinions even
though it might hurt, and while all this is going on you have two people that
find the loves of there lives and again it comes back to the family being
right. If this reminds you of your family then I know you will love t he movie,
if it doesnt I still think it is a movie to see. I was hesitant to see this movie
because of what people had said and then I saw it and now it is one of my
favorites to watch.
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