Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

Finally saw 'The Family Stone'. I loved it.

It was a great movie. Not what I expected. Did you think it was a comedy going into it?

[wendybeth]

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

It was a great movie. Not what I expected. Did you think it was a comedy going into it?

I had an idea- the casting was a bit of a tipoff, and I read a few things here and there about some of the characters in the film. I loved the Deaf son and his partner, and I appreciated how they used casual pigeon-sign, which is what so many families with Deaf/HOH kids do. They were completely believable, especially in the way they just habitually signed and spoke, even when they weren't addressing him specifically. We have so many of the persons represented in this film within our own family, so it really hit home. The scene at the dinner table, when they were discussing adopting, and Meridith blunders when addressing 'normal' people and such- that was a double whammy, because Deaf people aren't considered 'normal' by so many in society, and the same attitude is directed at gay people as well. Diane Keaton's response was awesome- she was in total mama-bear mode.