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The Family Stone

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5.2
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Original title
The Family Stone
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102 min.
Country
United States United States
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Genre
Comedy. Drama. Romance | Family Relationships
Synopsis
A Manhattan career woman (Sarah Jessica Parker) gets a cold reception from his fiance's family... The Family Stone is a story about an annual gathering of an unconventional New England family. Before the holidays are done, relationships will unravel while new ones are formed, secrets will be revealed and the Stone family will come together through its extraordinary capacity for love.
Awards
2005: Nominated for Golden Globe: Best Actress Comedy or Musical (Sarah Jessica Parker)
2005: New York Film Critics Circle: Nominated for Best Supporting Actress (Keaton)
2005: Satellite Awards: 3 nominations
Critics' reviews
  • "As stuffed with beguiling performances - some of them unexpectedly good - as its script is overstuffed."
  • "A potentially interesting tale flailing haplessly in the quicksand of holiday-movie formula."
  • "There are many ways to define the shrieking awfulness of The Family Stone, from the general lack of wit to the cheap exploitation of cancer to its casual cruelty"
  • "The potential for moral confusion in a liberal-minded family is scrutinized with more ambiguity in this good-natured comic subversion of the holiday get-together."
  • "Parker has a great time being the anti–Carrie Bradshaw while Keaton-as-matriarch is a particular joy -- funny, beautiful, elegant, touching, and at ease with a familiar, get-out-your-hankies holiday subplot."
  • "This is the best adult holiday film in a while."
  • "Spends too much time on unconvincing romantic-comedy contrivances to be consistently engaging."
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User history
The Family Stone
2005
Thomas Bezucha
5.2
(13,425)
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