Taraparain
Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.
Calum Hutton
It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...
Lela
The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.
Mihai Toma
Meredith, a very polite and well educated business-person but also very odd and quite unpleasant, joins Everett to his family Christmas celebration. She's about to find out that due to her personality, she's going to have a lot of trouble adapting to a loving, open- minded family which she can't understand. Meredith's relationship with Everett is going to be put to the ultimate test before the upcoming proposal.It's an interesting story which doesn't lose any time when it comes to presenting itself. We see Meredith put in the middle of the "action" right from the beginning, struggling to make her way into a new family. Meeting and understanding everyone will prove to be a difficult task for her and the ending will be as pleasant as it is unexpected. It manages to be very funny from time to time and it keeps your attention most of the time, moving from one situation to another (thanks to its rather large number of characters). It's enjoyable overall but it had some parts which seemed too exaggerated, out of place, or even too embarrassing for my taste. A good movie to be seen in the winter holidays.
Nadine Salakov
The Family Stone has talented actors, but the entire movie plot is horrible, what was the Director thinking?! The Family Stone is just 2 hours (or however long it is) of a bunch of people being nasty to someone who is supposed to be joining their family via marriage, there's no message to this flick except to conform, what is wrong with being different? why can't this family accept that the lady is not like them and that that's okay?! Why they're so offended by her, no one knows, she is polite, she is not a laid back and relaxed person like them - but is that any reason to mistreat the poor woman?! Bottom line, they knew she wasn't right for him - so they decide to act like 7 year old's in a school playground, there are scenes where a couple of them tell the guy not to marry the fiancé, but he doesn't listen, so then the beef is with him, not her, be nasty to HIM instead! And that awful scene at the dinner table...i'm sorry but if someone shouted at me like that i would have nothing more to do with that family and definitely would not go back in that house, even if i got an apology.The Family Stone is a 100% negative motion picture, the best they could have done with the script is by the end have Meredith leave Everett and have nothing more to do with the family, let Meredith's sister be with the guy instead or whatever, but at least give Meredith some self- respect by having nothing more to do with the people that treated her like crap.If you have to watch a movie with a slightly similar story line, watch "Christmas With The Kranks" instead, that's not a great film either, but it's better than this garbage.
TonyKissCastillo
***** This Review May Contain MINOR Spoilers! ***** The Previews of The Family Stone seemed to hold out the promise of a genuinely light and thoroughly amusing comedy, perhaps a bit over-the-top, but focused on the cultural differences between a very liberal family, (giving the impression that the parents were, perhaps, "Hippies" back in the 60's) and a super-conservative and tightly wound woman, engaged to one of their sons.The problem is that the film showcased in the theatrical trailer plus the marketing campaign launched to promote it, vs. the actual movie you see in the theater have absolutely nothing in common! Unfortunately, previews sole raison d'etre apparently is to get people into the theater. It doesn't seem to matter in the least to these people if the expectation generated by the short is totally out of sync with the experience given by the film.Thusly, it is easy to understand the plethora of reviewers who were livid with these bait and switch tactics! At its core, Family Stone is much more of a serious film that attempts to underscore the importance of cohesive family life, and how family unity can overcome obstacles that initially seem insurmountable, such as sharing and then getting over the pain of the loss of one of their own.The cast is remarkable. Sarah Jessica Parker, Luke Wilson, Dermot Mulroney, Claire Danes, Diane Keaton, Rachel McAdams and Craig T. Nelson. Almost all of them renowned actors, who conform a superb ensemble cast. If you enjoy family dramas with a healthy dose of comic relief, Family Stone is far and away better than most films of its kind… 8*STARS....ENJOY/DISFRUTELA! Any comments, questions or observations, in English o en Español, are most welcome!
pwt221
I am rating this high because I thought it was a great movie about how truly dysfunctional most families really are. There was angst, humor, love, hate, fear, diversity, jealousy and more. The acting was well done by actors I like and I thought they were very believable in their roles. I always get a chuckle when people review movies, books, plays, etc. and try to read more into the story or plot than is actually there. There are many reviews here of this movie from people who rated it low and seem to be a little bit full of themselves...pseudo-intellectuals, LOL! I watch a movie to be entertained and this movie entertained me. Isn't that what movies are supposed to do?
