The Family Stone

A Christmas visit from their son’s fiancée (Sarah Jessica Parker) brings out the grinch in a family of judgmental liberals in The Family Stone. Director-writer Thomas Bezucha’s sophomore effort features lots of comic fizz and a rich ensemble led by Diane Keaton that meshes convincingly as a family. EXTRAS A making-of doc, cast interviews, and a filmmakers’ commentary that’s particularly informative on design elements (blue was avoided and clutter encouraged in the palette), but a second commentary with a giggling Parker and costar Dermot Mulroney is, as Parker predicts, ”helpful to no one.”