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The Family Stone (2005)

December. 15,2005
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6.3
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PG-13
| Drama Comedy Romance
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An uptight, conservative businesswoman accompanies her boyfriend to his eccentric and outgoing family's annual Christmas celebration and finds that she's a fish out of water in their free-spirited way of life.

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SpuffyWeb
2005/12/15

Sadly Over-hyped

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Beanbioca
2005/12/16

As Good As It Gets

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BelSports
2005/12/17

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

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Fatma Suarez
2005/12/18

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

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jayonceable
2005/12/19

At first I did not understand why the ratings much low. I was hoping to be romantic family film.However ... the most that bothered me in the film are mediocre attitude towards the future wife of a son / brother. Another thing that upset me and ruined me a feeling of Christmas and New Year's magic is the connection between Everett and Julie. Like ... what that ???? From this movie one may conclude Meredith loved Everett. She would not trying so hard in this desperate family if she didn't love him. One thing I can say I hate this movie,this movie left me feeling of disgust.

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KissEnglishPasto
2005/12/20

......................................................from Pasto,Colombia...Via: L.A. CA., CALI, COLOMBIA and ORLANDO, FL ***** This Review May Contain MINOR Spoilers! ***** The Previews of The Family Stone seemed to hold out the promise of a genuinely light and thoroughly amusing comedy, perhaps a bit over-the-top, but focused on the cultural differences between a very liberal family, (giving the impression that the parents were, perhaps, "Hippies" back in the 60's) and a super-conservative and tightly wound woman, engaged to one of their sons.The problem is that the film showcased in the theatrical trailer plus the marketing campaign launched to promote it, vs. the actual movie you see in the theater have absolutely nothing in common! Unfortunately, previews sole raison d'etre apparently is to get people into the theater. It doesn't seem to matter in the least to these people if the expectation generated by the short is totally out of sync with the experience given by the film.Thusly, it is easy to understand the plethora of reviewers who were livid with these bait and switch tactics! At its core, Family Stone is much more of a serious film that attempts to underscore the importance of cohesive family life, and how family unity can overcome obstacles that initially seem insurmountable, such as sharing and then getting over the pain of the loss of one of their own.The cast is remarkable. Sarah Jessica Parker, Luke Wilson, Dermot Mulroney, Claire Danes, Diane Keaton, Rachel McAdams and Craig T. Nelson. Almost all of them renowned actors, who conform a superb ensemble cast. If you enjoy family dramas with a healthy dose of comic relief, Family Stone is far and away better than most films of its kind… 8* STARS...,.ENJOY/DISFRUTELA! Any comments, questions or observations, in English o en Español, are most welcome!

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Mentat57
2005/12/21

This movie just fails to capture my interest. I suppose a lot of it has to do with the fact that it is such a politically correct movie, they include almost all the stereotypes into the mix: The angelic gay couple, that you cannot wish someone a Merry Christmas but have to say "Happy Holidays", and the twists in the plot as well which I will not go into details about here, etc.It just disturbs me and I guess a large part of it is that I cannot identify myself with anyone in the cast. If you are an clear case liberal, you might enjoy it. If you are a republican, you will probably not.

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tfrielin
2005/12/22

Everything you need to know about this movie in particular, and the Liberal mindset in general, is contained in that scene at the dinner table where the Sara Jessica Parker character opines about Gays or something in a mildly politically incorrect way and the Craig Nelson character slams his palm down on the dinner table and basically yells at her to "get out of my house".Such is the closed mindedness of the Liberals and the true meaning of their concept of "Diversity". Diversity to them means the opposite of the actual meaning of the word---you have to toe the line on their closed-minded construct of "Diversity" and if you wander off the reservation (as in this scene) you are kicked out of the herd. Spend Christmas with this bunch? No, I don't think so...

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