Rating: PG13
Genre: Comedy Drama
Theatrical Release: 12/16/2005(USA)
Release Date: 10/17/2006
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol
Sound: DD5.1/DDS
Run Time: 103 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Adult Humor, Profanity, Sexual Situations, Drug Content
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox

A woman meets her future in-laws and discovers they don't much care for her in this comedy from writer and director Thomas Bezucha. Everett Stone (Dermot Mulroney) is a successful young businessman who is dating Meredith Morton (Sarah Jessica Parker), and has asked her to spend Christmas with his family, with plans to ask his mother Sybil (Diane Keaton) for the titular family wedding band and propose to Meredith on Christmas. Meredith is more than a bit nervous about meeting Everett's folks, and things only get worse when they arrive -- Meredith is by her nature straight-laced and a bit uptight around strangers, while Sybil and family patriarch Kelly (Craig T. Nelson) are free-thinkers who, except for Everett, have raised a family of cheerfully rebellious children, most notably younger daughter Amy (Rachel McAdams), older brother Ben (Luke Wilson), and adopted sibling Thad (Tyrone Giordano, who is both deaf and gay. Meredith and the Stone family do not get along well at first, especially Sybil, who is appalled at the prospect of Everett giving Meredith the family's heirloom wedding ring; in dire need of moral support, Meredith asks her younger sister, Julie (Claire Danes), to join her for Christmas with the Stones. However, the plan runs into a snag when Everett's head is turned by pretty Julie, and Meredith finds herself on the receiving end of attention from slobby Ben.

~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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

