| The Family Stone (2005)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Claire Danes |
Julie Morton
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| Diane Keaton |
Sybil Stone
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| Rachel McAdams |
Amy Stone
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| Dermot Mulroney |
Everett Stone
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| Craig T. Nelson |
Kelly Stone
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| Sarah Jessica Parker |
Meredith Morton
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| Luke Wilson |
Ben Stone
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| Tyrone Giordano |
Thad Stone
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| Brian J. White |
Patrick Thomas
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| Elizabeth Reaser |
Susannah Stone Trousdale
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| Plot |
| 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 fiancé 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 |
| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Comedy; Drama; Romance |
| Director |
Thomas Bezucha |
| Producer |
Khristina Kravas; Michael London |
| Writer |
Thomas Bezucha |
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| Studio |
20th Century Fox |
| Country |
USA
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| Language |
American Sign Language |
| Audience Rating |
PG-13 |
| Running Time |
102 mins |
| Movie Release Date |
12/16/2005 |
| Color |
Color |
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| Personal Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
812 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Purchase Date |
10/24/2006 |
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| Product Details |
| Region |
 Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
 1.85:1 |
| Layers |
Single Side, Dual Layer |
| UPC (Barcode) |
024543234029 |
| Release Date |
5/2/2006 |
| Subtitles |
English; Spanish |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
 ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC]
FRENCH: Dolby Digital Surround
SPANISH: Dolby Digital Surround |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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Commentary by Sarah Jessica Parker and Dermot Mulroney
Commentary by director Thomas Bezucha, producer Michael London, editor Jeffrey Ford and production designer Jane Ann Stewart
6 Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary by director Thomas Bezucha and editor Jeffrey Ford
Fox Movie Channel presents: Casting Session
Fox Movie Channel presents: World Premiere
Behind the Scenes Featurette
Q&A with the Cast at the Screen Actor's Guild Theatre
Outrageous Gag Reel
"Morton Family Strata" Recipe & More! |
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