The Family Stone (2005): Everett Stone (Dermot Mulroney) wants to bring his girlfriend, Meredith Morton (Sarah Jessica Parker), to meet his bohemian Connecticut family at Christmas. Straitlaced Meredith, feeling she needs backup, asks her sister Julie (Claire Danes) to come along. Hoping to win the approval of her boyfriend's parents Sybil (Diane Keaton) and Kelly (Craig T. Nelson) and the rest of the family, instead Meredith succeeds only in highlighting her uptight personality and making Everett doubt his intentions.
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Details & Storyline
- Taglines
- Feel the love.
- Release Date12/16/2005
- Certificates
- Keywords
- 2005
- Brian J. White
- Claire Danes
- Craig T. Nelson
- Dermot Mulroney
- Diane Keaton
- Elizabeth Reaser
- Luke Wilson
- Paul Schneider
- Rachel McAdams
- Sarah Jessica Parker
- Thomas Bezucha
- Tropes: Christmas
- Tropes: Conflicting Priorities
- Tropes: Disapproving Family
- Tropes: Dysfunctional/Eccentric Family
- Tropes: Family Gatherings
- Tropes: Opposites Attract
- Tropes: Sibling's Love Interest/Lover/Ex
- Tropes: Small Town Romance
- Tyrone Giordano
- Budget$18,000,000
- Opening Weekend USA$12,521,027
- Gross USA$60,062,868
- Cumulative Worldwide Gross$92,884,429
- Filming Locations
- 144 Riverside Ave, Riverside, Connecticut
- Filming Dates
- 02/28/2005 -
- Production Companies
- Distributors
- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
- Sound Mix
- Color
- Aspect Ratio
- 1.85 : 1
- Camera
- Panavision Cameras and Lenses
- Negative Format
- 35 mm
- Printed Film Format
- 35 mm
- IMDb Rating6.3
- External Reviews
- User Reviews
- Trivia
- Billy Crudup and Johnny Knoxville were expected to play the roles of Everett and Ben Stone before dropping out. The part later went to Luke Wilson. Aaron Eckhart was first cast in the role of Everett but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.
- Quotes
- Ben: [to Meredith] You have a freak flag. You just don't fly it.
- References
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944): Susannah watches the scenes where Esther sings "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" to Tootie.
The Bride Wore Black (1968): The answer to Meredith's charade's movie.
The Princess Bride (1987): This movie is one of the guesses to Meredith's movie charade.
Incident at Oglala (1992): Big poster on the wall of Ben's bedroom.
Ulee's Gold (1997): This movie is one of the guesses to Meredith's movie charade.
Survivor (TV Series 2000): While Ben is being a jerk, his sister says that he needs to be "voted off the island".
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