Production:
Thomas Bezucha - Director
Michael London - Producer
Mindy Marin - Co Producer
Michael Giacchino - Composer
Jeffrey Ford - Editor
Thomas Bezucha - Screen Writer
Sally Thornton Cynthia C. Rebman - Set Designer
Charleen Steeves - ADR Mixer
David Lucarelli - ADR Recordist
Derek Casari - Action Director
John David Reynolds - Art Department Assistant
Jeremy Crane - Art Department Coordinator
Kathleen Walker - Art Department Coordinator
Mario R. Ventenilla - Art Director
Timothy Kirkpatrick - Art Director
Lori Agostino - Assistant Art Director
Sandra Nash - Assistant Editor
Jean Chien - Assistant Location Manager
Alan Schlaifer - Assistant Music Editor
Leda Nornang - Assistant Production Coordinator
Tracy E. Maurer - Assistant Production Coordinator
Greg Morell - Assistant Properties
Rebekah Schultz - Assistant Properties
Treven Bedwell - Assistant Properties
Craig Tanner - Associate Editor
Khristina Kravas - Associate Producer
Joe Grimaldi - Best Boy Electric
R. Michael Dechellis - Best Boy Electric
Ray Gonzales - Best Boy Electric
Charlie Marroquin - Best Boy Grip
Gerald "Craig" Harris - Best Boy Grip
Lonnie Leslie - Best Boy Grip
Don Coufal - Boom Operator
Laurel Ann Bridges - Boom Operator
Tinker Linville - Buyer
Amy Albano - Camera Loader
Tulio Duenas - Camera Loader
Billy Coleman - Camera Operator
David E. Diano - Camera Operator
Jerry Holway - Camera Operator
Mark Jackson - Camera Operator
Mindy Marin - Casting
Ember Truesdell - Casting Associate
Kara Lipson - Casting Associate
Jonathan Brown - Cinematographer
Jim Passon - Color Timing
Tim Simonec - Conductor
Michael Diersing - Construction Coordinator
Richard Hebrank - Construction Coordinator
Amy Elise Roberts - Costume Designer
Fionnuala M. Lynch - Costume Designer
Ira Hammons - Costume Designer
Linda S. Cormany - Costume Designer
Lori Harris - Costume Designer
Narciso Rodriguez - Costume Designer
Shay Cunliffe - Costume Designer
Timothy Wegman - Costume Designer
Wendy Stefanelli - Costumes Assistant
Mark Agnes - Costumes Supervisor
Deluxe Catering, Inc. - Craft Service/Catering
George P. Nannas - Craft Service/Catering
Lore Wilhelm - Craft Service/Catering
Mike Hernandez - Craft Service/Catering
Siri S. Sirisambhand - Craft Service/Catering
Wilson Rivas - Craft Service/Catering
Michael White - Department Head Hair
David Forrest - Department Head Makeup
Mildred Iatrou - Dialogue Editor
Tom Ruffner - Dolly Grip
Jennifer Ogden - Executive Producer
Meredith Jacobson Marciano - Extra Casting
Smith & Webster-Davis Casting - Extra Casting
Anthony Ficalora - First Assistant Accountant
Julie Snow - First Assistant Accountant
Tony Cypres - First Assistant Accountant
Eric Swanek - First Assistant Camera
Erik L. Brown - First Assistant Camera
Stephen Wong - First Assistant Camera
Joe Camp III - First Assistant Director
Warren Hendriks - First Assistant Sound Editor
Alicia Stevenson - Foley Artist
Dawn Fintor - Foley Artist
Steve F. Price - Foley Editor
David Betancourt - Foley Mixer
John Murray - Foley Supervisor
Billy O'Leary - Gaffer
James Plannette - Gaffer
Ray Gonzales - Gaffer
Richie Ford - Gaffer
Brett M. Santucci - Grip
Brien McDonald - Grip
Frank McEldowney - Grip
Paul Candrilli - Grip
Ron Baratie - Grip
Frida Aradottir - Hair Styles
Jonathan Gale - Hair Styles
Mandy Lyons - Hair Styles
Victor De Nicola Jr. - Hair Styles
John Hatchitt - Key Grip
Steele Hunter - Key Grip
William E. Miller - Key Grip
Jacklin Masteran - Key Hairstylist
Mustaq Ashrafi - Key Make-up
Daniel K. Grosso - Leadman
Shannon Curfman-Dayan - Leadman
Eric Sagot - Lighting
Niles McElroy - Lighting
Russell Ayer - Lighting
John Fedynich - Location Manager
Steve Mapel - Location Manager
Carla White - Makeup
Judy Chin - Makeup
Kelcey Fry - Makeup
Matthew Mungle - Makeup Special Effects
Alex Levy - Music Editor
Stephen M. Davis - Music Editor
Gary Burritt - Negative Cutter
Cody Lutz - Personal Assistant
Derek Ferguson - Personal Assistant
Jessie Henderson - Personal Assistant
Juliana E. Farrell - Personal Assistant
Julie Denise Harry - Personal Assistant
Martha Magnuson - Personal Assistant
Melinda Relyea - Personal Assistant
Richard P. Keeshan - Personal Assistant
Stephanie Heaton - Personal Assistant
Joseph Hartwick, Jr. - Production Accountant
Kyle O'Brien - Production Accountant
Kenneth Chu - Production Assistant
Giampaolo Debole - Production Coordinator
Michael Boonstra - Production Coordinator
Jane Ann Stewart - Production Designer
Buddy Enright - Production Supervisor
Greg Hoyt - Properties Maker
Jim Halsband - Properties Maker
Brent Regan - Properties Maker Gang Boss
Bobby Griffon - Properties Master
Derrick Hinman - Properties Master
Jeffrey M. O'Brien - Properties Master
John McDonnell - Properties Master
Christine Sirois - Recording
Craig "Pup" Heath - Recording
Dan Wallin - Recording
Matt Patterson - Recording
Rebecca Robertson-Szwaja - Script Supervisor
Helen Sideris - Second Assistant Accountant
Caesar S. Carnevale - Second Assistant Camera
Jennifer Bell - Second Assistant Camera
Kirk L. Bloom - Second Assistant Camera
Michael Cambria - Second Assistant Camera
Polly Ann Mattson-Bock - Second Assistant Director
Gary S. Rake - Second Second Assistant Director
Shawn Pipkin - Second Second Assistant Director
Matt Callahan - Set Decorator
Ron Von Blomberg - Set Decorator
David Garcia - Set Dresser
Gregg Szabo, Jr. - Set Dresser
Lawson Brown - Set Dresser
Nancy Lowry - Set Dresser
William Durnin - Set Dresser
Kathy Fellegara - Set Medic/First Aid
Richard Fellegara - Set Medic/First Aid
Suzanne Van Dyke - Set Medic/First Aid
Addy Ruotolo - Set Production Assistant
Charles McDonald - Set Production Assistant
Grant Saltarelli - Set Production Assistant
Liz Williams - Set Production Assistant
Tony Phillippe - Set Production Assistant
Ted Caplan - Sound Effects Editor
Dan Wallin - Sound Mixer
Elliot Tyson - Sound Mixer
James Bolt - Sound Mixer
Jeff Wexler - Sound Mixer
Mathew Price - Sound Mixer
Connie Brink - Special Effects
Chris Bailey - Special Effects Coordinator
Jerry Holway - Steadicam Operator
Zade Rosenthal - Still Photographer
Clark Tucker - Stunts
Don J. Hewitt - Stunts
Janet Paparazzo - Stunts
Scott Rogers - Stunts
Darren Prescott - Stunts Coordinator
Peter Bucossi - Stunts Coordinator
Susan Shackelford Dawes - Supervising Sound Editor
Rob Johnson - Transportation Captain
Vic Anderson - Transportation Coordinator
Diana Schmidt - Unit Production Manager
Jennifer Ogden - Unit Production Manager
Claire Raskind - Unit Publicist
Bryce Shields - Video Assist
Loop De Loop - Voice Casting
Mam Smith - Stunts

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2005 Golden Globe