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Family Stone, The (2005)

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Release Date: December 16, 2005
On DVD: May 2, 2006
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Running Time: 102 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for some sexual content including dialogue, and drug references.
Director: Thomas Bezucha
Writer: Thomas Bezucha
Cast: Claire Danes, Tyrone Giordano, Diane Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Dermot Mulroney, Craig T. Nelson, Sarah Jessica Parker, Elizabeth Reaser, Paul Schneider, Brian J. White, Luke Wilson

The Stone family unites in common cause when their favorite son brings his uptight girlfriend home for the Christmas holiday, with plans of proposing. Overwhelmed by the hostile reception, she begs her sister to join her for emotional support, triggering further complications. Read more

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Grade: C An emotionally bland Christmas movie that has you wishing the main character would shrivel up and die and happy that at least Claire Danes provides something to look at, "The Family Stone" is a decent but never memorable film that has a lot of talent but not much to show for it. Read the full movie review

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Predictable!, by Cincy Girl

January 16, 2006

To be fair, I was the only one in my group of women who disliked this movie. It was predictable, maudlin and unrealistic. On a scale of 1-10, I would only rate this movie a 4.

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