The Family Stone (2005)
- Starring:
- Claire Danes, Diane Keaton, (more)
- Director(s):
- Thomas Bezucha
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13
- Format(s):
- DVD, (View All Versions)
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Synopsis of The Family Stone
A woman meets her future in-laws and discovers they don't much care for her in this comedy from writer and director Thomas Bezucha. Everett Stone (Dermot Mulroney) is a successful young businessman who is dating Meredith Morton (Sarah Jessica Parker), and has asked her to spend Christmas with his family, with plans to ask his mother, Sybil (Diane Keaton), for the titular family wedding band and propose to Meredith on Christmas Day. Meredith is more than a bit nervous about meeting Everett's folks, and things only get worse when they arrive -- Meredith is by her nature straight-laced and a bit uptight around strangers, while Sybil and family patriarch Kelly (Craig T. Nelson) are free-thinkers who, except for Everett, have raised a family of cheerfully rebellious children, most notably younger daughter Amy (Rachel McAdams), older brother Ben (Luke Wilson), and adopted sibling Thad (Tyrone Giordano), who is both deaf and gay. Meredith and the Stone family do not get along well at first, especially Sybil, who is appalled at the prospect of Everett giving Meredith the family's heirloom wedding ring; in dire need of moral support, Meredith asks her younger sister, Julie (Claire Danes), to join her for Christmas with the Stones. However, the plan runs into a snag when Everett's head is turned by pretty Julie, and Meredith finds herself on the receiving end of attention from slobby Ben. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 103 mins
Complete Cast of The Family Stone
- Claire Danes - Julie Morton
- Rachel McAdams - Amy Stone
- Craig T. Nelson - Kelly Stone
- Luke Wilson - Ben Stone
- Brian J. White - Patrick Thomas
- Paul Schneider - Brad Stevenson
- Ginna Carter - Jittery Cashier
- Jill Remez - (Voice)
- Gus Buktenica - Bartender
- Jamie Kaler - John Trousdale
- Michael Pemberton - Bus Driver One
- Diane Keaton - Sybil Stone
- Dermot Mulroney - Everett Stone
- Sarah Jessica Parker - Meredith Morton
- Tyrone Giordano - Thad Stone
- Elizabeth Reaser - Susannah Stone Trousdale
- Carol Locatell - Jeweler
- Ron Wall - Bus Driver Two
- Christopher Parker - Inn Receptionist
- Robert Dioguardi - David Silver
- Savannah Stehlin - Elizabeth Trousdale
- Director(s):
- Thomas Bezucha
- Writer(s):
- Thomas Bezucha
- Producer(s):
- Michael London
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13(Adult Humor, Profanity, Adult Situations, Drug Content, Sexual Situations)
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