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Stuart Saves His Family

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33% Tomatometer 27 Reviews 54% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
New Age therapist Stuart Smalley (Al Franken) tries to rid his family of substance abuse and co-dependency.
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Joe Leydon Variety 05/14/2008
It isn't good enough, it isn't smart enough, and, doggone it, most people won't like Stuart Saves His Family. Go to Full Review
Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader 05/14/2008
Even if you find Franken hard to bear, as I do, the movie's take on how he functions in the world is both authoritative and compelling, and the movie steadily grows in stature. Go to Full Review
Time Out 06/24/2006
Those familiar with Alcoholics Anonymous' 12-step recovery programme may bond in sympathy. The sentimentality, however, doesn't play. Go to Full Review
Erik Childress The Friendship Dilemma Podcast Oct 9
3.5/4
Al Franken & Harold Ramis’ still-too-overlooked film is a unicorn in the SNL-inspired universe that is not just very funny with fantastic work from Harris Yulin but also an emotional and truthful film about intervention and sponsorship. Go to Full Review
Nick Rogers Midwest Film Journal 02/26/2015
4/5
Wisely, "Stuart Saves His Family" attempts something tougher than the usual "SNL" movie, painting a fully fleshed-out portrait of seriocomic misery. In a subgenre littered with films worth forgetting, here is one that's good enough and smart enough. Go to Full Review
TV Guide 05/14/2008
3/4
Often funny, darker than you'd expect, and firmly grounded in Franken's extensive experience of the 12-Step worldview. Go to Full Review
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Brandon L @BrandonLemons Dec 14 I loved this movie in the 90s and still love it See more Andrew A @rt_andrew Mar 26 Not sure who's to blame for how this turned out. RIP Harold Ramis. See more Diane S 11/06/2024 I loved this movie! It’s especially a great movie for 12 step program aficionados. I’ve seen it several times and I laugh every time I see it. Siskel and Ebert got it right as they both gave it a thumbs up. Don’t miss this movie! See more Burt S 04/13/2023 It's a great comedy, Franken's a brilliant comic writer and performer and was an even better Senator. Like a number of reviewers here who loved the movie, it's hard to understand why so many others hated it. Sure it's unusual; that's what makes the really good movies really good! There's nothing else like it. Stuart to his sister who has an eating disorder, but is panicking about something and feeling desperate: "Listen -- can you get to a pound cake?" I mean...who else writes like that?? See more 11/24/2021 This movie is one of my favorite movies and I watch it every holiday season. Funny, incredibly clever, and it makes me feel good and focus on the good things in my life. I can't recommend it highly enough! See more 07/27/2020 Sweet, poignant, funny. Without being vapid or cruel. I thought it did a great job with "balance", as this could easily go too far in one or another direction. It also did a good job with the backstory, which didn't make anything clunky or too trite, even with textbook issues. I loved how he acknowledges his stuff without taking himself too seriously. Maybe you need to really like satire to appreciate it? (Which I do). Many hilarious moments for me, and it's sort of like a little dose of sunshine. One of those movies that would be good to have on the shelf to pull out on occasion. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis New Age therapist Stuart Smalley (Al Franken) tries to rid his family of substance abuse and co-dependency.
Director
Harold Ramis
Producer
Lorne Michaels, Trevor Albert
Production Co
Paramount Pictures, Broadway Pictures, Constellation
Rating
PG-13
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 12, 1995, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 15, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA)
$718.5K
Runtime
1h 35m
Sound Mix
Stereo, Surround
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