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The Family Stone

The Family Stone

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The Family Stone

"Feel The Love"

2005

1h 43m

6.3(1172 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Romance

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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Fox 2000 Pictures

20th Century Fox

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Dermot Mulroney

Dermot Mulroney

Everett Stone

Sarah Jessica Parker

Sarah Jessica Parker

Meredith Morton

Diane Keaton

Diane Keaton

Sybil Stone

Luke Wilson

Luke Wilson

Ben Stone

Claire Danes

Claire Danes

Julie Morton

Rachel McAdams

Rachel McAdams

Amy Stone

Craig T. Nelson

Craig T. Nelson

Kelly Stone

Tyrone Giordano

Tyrone Giordano

Thad Stone

Brian J. White

Brian J. White

Patrick Thomas

Elizabeth Reaser

Elizabeth Reaser

Susannah Stone Trousdale

Creative team

Directed by: Thomas Bezucha
Written by: Thomas Bezucha
Produced by: Michael London

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