This was a wasted opportunity! A great cast and initially an interesting film, but then it descends into a completely unrealistic ending. Meredith is called a 'bigot', but it is more a case of deliberate misunderstanding on the part of this so called open minded family in an effort to drive her out. I think it was a shame the film did not study this more, showing how utterly hypocritical & awful this family was, yes they loved each other fiercely but their hostility to Meredith showed a lot more about them than her and it would have been great to see them realise that they were not nearly as warm & loving & open minded as they thought rather than the ending we got. Also I found claire danes character rubbish, what sister would give up her plans & travel to support her sister and then actually not help her at all. I am surprised how angry this film made me. And I really felt the ending was a complete cop out.
Review of The Family Stone
