THE FAMILY STONE – Diane Keaton, Claire Danes

The Family Stone (2005)
Direction and screenplay: Thomas Bezucha
Cast: Claire Danes, Diane Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Dermot Mulroney, Craig T. Nelson, Sarah Jessica Parker, Luke Wilson, Elizabeth Reaser, Ty Giordano, Paul Schneider
 

Diane Keaton, Claire Danes, Ty Giordano, Craig T. Nelson, Dermot Mulroney in The Family Stone
 

The Family Stone is the sort of fairy tale that works in reverse. Watching the film, I was actively rooting for the uptight, sexless, anal-retentive (surely a Republican Committee member) fiancée played by Sarah Jessica Parker, who is brought into the home of the oh-so-liberal Stone family for their annual miserable little Christmas celebration. Something tells me that’s not what writer-director Thomas Bezucha had intended.
But considering how obnoxiously and hypocritically p.c. the Stones are, it’s no [...]

by Andre Soares | December 16, 2005   
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