The Family Stone Page #2

Synopsis: The Stone family unites in common cause when their favorite son brings his uptight girlfriend home for the Christmas holiday, with plans of proposing. Overwhelmed by the hostile reception, she begs her sister to join her for emotional support, triggering further complications.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Thomas Bezucha
Production: 20th Century Fox Distribution
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 4 wins & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.3
Metacritic:
56
Rotten Tomatoes:
52%
PG-13
Year:
2005
103 min
$59,856,288
Website
5,659 Views


- I'm running for mayor.

- You look gorgeous.

That's true. I want you to meet Meredith.

Hi.

- Hey.

- Hey.

Hi. Hi.

- What is going on with him?

- All hail. The prodigal son returns.

Hey, Mama. I found your laundry here.

A big sack of filthy Christmas laundry,

just for you.

Hey.

- Where's your husband?

- What husband?

That husband. He'll be here on Christmas.

Queen bee, how are you doing?

- So, where's Dad?

- He ran away. Joined the circus.

- A better circus.

- Yeah, less clowns.

Sorry. We might have some glue.

No, it's OK.

I think I have another pair for that outfit.

It's a good color.

Excuse me.

You need a hand with that?

Now, don't dilly-dally there, pretty lady.

We're all gonna be down here

talking about you.

Do you remember Miss Lewin?

Remember her?

- Second grade?

- Yeah.

- Wait, the one without the lips?

- Exactly. Man, I was so into her.

- You are a freak.

- Yeah.

- She's sweet, right. Incredible.

- Thank you, sir.

- I mean, doesn't she seem incredible?

- Yeah, it appears that she is incredible.

So, Everett, where'd you find her?

Hong Kong, last spring.

Well, actually, over on Kowloon side,

not Hong Kong Island.

Although we were both staying there -

on Hong Kong Island -

Everett at the Grand Hyatt,

I was at the Mandarin.

But we were introduced

in the lobby of the Peninsula.

That's on Kowloon side.

I was there for

this post-postunification conference,

and I had a meeting over at the Peninsula,

and there I am, crossing the lobby,

and who do I see but Rachel Graham?

- Who?

- What were you wearing?

It had been, what? 10 years?

More? God, almost 16. Andover.

I'm with Rachel, and here comes Everett.

I don't know him, Rachel does.

They got their masters together. You hadn't

seen each other in, what? Eight years?

- The point is, Everett was lost. Remember?

- What?

- How you were lost?

- I was pretending.

He was on his way to take some boat to...

What was the name of that place?

Lantau. Lantau Island.

Right. Some pilgrimage

he'd gotten into his head,

on his way to see some Buddhist statue

at some monastery.

It's one of the largest metal buddhas

in the world.

- Metal buddha.

- Over three stories tall.

- Fascinating.

- You can stay at this monastery. Actually...

share meals with the monks.

But they've taken a vow of silence.

A vow of what?

Your tie's crooked.

- Incredible. How long were you there?

- Well, he never made it.

One thing led to another,

Rachel suggested lunch, we got to talking.

Everett, what did you two talk about?

I don't remember.

- It's just a little tight.

- Will you take that goddamn tie off already?

Please. Of course you remember.

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Thomas Bezucha

Thomas Gordon Bezucha (born March 8, 1964) is an American screenwriter and director. He wrote and directed Big Eden (2000) and The Family Stone (2005). He also wrote the film The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. He is a graduate of Amherst Regional High School in Amherst, Massachusetts. He also directed Monte Carlo, which he co-wrote with April Blair.Bezucha is openly gay. more…

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