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Destined to be a classic, Thomas Bezucha's dazzling dramedy, THE FAMILY STONE, manages to be both warm-hearted and sentimental while possessing a razor-sharp hilarious mean streak. The fairly conventional story centres on Sarah Jessica Parker's uptight career woman, Meredith, and her run-in with the eponymous Stone family (one wonders which came first, the title or the script). With her permanently pursed lips and severe bun, SJP looks and acts the anti-Carrie Bradshaw here as, armed with cell phone and business suit collection, she gears up to meet her fiance's oddball family, a tight-knit, colourful clan who border on bohemian. Matriarch Sybil (Diane Keaton) and patriarch Kelly (Craig T. Nelson) are a loving couple whose diverse children are clearly intimate and respectful progeny. When Meredith's humourless aura infects the homestead, it is mom Sybil and sister Amy (Rachel McAdams), sensing a romance mismatch and attack her venomously, sparking a tete-a-tete-a-tete between three fiesty females. While this Battle Royale wages, dramatic subplots brew in the backdrop, one involving the deaf and gay brother Thad's desire to adopt a child, and the other a rather devastating secret on the verge of exposure. It is in the emergence of Meredith's refreshingly calm and breezy younger sister Julie (Claire Danes), entering the film with a dramatic fall from a bus exit, that brings all conflict to a head.

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ProducerMichael London

EAN5039036025683

eBay Product ID (ePID)51354199

Product Key Features

ActorSarah Jessica Parker, Claire Danes, Rachel McAdams, Diane Keaton, Tyrone Giordano, Reazer Elizabeth, Luke Wilson, Dermot Mulroney, Brian White, Paul Schneider

Film/TV TitleThe Family Stone

DirectorBezucha Thomas

LanguageEnglish

Run Time99 Mins

Aspect Ratio2.35 Anamorphic Wide Screen

Release Year2006

FormatDVD

FeaturesEaster Egg\Easter Egg Snow Globe To Ambulance\Audio Commentary\Six Deleted Scenes\Gag Reel\Casting Session Featurette\Behind The Scenes Featurette\Guild Theatre Featurette\The World Premiere Featurette\Stills Gallery\Inside Look The Sentinel Behind The Scenes, Widescreen, Closed Caption

GenreFamily

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Certificate12A/12

Hearing ImpairedEnglish

ReviewsUSA Today - Stuffed with beguiling performances -- some of them unexpectedly good..., Sight And Sound - It is refreshing to see a modern update on the nuclear family, Los Angeles Times - It's offbeat mixture of highly choreographed comic crises and the occasional bite of reality make for an unexpectedly enticing blend.

Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1

Movie/TV TitleThe Family Stone