Family Stone, The [2005] [DVD]

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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 fiancé 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, 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 movie's flow or you don't, and with this appealing cast (featuring some really nice work by Keaton, Nelson, Parker and Danes) 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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Destined to be a classic, Thomas Bezucha's dazzling dramedy, THE FAMILY STONE, manages to be both warm-hearted and sentimental while possessing a razor-sharp hilarious mean streak. The fairly conventional story centres on Sarah Jessica Parker's uptight career woman, Meredith, and her run-in with the eponymous Stone family (one wonders which came first, the title or the script). With her permanently pursed lips and severe bun, SJP looks and acts the anti-Carrie Bradshaw here as, armed with cell phone and business suit collection, she gears up to meet her fiance's oddball family, a tight-knit, colourful clan who border on bohemian. Matriarch Sybil (Diane Keaton) and patriarch Kelly (Craig T. Nelson) are a loving couple whose diverse children are clearly intimate and respectful progeny. When Meredith's humourless aura infects the homestead, it is mom Sybil and sister Amy (Rachel McAdams), sensing a romance mismatch and attack her venomously, sparking a tete-a-tete-a-tete between three fiesty females. While this Battle Royale wages, dramatic subplots brew in the backdrop, one involving the deaf and gay brother Thad's desire to adopt a child, and the other a rather devastating secret on the verge of exposure. It is in the emergence of Meredith's refreshingly calm and breezy younger sister Julie (Claire Danes), entering the film with a dramatic fall from a bus exit, that brings all conflict to a head.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   18 of 20 people found the following review helpful: 4.0 out of 5 stars Christmas Family "Fun?", 21 Nov 2006 By  Pete Kendricks "Movie & music buff" (Liverpool, UK) - See all my reviews A real, good, old fashioned family Christmas film, with a beginning, middle and end. The usual mix ups and a fairly predictable outcome. This film has a good cast, believable family situations, pathos, humour and good-guy, bad-guy characters. Above all it is a feel-good family Christmas film, and I for one enjoyed it immensely. Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)   15 of 17 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Give this one a go you won't regret it, 18 Sep 2006 By  L. Dyson "lissylee81" (UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)    I saw this film in the cinema and I loved it. Sarah Jessica Parker is superbly different from her sex and the city role which is why maybe some people are disappointed. But for me it showed she had good range and much more to offer. The cast is amazing, their is humour, and also situations you can relate to. Amazingly touching and real. This isn't supposed to be a laugh a minute film, but does have scenes to make you giggle, scenes to make you think and definitely gets a reaction from the audience. This film is so underated. Give it a go. Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)   11 of 13 people found the following review helpful: 4.0 out of 5 stars I didn't switch off, 13 Jun 2007 By  Mr. I. Thompson "France Gall's biggest fan" (UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)    I'm 60 years old with a short attention span. My wife often complains when watching a film that I fall asleep or go off and do something else. For some reason this film caught my attention and I enjoyed staying with it. I did laugh aloud quite often and found it a thoroughly entertaining couple of hours. I recommend it to others like myself! Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this) Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review › See all 34 customer reviews...		Ad feedback   Most Recent Customer Reviews 3.0 out of 5 stars Good festive fayre!! Highly watchable film with for the silly season. Diane Keaton is great as usual in a familiar mother role. Read more Published 6 months ago by Sean Murray 4.0 out of 5 stars Does Anyone Know...? Does anyone know what the xmas movie is called that the daughter (suzanna) is watching? Published 6 months ago by Ms. S. Goodbody 2.0 out of 5 stars Stone Age Christmas time is all about sharing, enjoying being with the family or a partner, and just generally having fun, watching children as they delight over their new big toys and run... Read more Published 6 months ago by DL Productions UK 4.0 out of 5 stars A different kind of Xmas Family gathering What happens when the son brings home for X-mas a girl he wants to marry and the family thinks her utterly unsuitable for him and the family? Read more Published 11 months ago by Klaus van Amelrode 4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable chick-flick with rather predictable ending My title kinda sums up my thoughts about this film. I somehow missed it on cinema release and watched it with a friend, under the influence of a lot of G&T on New Year's Eve... Read more Published 18 months ago by Meerkat 3.0 out of 5 stars A big disappointment When I saw the trailer of this movie in the cinemas, I couldn't wait Christmas to see the movie, but when it came out and I saw it, I was disappointed. Read more Published 20 months ago by Stella Balogh 5.0 out of 5 stars A near perfect film this film is beautiful in so many ways, beatifully acted , great script, funny touching, moving, real, one of those films that stands high above others in in excellence, very... Read more Published 22 months ago by C. Hayward 5.0 out of 5 stars A real Christmas Classic! If you really like a Christmas film - one thats funny, light hearted, a real Christmas Classic then "The Family stone" is something you really need on your shelf!!! Read more Published 22 months ago by J. Stone 1.0 out of 5 stars Please don't waste your valuable time I felt compelled to write this review as I watched this film that was supposedly a 'heart-warming comedy' and was utterly disappointed. Read more Published 24 months ago by Sphinx 5.0 out of 5 stars Great! An excellent film, vastly underrated in my view. A really good film for Christmas, it has everything. Read more Published on 2 Jun 2007 by M. Donnelly Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews › See all 34 customer reviews...

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