Review: The Family Stone
I was poised to attack " The Family Stone " because its story of a family of misfits is no match for the brilliance of " Junebug . ...
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert - 12/16/05
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Review: Family Stone, The
It's a tough thing for a dysfunctional-family-at-Christmas movie to avoid doses of melodrama, and it's fair to say that The Family Stone contains ...
Reelviews - James Berardinelli
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Holiday tale not exactly A Wonderful Life
PLOT: An eccentric American family gets together at Christmas and all heck breaks loose when the eldest son's uptight new girlfriend grates on ...
Canoe.ca - BRUCE KIRKLAND - 12/16/05
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Home for the holidays
Movies about dysfunctional family reunions are designed to comfort stressed-out siblings/spouses/grown children with the thought that their ...
TV Guide - Maitland McDonagh
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'Family Stone' a new Christmas gem
In real life, few people would be naive enough to choose the holiday season to introduce a new lover to the family. In movies, it's almost a given ...
Canoe.ca - LOUIS B. HOBSON - 12/16/05
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Review: The Family Stone
The world of "The Family Stone" is so bizarrely idealized that you have to wonder: Is writer/director Thomas Bezucha so insulated from the real ...
EricDSnider.com - Eric D. Snider
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Review: THE FAMILY STONE
Christmas is off to a rocky start with 'The Stone Family' In place of the dysfunctional family Christmas story we've come to expect for the ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Sean Axmaker - 12/16/05
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BBC - Movies - review - The Family Stone
Sarah Jessica Parker and Diane Keaton star in this edgy Christmas comedy about a family in turmoil. It's the season of good will, but there's not ...
BBC - Stella Papamichael - 12/15/05
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Review: The Family Stone
"We did not sleep together!" "We didn't?" "No." "Isn't there anybody who loves me?" How long has it been since Diane Keaton was the best thing ...
FilmBlather.com - Eugene Novikov - 12/16/05
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Review: The Family Stone
The Family Stone wants to be many things. It wants to be funny and touching and warm-hearted, like any good holiday film, but aspiration is not ...
FilmCritic.com - Matt Mckillop
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Review: The Family Stone (2005)
Everett Stone (Dermot Mulroney) is a very traditional kind of guy in this romantic dramady directed by Thomas Bezucha. What’s not to like when he ...
CultureVulture.net - Les Wright - 12/23/05
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Review: The Family Stone
Dermot Mulroney and Sarah Jessica Parker in The Family Stone A stunning ensemble makes beautiful music in this festive cinematic confection. ...
Palo Alto Online - Jeanne Aufmuth - 12/16/05
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JoBlo's movie review of The Family Stone: Sarah Jessica Parker, Dermot Mulroney, Diane Keaton
A decent holiday flick which I don t foresee becoming an annual Christmas classic, but certainly worth checking out, especially if you re in the ...
JoBlo's Movie Emporium - Berge Garabedian
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Review: The Family Stone
Thomas Bezucha's THE FAMILY STONE means well and offers fine performances, but is in the end tripped up by holiday-family-gathering movie clichés. ...
Common Sense Media - Cynthia Fuchs
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Review: The Family Stone
It's a comedy with a dash of tragedy -- the kind of thing that usually makes me puke. But I fell for this one. The sublime Sarah Jessica Parker ...
Rolling Stone - Peter Travers
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Review: THE FAMILY STONE
Everett (Dermot Mulroney) is the oldest son in a brood of upper-middle-class New England liberals, but his apple has fallen far from the tree. ...
Boxoffice Online - Tim Cogshell
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Movie Review for The Family Stone - 2005-12-14
Rated: PG13 Distributor: Fox 2000 Pictures Release Date: 2005-12-16 Starring: Sarah Jessica Parker, Diane Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Dermot Mulroney, ...
Cinema Blend - Editorial Review
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'Family' comes with a liberal dose of laughs
The Boston Globe - Wesley Morris - 12/16/05
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Kissing The Stone of Mediocrity
Pros Decent Acting, Fair Plot Cons Unlikable or Inconsistent Characters, Builds Too Much on Unpleasantness Before Getting Good The Bottom Line ...
Epinions - wlswarts - 01/19/07
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A Peek at a Cast of Characters Often Cold as Stone
Pros funny in some spots, heartwarming in others, Luke Wilson Cons a lot of mean-spiritedness, considerable crudeness The Bottom Line It's not ...
Epinions - bilbopooh - 06/26/06
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Review: The Family Stone (2005)
Cast: Claire Danes, Diane Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Dermot Mulroney, Craig T. Nelson, Sarah Jessica Parker, Luke Wilson, Tyron Giordano, ...
rec.arts.movies.reviews - samseescinema - 12/18/05
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Review: The Family Stone (2005)
As overstuffed as a Christmas turkey, THE FAMILY STONE isn'ta movie that you can fault for not trying hard enough. ...
rec.arts.movies.reviews - Steve Rhodes - 12/17/05
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Review: The Family Stone (2005)
"Dysfunctional" doesn't even begin to describe "The Family Stone," a home-for-the-holidays domestic "comedy" in which bad things happen to truly ...
rec.arts.movies.reviews - User Review
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Not as advertised! but still not bad!
Pros Not a bad story, somewhat unique Cons More drama than humor (not as advertised), some drama was a little much, predictable The Bottom Line ...
Epinions - vivasuzi
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A Somewhat Predictable Holiday Movie
Pros Clair Danes, other performances; fun movie to watch. Cons Formulaic. The Bottom Line Fit for a snowbound Saturday afternoon. ...
Epinions - vemartin
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