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The Family Stone

2005 · 103 min

A warm, messy holiday gathering that swings between awkward comedy and quiet heartbreak, leaving you tender and thoughtful.

Tagline
Feel The Love
Overview
An uptight, conservative businesswoman accompanies her boyfriend to his eccentric and outgoing family's annual Christmas celebration and finds that she's a fish out of water in their free-spirited way of life.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • grief
  • love
  • identity
  • found family
Places
  • single country house
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism8
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama, romance
Directed by
Thomas Bezucha
Written by
Thomas Bezucha
Starring
Dermot Mulroney, Sarah Jessica Parker, Diane Keaton, Luke Wilson, Claire Danes, Rachel McAdams, Craig T. Nelson, Tyrone Giordano
Music
Michael Giacchino
Cinematography
Jonathan Brown
Runtime
103 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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