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The Family Stone (2006)

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RACHEL MCADAMS, KEATON, AND PARKER

Family Stone: Zade Rosenthal

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Release Date: Dec 16, 2005; Rated: PG-13; DVD Release Date: May 02, 2006; Genre: Comedy; With: Diane Keaton, Dermot Mulroney and Sarah Jessica Parker; Distributor: Fox 2000 Pictures

B+

By Edward Karam

A Christmas visit from their son's fiancée (Sarah Jessica Parker) brings out the grinch in a family of judgmental liberals in The Family Stone. Director-writer Thomas Bezucha's sophomore effort features lots of comic fizz and a rich ensemble led by Diane Keaton that meshes convincingly as a family. EXTRAS A making-of doc, cast interviews, and a filmmakers' commentary that's particularly informative on design elements (blue was avoided and clutter encouraged in the palette), but a second commentary with a giggling Parker and costar Dermot Mulroney is, as Parker predicts, ''helpful to no one.''

Posted May 05, 2006

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