josephinebaatzsch Not only for Christmas time, I have watched it so many times and am always touched again. This is by far my favourite movie of all times.

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.

Davis P The Family Stone (2005) surprised me in a very good way. All of the actors did very well with the script and with both the funny and dramatic scenes. Sarah Jessica Parker earned a golden globe nomination for this movie, very well deserved! Sarah nailed both her dramatic and humorous dialogue in the various scenes. Of course Diane Keaton did very well in her own character, along with Craig T. Nelson (Poltergeist). Rachel McAdams did a great job as well, and Claire Danes was my favorite character in the entire movie. The script, storyline, and dialogue between characters was all very sharp and well written in my opinion. This movie actually has some pleasing surprises and twists that you definitely do not see coming, at least I didn't! Overall this is a fun, entertaining, funny, dramatic, well acted, and well written holiday film that will warm your heart and for sure make you laugh! 7/10 for The Family Stone.

tfrielin Everything you need to know about this movie in particular, and the Liberal mindset in general, is contained in that scene at the dinner table where the Sara Jessica Parker character opines about Gays or something in a mildly politically incorrect way and the Craig Nelson character slams his palm down on the dinner table and basically yells at her to "get out of my house".Such is the closed mindedness of the Liberals and the true meaning of their concept of "Diversity". Diversity to them means the opposite of the actual meaning of the word---you have to toe the line on their closed-minded construct of "Diversity" and if you wander off the reservation (as in this scene) you are kicked out of the herd. Spend Christmas with this bunch? No, I don't think so...