Family Stone

[Capucine]

I didn't find a thread about this movie. So if someone has already started it I apologize.

Anyone seen this movie yet? I saw it last night. Have to say, I was disappointed. I wouldn't call it a bad movie. Just alot of others out there I wish I'd seen instead. My take on this movie is that someone at a movie studio sat down and said, "okay, we're going to make a chick flick for the holidays. What are all the elements that do well in a chick flick. Christmas in a beautiful snowy location, a beautiful home, love at first sight, unexpected love, someone dies, Mother knows best, a warm and caring Father figure, someone is pregnant. And they put all of those in there. You'd think that would work wouldn't you? It didn't really, imo. Unfortunately.

[newtricks]

I'm going to see it because it was filmed in my town - not the house but the downtown scenes and our university campus . Otherwise I'm not sure I'd be that interested.

(I heard SJP was very nice to anyone who came to meet her :) )

[Capucine]

I'm going to see it because it was filmed in my town - not the house but the downtown scenes and our university campus . Otherwise I'm not sure I'd be that interested.

(I heard SJP was very nice to anyone who came to meet her :) )

The scenery was absolutely beautiful!!!

I like SJP. And she did her normal great acting job. All the acting was good. When you put all the parts together though, it just wasn't a great movie. It's okay though. Sometimes I like movies for different reasons. I would see it too if it were filmed in my hometown. You might like it more than me. Sometimes I expect too much from movies and then I'm disappointed. Maybe that was the case with this one.

[caregiver50]

I almost walked out. Extremely dissappointed in this movie. I had assumed that it was a comedy and although it had funny moments, I would hardly call it a comedy. JMHO

[Capucine]

I almost walked out. Extremely dissappointed in this movie. I had assumed that it was a comedy and although it had funny moments, I would hardly call it a comedy. JMHO


Someone had already told me that it wasn't a comedy. I had thought it was also from the previews. I would have been even more disappointed if I hadn't known that going in.

[AndreaU]

Someone had already told me that it wasn't a comedy. I had thought it was also from the previews. I would have been even more disappointed if I hadn't known that going in.

I was just going to post that this looks like one of those movies that they show to be funny in commercials (not a hysterical slapstick comedy, but amusing and silly at times) but really is not. At first I kind of wanted to see it but the more I saw the previews and commercials I decided it probably wasn't what I thought it was.

[mmtibbs]

It is what it is--an escapist romp in a wonderfully dysfunctional family. It made me laugh out loud and it brought me to tears. Disjointed, slapped together, illogical, unlikely? Yep. I don't like violence, heart wrenching drama, filth or foul language. This was just a pleasant two hours.

Hey you forgot to mention the dying breast cancer patient, the gay, biracial, deaf couple adopting a baby, and the pot smoking drifter. This film had it all!

[lsdesign]

I set out to see Harry Potter with 3, 14 year olds, two girls and one boy, and two 10 year olds. While I was parking the car the kids went to get seats. Harry Potter was sold out so my 14 yr. old neice decides that Stone Family is what we should see and buys the tickets.
Need I say that it was not a good movie for the kids and for me either. Too much information on the current culture represented there, at least for my two.
And too much of a reminder of my ex-husband pounding the table at dinner.
I wish I'd walked out and took the heat from my neice and her friend. I'm not one for chick flicks either. Not a romp I wanted to escape to, too close to reality.

Newtricks, what is your town? I was trying to figure that out during the movie.

[tbb113]

I thought the movie was okay, no great shakes. You could definetly wait until it came out on video.

[annagins]

I thought it was cute. It was totally predictable, but still enjoyable for some reason. It was nice seeing Sarah Jessica Parker play something other than a free-spirited, hot chick. It lived up to the trailer, at least.

[jmarie]

It is what it is--an escapist romp in a wonderfully dysfunctional family. It made me laugh out loud and it brought me to tears. Disjointed, slapped together, illogical, unlikely? Yep. I don't like violence, heart wrenching drama, filth or foul language. This was just a pleasant two hours.

I agree. There were times when the entire audience laughed, so it wasn't a total loss. I thought it was enjoyable...not the best movie I had ever seen...but then was there such a thing?