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I originally went to see it thinking it was a comedy, which it was too, but it was a tear jerker too. I was really really good. I'm still impressed. 
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I saw it, and while it was fairly predictable standard holiday family gathering fare I very much enjoyed it. I appreciated the honest approach to the breast cancer the mother has been fighting for some time...
It does have a major tear jerker component and while the reality is that that component is a major underlying theme in the movie it doesn't overwhelm the film and make it a "sad" movie.
I liked that the Stone Family is a very strong unit.. a long and apparently loving and happy marriage is portrayed and they have normal little sibling issues among the grown children without being a bitter dysfunctional family which is so often the family we get to see in comedy/drama type films.
When the mother shows that mastectomy scar and put hubbies hand over it I cried... and thought of the women I know who won't let ANYONE even their own husbands see the scars they have.. and I wanted every one of them to see this movie for that one single loving moment
It does have a major tear jerker component and while the reality is that that component is a major underlying theme in the movie it doesn't overwhelm the film and make it a "sad" movie.
I liked that the Stone Family is a very strong unit.. a long and apparently loving and happy marriage is portrayed and they have normal little sibling issues among the grown children without being a bitter dysfunctional family which is so often the family we get to see in comedy/drama type films.
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I LOVED it. My fiance took me to see it and it was one of the best movies I've seen this year. The funny thing is that I act very much like Sarah Jessica Parker's character, and even got into a similar argument with an in-law as she did at the dinner table (only my opinion was opposite hers). IT made me really sad, because she didn't do anything wrong, people just automatically seemed to dislike her because she was insecure and I feel that way sometimes too when I meet knew people (thankfully my in-laws have always like me though)The sub plot was very moving as well. I definitely recomend this one for men and women alike. .
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