History Film / TheFamilyStone

* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Meredith is very good at this, as shown in the dinner scene.

* PapaWolf: Sybil (and the father Kelly) are very protective of Thad, who is gay. When Meredith starts getting really insensitive with her opinions on homosexuality, both of them angrily tell her to stop.

* SettleForSibling: Double example!

* NiceGuy: Ben is the only Stone to show kindness to Meredith throughout the movie.

* MoodWhiplash: The dinner scene.

* OpenMindedParent: Sybill, to the point where she finds Meredith's point blank refusal to share a bed with Everett under his parents roof absolutely ridiculous.

* PapaWolf: Sybil (and the father) are very protective of Thad, who is gay. When Meredith starts getting really insensitive with her opinions on homosexuality, both of them angrily tell her to stop.

* {{Jerkass}}: The whole family is this when they first meet Meredith. Heck, the teaser poster uses the wedding ring finger to flip you off, so that should be a clue.

* BlackSheep: Subverted with Everett, who has the appearances of a buttoned-up Manhattan executive, but is really just like the rest of his family.

* BrutalHonesty: Rachel [=McAdams=] describes Amy as someone who isn't mean insomuch as she just calls things as she sees them.

The film was a moderate critical and commercial success, with a worldwide gross of over US$92.2 million. While Parker was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her performance, Keaton, Nelson and [=McAdams=] garnered a Satellite Award nomination each. In addition, [=McAdams=] was awarded a Teen Choice Award the following year.

* InformedFlaw: Amy has already met Meredith before, and her less than flattering report on her big brother's girlfriend somewhat sets the entire family (except perhaps Ben) against said girlfriend when she tags along for a family Christmas.

* InformedFlaw: Amy has already met Meredith before, and her less than flattering report on her big brother's girlfriend somewhat sets the entire family against said girlfriend (except perhaps Ben) when she tags along for a family Christmas.

* LoveAtFirstSight: Everett apparently falls for Julie the second her sets eyes on her, which wouldn't be a problem if he hadn't spent most of the movie planning on proposing to her older sister.

* OpenMindedParent: Sybill is this to an embarassing degree, as Amy could tell you.

* MeetTheParents: Well, obviously.

''The Family Stone'' is a 2005 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Thomas Bezucha, starring an ensemble cast that includes Creator/DianeKeaton, Creator/CraigTNelson, Creator/DermotMulroney, Creator/SarahJessicaParker, Creator/LukeWilson, Creator/ClaireDanes, Creator/RachelMcAdams, Tyrone Giordano, Brian J. White, and Creator/ElizabethReaser.

''The Family Stone'' is a 2005 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Thomas Bezucha, starring an ensemble cast that includes Creator/DianeKeaton, Creator/CraigTNelson, Creator/DermotMulroney, Creator/SarahJessicaParker, Creator/LukeWilson, Creator/ClaireDanes, Creator/RachelMcAdams, Tyrone Giordano, Brian J. White, and Elizabeth Reaser.

* {{Adorkable}}: Shockingly, Meredith, once she's had a few drinks.

''The Family Stone'' is a 2005 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Thomas Bezucha, starring an ensemble cast that includes Creator/DianeKeaton, Creator/CraigTNelson, Dermot Mulroney, Creator/SarahJessicaParker, Luke Wilson, Creator/ClaireDanes, Creator/RachelMcAdams, Tyrone Giordano, Brian J. White, and Elizabeth Reaser.

* SiblingYinYang: Strait-laced Meredith and artistic Julie.

* TwoferTokenMinority: Thad is deaf, gay, and engaged to a black man, making this a threefer, actually.

** Let's be honest. With the exception of Clair Danes and maybe Luke Wilson, ''everyone'' else in the movie is a jerkass. First prize has to be split between [=McAdams=] and Keaton. They both play their characters as a pair of spiteful women filled with repressed rage, looking to pick a fight with anyone who crosses their path. It's not just the dinner scene that shows this. Watch the scene where Keaton's character walks into the kitchen and sees that there isn't a fresh pot of coffee immediately ready for her. Her reaction is pretty much the same as if she'd found the coffee pot full of fresh dog shit. It seems like before the filming started, the two of them went to the director to get some insight on how to play their characters, and all he said was "It's not complicated. ''Your characters are a pair of bitch-whores.'' Run with it." And that's exactly what they did.

* WhamLine: [[spoiler: When Sybill reveals she's sick to Everett.]]
** It's pretty hard to sell such a wham line when the character is so unlikable that by the time of the reveal, not a single moviegoer gave a rat's ass.