Sybil and Kelly Stone (Diane Keaton and Craig T. Nelson)
Sybil greets Thad (Tyrone Giordano)
Charades with this family are never simple. Meredith (Sarah Jessica Parker) tries to communicate with the Stones
Favorite movies that have had an impact on me - #105 - The Family Stone (2005) - The Family Stone centers around Stone matriarch Diane Keaton and how she and her family react to eldest son Everett (Dermot Mulroney) bringing home his girlfriend Meredith (Sarah Jessica Parker) to meet the family at Christmas — and to ask his mother for his grandmother's ring — to propose to her. This doesn't go over well with anyone, as Meredith is like oil to the Stone's water, particularly youngest daughter Amy (Rachel McAdams), who loathes Meredith at first sight. Holidays with the family can be stressful for us all, and I like how the Stone clan is quirky and tight, but also underneath all their sarcasm, full of love. Craig T. Nelson is wonderful as always as patriarch Kelly. He and son Ben (Luke Wilson) try to be supportive to the awkward Meredith. Tyrone Giordano does his best with the under-written role of Thad, another Stone son, who happens to be deaf and gay. Claire Danes shows up about midway as Meredith's sister Julie, to complicate things.