Review of The Family Stone (2005) by Jessica F — 21 Jan 2010

Well as christmas I s coming up I have been watching different christmas films every night to get me in the mood for the holiday season. so the other night I was looking through my collection and I seen the dvd the family stone. looking at the cover I thought "aww this will be a nice wee christmas comedy, might as well watch it" well how mistaken was i???

The family stone is a comedy about a close american family celebrating christmas together, and when there oldest son brings his new girl (sarah jessica parker) friend for the holidays the family give her a christmas from hell in her attempt to fit in to this close unit. this may sounds like a funny story line that will be filled with laughs. however I found this film very cring worther as the behaviour of sarah jessica parker made you want to hit her, I guess this is the character she is ment to protray but still there is a line. I also thought that is turned into a very sad film as an illness is hanging over the family which does not end well. Even though it ended nicely with all the right people being together it was still as sad one, and not the christmas film I thought it would be.