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The Family Stone [Fullscreen]

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: 33
Genres: Comedy Drama, Romantic Comedy, Comedy of Manners, Domestic Comedy, Holiday Film
See Also: The Family Stone [Widescreen], 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

Tami K. from CARROLLTON, TX wrote on 10/18/2009...

One of my favorite movies!! Great cast.

Susan G. (susanyogurt) from NEW BRAUNFELS, TX wrote on 2/19/2009...

2 of 2 member(s) found this review helpful.

I love all the actors in this movie so that probably swayed my opinion. There were a few strange scenes but overall I liked this movie. Sarah Jessica Parker is so pitiful in the beginning you just have to love her!

Duane S. (superpoet) from FORT WORTH, TX wrote on 7/5/2008...

0 of 2 member(s) found this review helpful.

This is the story of 2 young people who are about to be engaged. Dermot takes Sarah to his home for Christmas to meet his family before proposing. All heck breaks loose, because the sister who had met Sarah before has taken an instant dislike to her. The family follows suit and succeeds in upsetting Sarah so much that she leaves and stays in an inn. She comes back for a dinner and fires erupt again over homosexuality. Dermot's brother is gay and has a partner.Sarah runs out after stating her opinion. One of the brothers goes to get her. They end up getting sloshed at a local bar and end up in bed together. While she is gone, Dermot and Sarah's sister realize they are meant for each other. Dermot falls in love with Julie and Sarah falls in love with the brother.
I didn't like all the family bickering.