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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 Bezucha's slapstick premise begins when Everett (Dermot Mulroney) brings his fiancée Meredith (Sarah Jessica Parker) home to meet his family for Christmas. It's 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. After building this 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 movie's flow or you don't, and with this appealing cast it's easy to forgive Bezucha's 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 you've got a sad-happy tearjerker that works in spite of itself. If you don't recognize at least part of your own holiday clan in The Family Stone, you probably haven't been paying attention. --Jeff Shannon
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Sarah Jessica Parker, Diane Keaton, and Rachel McAdams lead an all-star cast in The Family Stone. Join the eccentric Stone family for a holiday gathering filled with unexpected surprises. Before the festivities are over, love affairs will unravel, new ones will form, outrageous secrets will be revealed and the family will come together like never before.
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By Jdkmoon
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This is one of my favorite movies. A very heartfelt movie and it makes me cry every time. One of my favs to watch during the holiday season.
By Sparkle
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This is a great little Christmas film, something I want to watch every year. It's a very touching film about family and love and set against a Christmas backdrop.
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Excellente condition
Le DVD est arrivé très rapidement et en très bon état; je suis très satisfait de mon achat, je recommande le site Amazon !
Published 17 months ago by Marco
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Movie. Whether it's Christmas or not!
Thie review it for Fox Video 2006 Widescreen DVD release of The Family Stone.
Quailty of the dvd is flawless as you'd expect. Read more
Quailty of the dvd is flawless as you'd expect. Read more
Published 23 months ago by ElyseAli
3.0 out of 5 stars
Great Christmas Movie
The Family Stone is a funny, engaging, feel-good chick flick for the Holidays. You know what to expect but it still exudes warmth and a sense of fun. I just love the family!
Published on Jan 23 2011 by sw
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Great christmas movie
Great actors and great storyline. I really like this movie, especially at Christmas time, it puts you in the right mood for it. Read more
Published on Feb 16 2009 by Johanne Lacroix
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fortunately the trailer does not give away why this holiday film works
I watched "The Family Stone" with some trepidation because while I knew it had this great ensemble cast the trailer made it clear that this holiday film was going to go to engage... Read more
Published on July 12 2006 by Lawrance M. Bernabo
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