Christmas movie, famous stars, family setting, the same kind of red and white square box poster...Oh, so Love, Actually.

Is the story predictable? Let me see, high powered New Yorker (Sarah Jessica Parker from Sex and The City) visits boyfriend's New England family. Everybody hates her, but she will touch everybody's heart. Movie will most likely end with a heart-warming Christmas dinner.

I am right for most except the last line. Not the most conventional way of ending a romantic love story.

The flaw of having too many characters is that many people appear can appear one-dimensional and stereotypical. Family stone beats that as everyone seem so likeable. You get the farcical New Yorker, handicapped gay and emotional matriarch, matched with affable performances by Jessica Parker, Diane Keaton and Claire Danes.

The Family Stone – Pleasant, holiday fare