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The Family Stone

The Family Stone

ComedyDramaRomance3.1

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.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.

December 15, 2005 · Directed by Thomas Bezucha

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Runtime1h 43m
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Cast & crew

Dermot Mulroney
Everett Stone
Sarah Jessica Parker
Meredith Morton
Diane Keaton
Sybil Stone
Luke Wilson
Ben Stone
Claire Danes
Julie Morton
Rachel McAdams
Amy Stone
Craig T. Nelson
Kelly Stone
Tyrone Giordano
Thad Stone
Brian J. White
Patrick Thomas
Elizabeth Reaser
Susannah Stone Trousdale
Paul Schneider
Brad Stevenson
Savannah Stehlin
Elizabeth Trousdale

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