Movie
The Family Stone
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2005-12-15
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Fox 2000 Pictures, The Family Stone, Major Studio Partners, Michael London Productions, Pan Productions, 20th Century Fox
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Dermot Mulroney as Everett Stone
- Sarah Jessica Parker as Meredith Morton
- Diane Keaton as Sybil Stone
- Luke Wilson as Ben Stone
- Claire Danes as Julie Morton
- Rachel McAdams as Amy Stone
- Craig T. Nelson as Kelly Stone
- Tyrone Giordano as Thad Stone
- Brian J. White as Patrick Thomas
- Elizabeth Reaser as Susannah Stone Trousdale
- Paul Schneider as Brad Stevenson
- Savannah Stehlin as Elizabeth Trousdale
Crew
- Thomas Bezucha - Director
- Thomas Bezucha - Writer
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