Meredith Morton (Sarah Jessica Parker) is really uptight. She accompanies her boyfriend Everett Stone (Dermot Mulroney) to his family's Christmas holidays. The Stone family is headed by Sybil (Diane Keaton) and Kelly (Craig T. Nelson). Susannah (Elizabeth Reaser) is the oldest sibling and a stay-at-home mom. Ben (Luke Wilson) is a stoner. Amy (Rachel McAdams) hates Meredith. Thad (Tyrone Giordano) is gay and deaf. Meredith feels picked on especially by Amy and leaves to stay at the inn. She asks her more relaxed sister Julie (Claire Danes) to join her. Everett wants to propose to Meredith with grandma's ring but Sybil refuses to give him the ring. Everybody objects to the proposal.
It's a quirky family Christmas holiday get together. It's not anything new but it's always good material to mine. SJP is overplaying her character a little. She doesn't need to play the role as if she's got a board in her back. McAdams is a fun meanie and she allows for some comedy to come through with SJP. The cast for the family is great and they have good chemistry together.
It's a quirky family Christmas holiday get together. It's not anything new but it's always good material to mine. SJP is overplaying her character a little. She doesn't need to play the role as if she's got a board in her back. McAdams is a fun meanie and she allows for some comedy to come through with SJP. The cast for the family is great and they have good chemistry together.