The Family Stone Critic Reviews

As stuffed with beguiling performances - some of them unexpectedly good - as its script is overstuffed. And though even the beguiled may feel manipulated the next morning (or when hitting the exits), the players put it over by a nose. Happy holidays.Read the full review

Silly at times, leaning toward the screwball tradition of everyone racing around the house at the same time in a panic fueled by serial misunderstandings. There is also a thoughtful side.Read the full review

Keaton, a sorceress at blending humor and heartbreak, honors the film with a grace that makes it stick in the memory.Read the full review

Parker has a great time being the anti–Carrie Bradshaw while Keaton-as-matriarch is a particular joy -- funny, beautiful, elegant, touching, and at ease with a familiar, get-out-your-hankies holiday subplot.Read the full review

This is the best adult holiday film in a while.Read the full review

A film that's at times as ragged and shaggy as its family unit. But as written and directed by Thomas Bezucha, its offbeat mixture of highly choreographed comic crises and the occasional bite of reality make for an unexpectedly enticing blend.Read the full review

The performances are delightful, and the picture comes together.Read the full review

The movie is a holiday romantic comedy that wants to put the holiday romantic comedy out of business.Read the full review

Keaton embodies the formidable Stone matriarch with an offhand sense of humor that cuts like a knife.Read the full review