The Family Stone (Full Screen Edition) | 
| Director: Thomas Bezucha
Actors: Dermot Mulroney, Sarah Jessica Parker, Claire Danes, Diane Keaton, Rachel Mcadams
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
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Rating:  242 reviews
Sales Rank: 10245
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 103 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: D2233414D
UPC: 024543234142
EAN: 0024543234142
ASIN: B000EMGJ72
Theatrical Release Date: December 16, 2005
Release Date: May 2, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
JOIN THE ECCENTRIC STONE FAMILY FOR A HOLDAY GATHERING FILLED WITH UNEXPECTED SURPRISES. BEFORE THE FESTIVITIES ARE OVER, LOVE AFFAIRS WILL UNRAVEL, NEW ONES WILL FORM, OUTRAGEOUS SECRETS WILL BE REVEALED & THE FAMILY WILL COME TOGETHER LIKE NEVER BEFORE.
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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 fiance 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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A Good Attempt June 18, 2009
jessjess
This movie isn't terrible--there are some scenes that work quite well. It's certainly not bad enough for a one or two star rating, but I found it to definitely have it's problems.
1. I found many of the characters to be a little TOO over the top, all extremes of their stereotypes. Meredith played the role of the prudish, tight, ultra conservative, Amy is the messy quick witted liberal college student with a chip on her shoulder, and Sybil is the free thinking liberal mom who supports her children in whatever they do with little moral guidance. There's also the slacker stoner, but surprisingly introspective, brother, and the gay deaf brother in a biracial relationship.
2. There seems to be a major identity crisis in this movie. Rewatching the trailer just now, my belief is confirmed that this movie was advertised as a romantic COMEDY, but ends up missing the mark. So if that's what you are expecting--be ye warned. It seemed to try to be both a social commentary/drama and a romantic comedy. In the end, for this particular movie, I didn't find the two to balance out.
3. The underlying conflict between conservatism and liberalism is too exaggerated. While at first it seems to serve as a forum to put conservatives in their place, in the end, it's the liberals who get the wrist slap. The whole conflict ends up being too contrived and forced, and both sides seem to be the worst versions of themselves. I find the lack of tact and hospitality shown by the Stone family to be unrealistic and unfair.
4. Nothing against Claire Danes or the character of Meredith, but I hate how Meredith is used in the story. Her presence in every scene was just uncomfortable. She came there to give support to her sister, and throughout, did nothing of the sort, and didn't seem to make much attempt to do so.
5. This last one is just a bit of a pet peeve. I didn't find Rachel McAdams character quite as major as to be so high on the billing. Were they trying to coast on her previous successes?
 Family Stone presents a wrong message to family systems May 4, 2009
Ramonita Diaz Jimenez
The movie Family Stone present a wrong message to family systems.
The union of a man and a woman in marriage is the center of a real family and contributes to life reproduction. Presents false information about homosexuality.
 Great! April 5, 2009
Charlotte Ann Lee (Outer Banks, NC)
This is one of those "real family" movies! Received in a timely fashion and in good condition!
Great Christmas Story March 22, 2009
Lilian Zakia (Methuen,MA USA)
This is a great Christmas story.Not just fuzzy,cutesy but a look at the problems of an average family trying to get through the stress of the season.I enjoyed it very much.
Just a little off February 19, 2009
Bradley F. Smith (Miami Beach, FL)
A real tearjerker, this all-star ensemble movie just misses because there's something slightly false at its core. You're never sure exactly what keeps the family so close, and their antipathy towards the Sarah Jessica Parker uptight character doesn't make a whole lot of sense, other than that she is played as an unlikeable person. It's also not much of a comedy, so what is it exactly? That's the problem here. Still, it's an interesting watch.
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