| | Family Stone DVD
| Category | Dramas DVDs, Comedies Movies, Christmas Videos, Parents, Illness | | Starring | Sarah Jessica Parker, Claire Danes, Dermot Mulroney, Luke Wilson, Diane Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Paul Schneider, Brian White, Tyrone Giordano, Elizabeth Reazer, Savannah Stehlin | | Director | Thomas Bezucha | | Director of Photography | Jonathan Brown | | Producer | Michael London |
Standard Screen; Soundtrack English Destined to be a Christmas classic, Thomas Bezucha's dazzling dramedy, THE FAMILY STONE, manages to be both warmhearted and sentimental while possessing a razor-sharp hilarious mean streak. The fairly conventional story centers on Sarah Jessica Parker's uptight career woman, Meredith, and her run-in with the eponymous Stone family. 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, colorful clan who border on bohemian. Matriarch Sybil (Diane Keaton) and patriarch Kelly (Craig T. Nelson) are a loving couple whose diverse children are affectionate and respectful. When Meredith's humorless aura infects the homestead, it is mom Sybil and sister Amy (Rachel McAdams), who sense a romantic mismatch and attack her venomously, sparking a tete-a-tete-a-tete between three feisty females. While this Battle Royal is waged, dramatic subplots brew in the background, 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. Theatrical Release: December 12, 2005 Family Stone Reviews: 3 stars out of 5 -- "Keaton, a sorceress at blending humor and heartbreak, honors the film with a grace that makes it stick in the memory."
-- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone "Parker has a great time being the anti-Carrie Bradshaw while Keaton-as-matriarch is a particular joy -- funny, beautiful, elegant, touching, and at ease..." -- Grade: B
-- Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly "[S]tuffed with beguiling performances -- some of them unexpectedly good..."-- Mike Clark, USA Today "[I]ts offbeat mixture of highly choreographed comic crises and the occasional bite of reality make for an unexpectedly enticing blend."-- Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times "[It is] refreshing to see a modern update on the nuclear family..."
-- Ali Jaafar, Sight and Sound Family Stone | List Price | $14.98 (You save $4.49) | | Studio | 20th Century Fox | | Orig Year | 2005 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  28425  | | CD Universe Part number | 7259369 | | Catalog number | 2237317 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Oct 17, 2006 | | Rating | PG-13 (MPAA) | | Rating Reason | some sexual content including dialogue, and drug references | | Running Time | 106 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen; Dubbed; Subtitled; O-Ring Packaging | | Movie Details | Color; Widescreen; Dubbed; Subtitled; O-Ring Packaging; Holiday O-Ring Packaging |
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This movie gets off to a bumpy start,but it slowly gets better.The cast is bursting with talent and that's what keeps the movie alive.Oh yeah,the ending might bring a tear to your eye.
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Everybody Hates The Stones !
Hinting to in the headline of the show "Everybody Loves Raymond", it is different and the same. You will remember this family and movie similarly to why you will remember the Barone's. Why? Because every character has something you like, but at the same time something that ticks you off and makes you want to slap them. You wanted the Dad to stand for his family and himself, the mother to be nicer especially when she is sick, the one daughter needed to be slapped and spanked(not in a good way), Luke Wilson was fine as well as the other daughter, the other son just needed to decide what he wanted and how they switched girlfriends at the end fit how the two boys needed to come out of their shells. So like Barone's, the Stone's we have a love/hate relationship with in the end.
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Family Stone DVD Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame -
1.33
Audio:
Dolby Surround - French, Spanish
Dolby Surround 5.1 - English
Subtitles - English, Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Interviews: Cast Members (Q&A)
Outtakes: Gag Reel
Deleted Scenes: With Optional Commentary (6)
Behind the Scenes:
1. Featurette
2. "Fox Movie Channel presents Casting Session"
3. "Fox Movie Channel presents World Premiere"
4. "Inside Look: ICE AGE 2"
Audio Commentary:
1. Sarah Jessica Parker, Dermot Mulroney - Stars
2. Thomas Bezucha - Director; Michael London - Producer; Jeffrey Ford - Editor
Trailers:
1. Theatrical Trailer
2. CONFETTI
3. LITTLE MANHATTAN
4. JUST MY LUCK
Interactive Features:
Interactive Games:
1. Family Stone sings "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear"
2. Snow Globe Ambulance
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