The family Stone are unlike other families that you've ever met. In that family, Kelly and Sybil are the parents of five children - Everett, the oldest who is played by Dermot Mulroney, who comes home with a new girl friend, Meredith (Sarah Jessica Parker), who everyone in the family immediately start to hate, Thad (Ty Giordano), the gay and deaf son who with his partner Patrick (Brian White) want to adopt a child, Ben (Luke Wilson), the laid-back brother who doesn't care what anyone thinks about Meredith, Susannah (Elizabeth Reaser), the only of the siblings who is married, but even if she is, the marriage is somewhat troublesome, and she has a daughter who is about ten years old and a baby is on its way, and finally, the youngest and most rebellious sister of all, Amy (Rachel McAdams).
So, of course, when Everett brings Meredith home for Christmas, a disaster is predicted... Just as it seems to getting worse, Meredith calls her sister Julie (Clare Danes)to come and make a good impression. Love and trust keep the family together as some secrets are told.
All simply, this movie is a feel-good movie, and perfect to watch during Christmas time, but can be watched anytime during the year. You will just love Diane Keaton's very different mother, unlike her role in "Father of the Bride" or any other movie she has been starring in during the years, Rachel McAdams' aggression about Meredith and Sarah Jessica Parker's business woman Meredith who is very unlike her Carrie Bradshaw in "Sex and the City." However, even if it is such a great entertainment, the ending may be a bit stuck out but yet good. This is surely one of the funniest and most entertaining movies of 2005.
So, of course, when Everett brings Meredith home for Christmas, a disaster is predicted... Just as it seems to getting worse, Meredith calls her sister Julie (Clare Danes)to come and make a good impression. Love and trust keep the family together as some secrets are told.
All simply, this movie is a feel-good movie, and perfect to watch during Christmas time, but can be watched anytime during the year. You will just love Diane Keaton's very different mother, unlike her role in "Father of the Bride" or any other movie she has been starring in during the years, Rachel McAdams' aggression about Meredith and Sarah Jessica Parker's business woman Meredith who is very unlike her Carrie Bradshaw in "Sex and the City." However, even if it is such a great entertainment, the ending may be a bit stuck out but yet good. This is surely one of the funniest and most entertaining movies of 2005.