The Family Stone

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This film should have been excellent! The cast is amazing and the plot not completely unworkable but yet this film lack any drive or direction. I had hope better for SJPs first big film role after Sex and the City but alas I'm holding out for the next one...

It was a better movie than I thought. This looked like a basic love-story-drama, but it ended up being more. Sure, it wasn't excellent, but it was better than just average. Make sure to watch it all the way through too, just so you can see what happens. You might be surprised, you might like it too.

"We will try to welcome her back in, like a civilized family might."

It's difficult to pinpoint all of the reasons why The Family Stone is such a disenchanting flick. With an ensemble of talented performers and a promising set-up for a solid dramedy, it had the potential to be a brilliant, poignant Christmas movie. Alas, the resulting flick is a far cry from what it should have been... read more

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.