Review of The Family Stone (2005) by Tomw. — 01 Jan 2006
This is not a holiday movie. It's a movie about people and events which occur at the holidays, which is the only time when a lot of families are able to get together. This family is as liberal and quirky as they come, honest, openminded, openmouthed and opinionated, diverse and victim to their own sensibilities.
What happens in this movie never feels contrived or forced, the elements are set up perfectly, and none of the characters are allowed to get through the movie without the viewer loving them in some way.
In short, it's a celebration of human nature. My measure of how well a movie is going is if I feel like I want it to be over and if it seems like it's going on too long. In this casem, the answer was no and yes.
I even liked Sarah Jessica Parker in it. Diane Keaton is brilliant, Craig T. Nelson is the perfect mellow patriarch from the 60s, and of course Rachel MacAdams is heartachingly gorgeous throughout. A movie for the DVD collection, absolutely.
This review of The Family Stone (2005) was written by Tomw. on 01 Jan 2006.
The Family Stone has generally received mixed reviews.
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