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Family Stone, The (2005)

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All Time

of 190,142

4,914

2000's

of 34,011

1,555

2005

of 10,787

242
Comedy
- Comedy All Time
  
  of 36,552
  
  1,235
  
  Comedy of 2005
  
  of 1,364
  
  50
  
  Comedy of the 2000's
  
  of 7,307
  
  362
Drama
- Drama All Time
  
  of 37,999
  
  2,542
  
  Drama of 2005
  
  of 1,784
  
  125
  
  Drama of the 2000's
  
  of 9,649
  
  822
Romance
- Romance All Time
  
  of 6,887
  
  787
  
  Romance of 2005
  
  of 254
  
  30
  
  Romance of the 2000's
  
  of 1,733
  
  208

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Family Stone, The (2005) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:2.6103

Avg Critic Score:2.5434

Family Stone, The (2005) Movie Reviews

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Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice

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Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

I was poised to attack "The Family Stone" because its story of a family of misfits is no match for the brilliance of "Junebug. ...read the complete Family Stone movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)

Writer-director Thomas Bezucha lays it on thick, but he knows the mad-dog anarchy of family life and gives the laughs a sharp comic edge. ...read the complete Family Stone movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)

Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)

No review available ...read the complete Family Stone movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)

ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

It's a tough thing for a dysfunctional-family-at-Christmas movie to avoid doses of melodrama, and it's fair to say that The Family Stone contains its share. But the nice thing about the movie is that it avoids overt manipulation. ...read the complete Family Stone movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

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See all (17) "Excellent" Reviews

Supercala.com (John Venable)

I don't mind being manipulated as long as it's done well, and writer/director Thomas Bezucha knows how to steer an audience. A great first 'studio' film for Bezucha!...read the complete Family Stone, The (2005) review at Supercala.com (John Venable)

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Reel.com

Slicker by far than Junebug, its Southern meet-the-family counterpart, this comedy-drama has a script so smooth and scenes so carefully wrought that it borders on the contrived. You laugh, you cry, but as you do, you all but feel the hand of the...read the complete Family Stone, The (2005) review at Reel.com

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7M Pictures (Kevin Carr)

After a bit of a rocky start, The Family Stone blossoms into a beautifully crafted morass of dysfunctionality....read the complete Family Stone, The (2005) review at 7M Pictures (Kevin Carr)

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Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)

There are many ways to define the shrieking awfulness of The Family Stone, from the general lack of wit to the cheap exploitation of cancer to its casual cruelty, but it's writer-director Thomas Bezucha's casting that really goes awry....read the complete Family Stone, The (2005) review at Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)

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Hero Realm (Stefan Halley)

What could easily be one of the worst holiday movies ever made, it is painfully unfunny, contrived and completely joyless....read the complete Family Stone, The (2005) review at Hero Realm (Stefan Halley)

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