Family Stone, The

A surprise film of 2005, The Family Stone successfully navigates the often turbulent waters of family dramas screen. Very often, these types of films family ties lost in a deluge of dialogue, conflict, and argument. And even if The Family Stone has plenty of the foregoing, it meets the public at doses manageable with a well placed and eccentric comic characters unforgettable. Written and directed by up-and-coming Hollywood talent Thomas Bezucha, the film is a mosaic of fun, laughter, sadness, and most people family relationships is charming and endearing ...

The Family Stone examines the dynamic relationships of family Stone, a large collection of knit traditional nuclear family for the holidays. Sybil Stone (Diane Keaton) and her husband (Craig T. Nelson) their children home for the holidays of Kelly, but as with most families, the conflict is abundant. Sarcasm, low blows, blame, and jealousy are evident in almost all meetings, but, ironically, are the love and respect. When eldest son Everett (Dermot Mulroney) brings home his current girlfriend, Meredith Morton (Sarah Jessica Parker) to meet the family, his attitude to business and tense confrontation ways with the rest of the family, particularly sister Amy Everett vindictiveness (Rachel McAdams). Despite all the efforts of Meredith, a member of the family only she can impress Ben Everett is the brother Laidback (Luke Wilson).

Meredith discomfort is compounded when she inadvertently makes a remark about sectarian Everett homosexual brother Thad (Tyrone Giordano), earning the wrath of the entire family. Pushed to the breaking point, Meredith moves to the house next to a bed and breakfast, while Everett struggles with the idea of proposing to a woman from his family does not clear. Meanwhile, Meredith helps Ben out of his shell and urges the support of Meredith's younger sister, Julie (Claire Danes) to straighten things out with the Stones. But the holidays take an interesting twist when unexpected flower relations and an unforeseen event takes its toll on the entire family ...

The Family Stone certainly succeeds in creating a number of dynamic multidimensional characters, but it fails in a couple ways. The most obvious is the relationship that switch actually takes place and it is clearly in the manufacture of the opening scenes of the film. A brother of another flight of the girlfriend is not in-and-of itself incredible, but the continuation of a normal relationship between the two brothers. No embarrassment there? No jealousy? twists are great, but keep them realistic ...

The other aspect of The Family Stone that stands out a bit more peripheral and makes the film switches to the precipice of Hollywood cliche. Meredith is portrayed as a homophobic bigot tense in need of a cure, while the family Stone is the free spirit in touch with their feelings. In the end, Meredith is growing because of its proximity to the Stones, the Stones, but learns nothing from Meredith. This is probably not a coincidence that the views of Meredith could be interpreted as conservative, while the views of Stones are considered liberal (ie evil conservative, liberal good). This theme was prevalent in Meet the Fockers when the character Robert De Niro learns of the error of his ways straight and engages in the lifestyle of the hippie about her daughter-laws. But, of course, never learn the Fockers De Niro ... Not necessarily a killer movie, but a shot nonetheless. Despite the flaws, The Family Stone is a decent movie. Above par dialogue and outstanding performances by a cast solid to be time well spent. Many times you will laugh, others remind you of your own family ...