The Family Stone

2005 Directed by Thomas Bezucha

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An uptight, conservative, businesswoman accompanies her boyfriend to his eccentric and outgoing family's annual Christmas celebration and finds that she's a fish out of water in their free-spirited way of life.

Sarah Jessica Parker Dermot Mulroney Claire Danes Diane Keaton Rachel McAdams Luke Wilson Craig T. Nelson Brian J. White Tyrone Giordano Elizabeth Reaser

Alternative Titles

La Joya de la Familia, Привет семье!, Välkommen till familjen, Family Stone, The (2005)

comedy romance drama

103 mins More details at IMDb TMDb Report this film

Popular reviews

Review by Laura Saladino ★★★★ 6

The best thing about this movie is how it starts off as a movie about Sarah Jessica Parker and then it becomes Diane Keaton's movie and then it's about Claire Danes for a while and it ultimately becomes Rachel McAdams's movie, which is how all movies should end.
(this is Rachel's best role, fight me)
Review by eely 🌙 ★★★★

this movie is so cozy and feels so realistic and i love it a lot. there’s just so many little details that exist almost as background noise but add so much to the story. like i love that they still have a few halloween decorations up even though it’s christmas time. and how diane keaton’s book has a publisher’s remainder mark. and the way they talk with ASL even when thad isn’t in the room. i love rachel mcadams’s dinosaur jr shirt and her npr bag. and how each of the kid’s rooms perfectly reflect their personalities. i love how diane keaton says “that’s you and me kid” after meredith gives everybody their christmas presents. i love all the little details and it’s probably my favorite christmas movie because of them.
Review by connor ★★★★ 3

no tea no shade this is my favorite christmas movie
Review by Keith Garrett ★★★½

Rachel McAdams is such a savage ass bitch in this and I live for it.
Review by Helen_S ★★★★ 5

This film seems to get quite a bit of stick but I've always really liked it. Yeah, Sarah Jessica Parker's character is a little tactless and awkward but that family were plain arseholes to begin with. I find it really funny and touching at times and although the partner swapping is a bit of an ick it's nice how it all turns around. I love tension filled family meet ups and this is just great at it. Love the cast apart from Dermot Mulroney who was so dry.
Review by eely 🌙 ★★★★

this movie automatically gets me in the holiday spirit i love u rachel mcadams my canadian christmas queen

Recent reviews

Review by Kally Künnap ★★

SJP did not deserve to be treated like that smh
Review by Shandy87 ★★★½

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Didn't know this was a Xmas movie until it got to the menu, so decided to watch it even in February haha
Did enjoy this with the great ensemble cast and the conflicting characters. How a big family come together for Christmas and how it's sometimes too much with partners and kids
Was a fair few laughs in it but a sad storyline with the matriarch of the family and her failing health. The character was portrayed great by Diane Keaton..
Wasn't expecting the last scene with the whole family back together a year later with the couples still in tact and additional children to the group but for the matriarch mother to of lost her fight and not be there I did find a bit upsetting and did bring a tear..
Review by lauren ★★★★

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

“That’s you and me kid.”
Why is this not hyped more, especially during the holidays?? It was kind of ahead of its time, for a 2005 movie. Sure, the family is imperfect, but that’s what makes it GOOD. Families and relationships are weird and messy and never work out how you think they will. Families are full of people that can be kind and cruel— People are not one dimensional and this shows that in a great way. I adore that the plot is not simply about Everett and Meredith. We experience many storylines and relationships and emotions. My family lost our matriarch, my grandmother, to breast cancer about ten years ago. The ending to this really hit home. When…
Review by lovewhitch ½

this movie sucks. wtf is a family stone??? bitch I'll kill u
Review by CarterK ★★★★

This movie really builds upon itself, and ends STRONG. Very emotional.
SJP stuns!! What a performance.
Review by MandyJo ★★★★

I love this film. All the cozy Christmas feels with a realistic, down-to-earth family. These are FLAWED characters- all of them - and that’s what makes it great. The story is a little flawed too but it’s certainly unique. Perfect casting.
That ending though.. I’m crying every time.
Review by Daniel Erenberg ★★

Everyone in this movie is just such a goddamn piece of shit.
Review by my name is chapel ★★★

It’s wild seeing a non-Regina George to remind us that Rachel McAdams has impeccable comedic timing.
Also SJP’s character is the WORST
Review by Wesley Pereira de Castro ★★

Não sei o porquê de a crítica ser tão obcecada por este filme. Aliás, a crítica em pauta é a estadunidense, e, neste sentido, o filme coroa as convenções de costumes familiares nas tradições natalinas. Ou seja, é previsível, mas também divertido em sua reiterações tipificadas dos norte-americanos. Durante os créditos iniciais, adivinha-se tudo o que irá ocorrer ao longo da trama (e o título brasileiro ajuda neste sentido - risos), mas, apesar de eu ter chateado-me com o filme (e sua defesa da heteronormatividade, mesmo em relação ao casal homossexual), curti bastante a interação do elenco. Diane Keaton é uma ótima e sóbria matriarca, Sarah Jessica Parker comanda a óbvia transformação de sua personagem com a leveza requerida, e Claire Danes está belíssima, sendo inevitável que torçamos para que ela estabeleça-se de vez naquela família. Sendo assim, o filme diverte. Mas é também insuportável em sua mesmice legitimadora do 'status quo', aff! (WPC>)