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The Family Stone [Widescreen]

Actor(s): Claire Danes, Diane Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Dermot Mulroney, Craig T. Nelson
Director(s): Thomas Bezucha
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Movie Details

MPAA Rating: PG-13
Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Adult Humor, Profanity, Sexual Situations, Drug Content
Movie Release: 2005
DVD Release: 05/02/2006
Format: DVD - Color - Closed Captioned
Edition: Dual Layered
Audio Tracks: English, French, Spanish
Subtitles: English, Spanish
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 1 hrs 43 mins
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Total Copies: 58
Genres: Comedy Drama, Romantic Comedy, Comedy of Manners, Domestic Comedy, Holiday Film
See Also: The Family Stone [Fullscreen], The Family Stone [O-Ring Packaging]

DVD Synopsis

A woman meets her future in-laws and discovers they don't much care for her in this comedy from writer and director Thomas Bezucha. Everett Stone (Dermot Mulroney) is a successful young businessman who is dating Meredith Morton (Sarah Jessica Parker), and has asked her to spend Christmas with his family, with plans to ask his mother Sybil (Diane Keaton) for the titular family wedding band and propose to Meredith on Christmas. Meredith is more than a bit nervous about meeting Everett's folks, and things only get worse when they arrive -- Meredith is by her nature straight-laced and a bit uptight around strangers, while Sybil and family patriarch Kelly (Craig T. Nelson) are free-thinkers who, except for Everett, have raised a family of cheerfully rebellious children, most notably younger daughter Amy (Rachel McAdams), older brother Ben (Luke Wilson), and adopted sibling Thad (Tyrone Giordano, who is both deaf and gay.
Meredith and the Stone family do not get along well at first, especially Sybil, who is appalled at the prospect of Everett giving Meredith the family's heirloom wedding ring; in dire need of moral support, Meredith asks her younger sister, Julie (Claire Danes), to join her for Christmas with the Stones. However, the plan runs into a snag when Everett's head is turned by pretty Julie, and Meredith finds herself on the receiving end of attention from slobby Ben. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Actors

Claire Danes - Julie Morton
Diane Keaton - Sybil Stone
Rachel McAdams - Amy Stone
Dermot Mulroney - Everett Stone
Craig T. Nelson - Kelly Stone
Sarah Jessica Parker - Meredith Morton
Luke Wilson - Ben Stone

Member Movie Reviews

Alice H. (singlegalkansas) from TOPEKA, KS wrote on 7/19/2009...

1 of 1 member(s) found this review helpful.

This was not a great movie at all. Somewhat more depressing than I would have cared for, for a movie that is suppose to be for the holiday season.

Julie D. (juliehdavis) from HULL, GA wrote on 2/10/2009...

3 of 3 member(s) found this review helpful.

This was a really nice movie. Luke Wilson was adorable as the fun-loving, easy-going brother; Claire Danes was terrific as the level-headed, part-therapist sister; Diane Keaton was wonderful as the family matriarch; and I just loved Craig T. Nelson as the father. Sarah Jessica Parker was really cute in this role, but in my opinion, not at her best. I would definitely recommend this movie to others. I liked it a lot, but it did not quite make it into my top 10.