Directed by:
Thomas BezuchaScreenplay:
Thomas BezuchaCinematography:
Jonathan BrownComposer:
Michael GiacchinoCast:
Claire Danes, Diane Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Dermot Mulroney, Craig T. Nelson, Sarah Jessica Parker, Luke Wilson, Tyrone Giordano, Brian White (more)VOD (3)
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Holiday gatherings give screenwriters ideal circumstances in which to portray the comic and/or dramatic interaction within large families when they come together for one big special occasion. It’s even better if that family is eccentric or dysfunctional - and better still when an outsider is introduced into the group and quickly realises that he or she is way out of sync with this curious company. The Family Stone provides the kind of comic situation that delivers on all counts. The Stones are a bohemian New England family who unite for the Christmas season and are thrown into turmoil when the eldest son, Everett (Dermot Mulroney), comes home from Manhattan with his girlfriend, Meredith Morton (Sarah Jessica Parker), a tightly wound, high strung, immaculately groomed career woman whose controlling, rigid personality brings awkwardness, confusions and hostility to the Stone household. At the heart of the family is its outspoken, strong-willed matriarch, Sybil (Diane Keaton) whose husband, Kelly (Craig T. Nelson) is an offbeat, laid back college professor. Everett’s brother, Ben (Luke Wilson) is an unpredictable, sometimes mischievous film editor who lives on the West Coast. Amy (Rachel McAdams), the guys’ sister, has an honesty that borders on meanness and she displays the most open hostility toward Meredith. Completing the clan are two other siblings, Susannah (Elizabeth Reaser) and Thad (Ty Giordano), the youngest son who is both deaf and gay. Trying to relate to the Stones, Meredith instead finds herself making matters worse and she enlists the help of her sister, the much less uptight Julie (Claire Danes) who arrives to give her moral support... but brings, instead, more complications. (20th Century Fox AU)
(more)Cast
Claire Danes
USA
Best movies:
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Stardust (2007)
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Diane Keaton
USA
Best movies:
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Rachel McAdams
Canada
Best movies:
The Notebook (2004)
Spotlight (2015)
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Dermot Mulroney
USA
Best movies:
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Zodiac (2007)
Craig T. Nelson
USA
Best movies:
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The Killing Fields (1984)
Sarah Jessica Parker
USA
Best movies:
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Luke Wilson
USA
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Tyrone Giordano
USA
Best movies:
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Brian White
USA
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Elizabeth Reaser
USA
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Paul Schneider
USA
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Carol Locatell
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Michael Pemberton
Best movies:
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Jill Remez
USA
Jamie Kaler
USA
Best movies:
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Hope Levy
USA
Best movies:
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Savannah Stehlin
USA
Best movies:
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Steve Alterman
USA
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