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The pre-Holiday period is making me nostalgic for the Callaghan family from While You Were Sleeping. They were hilarious and spazzy but very sweet.

Roger Ebert describes them:
Haha. He is so right. It's contrived, sure. But the movie and performances make it work. I love how they overreact to everything.

I loved the Rodriguez family from Nothing Like the Holidays. The cast was fantastic and they did feel like a real family. The bond between the siblings, cousins, friends and, of course, Mr. and Mrs. Rodriguez was super heartfelt and genuine.

One of the creepiest families has to be the crazy clan from the Last House on the Left. Those people made my skin crawl. On the other hand, the Collingwood's turned out to be quite resourceful and capable of horrible things to protect their family from the Krug's creepy clan.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button has the charming, charming duo of Queenie and Benjamin. A very unusual mother and son that warmed and broke my heart at the same time. Their relationship was so touching.

Another mother/son duo that always break my heart in a good way is Forrest Gump, and his protective mama, to say nothing of Forrest and Forrest Jr. later on.

I can't forget the Mercer siblings from Four Brothers. Now those were a handful! Hee. Like in Nothing Like the Holidays, this cast had *amazing* chemistry.

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Anyone want to share their favorite/least favorite movie families or perhaps favorite movies about families?

jackiehydelover

I love the Parker family in A Christmas Story! It's one of my all time favorite movies and I just love them all to pieces. They come off as such a real family and it kind of reminds me of mine. Not sure what that says about us, but yeah

I also love Aurora and Emma in Terms of Endearment. Probably my all time favorite mother/daughter relationship in film history.

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Confession: I've never seen A Christmas Story! Shameful, I know. Haha.

I have to say, some of my favorite families are from holiday movies.

jackiehydelover

BLASPHEMY!

Make sure you watch it this holiday season. It's amazing. Hilarious and endearing. The family is great, and there is this moment towards the end with the parents that brings tears to my eyes because it really shows what Christmas is really about (not in the religious sense, just family and love wise).

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Heeeeeeeeee!

I'm waiting for it to come up during the Holiday season.

Gabriela

Ah, I love While You Were Sleeping! The Callaghan family is great and Ebert's description is dead on

I like the Stones in The Family Stone. I like what each person brings to the family and their interactions are just great

jackiehydelover

I While You Were Sleeping!!!!! So renting that tomorrow