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The Family Stone

Starring: Claire Danes, Diane Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Dermot Mulroney, Craig T. Nelson

Directed by: Thomas Bezucha

RS: 3of 4 Stars

2006

"You have a freak flag, you just don't fly it," says stoner Ben Stone (Luke Wilson) to the prissy girlfriend (Sarah Jessica Parker) of his older brother (Dermot Mulroney with a cyclotron part in his hair). The Stone family accept the deaf gay brother with the black boyfriend, but not her. This one-big-crazy family flick endures a heavy layer of yuletide cheese thanks to sassy sister (Rachel McAdams) sporting an NPR bookbag and a Dinosaur Jr. t-shirt -- a hottie for the grunge literati.