SummaryA self-help advocate Stuart Smalley (Al Franken) struggles to put his dysfunctional family in its place.
Directed By:Harold Ramis
Written By:Al Franken
Stuart Saves His Family
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
44% Positive
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Subtly riotous.
70
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.
63
The casting is flawless - including a choice bit for Franken's former "SNL" colleague Julia Sweeney - and out of so much anguish Franken fashions an upbeat ending that feels genuinely well-earned. [12 Apr 1995, p.E4]
60
Little more than a set of intermittently funny skits strung together by a sketchy nonplot about Stuart's relatives. As directed by Harold Ramis, it's seldom better than just amiable.
50
The picture meanders and goes back in time for needless flashbacks, and in the end the comedy mutes whatever punch the dramatic elements might have had.
38
The contrast to Ramis' last picture, the inspired Groundhog Day, is marked. [12 Apr 1995, p.F03]
25
Whatever goodwill Stuart Saves His Family manages to work up disappears by the maudlin, dramatic finale. [14 Apr 1995, p.5G]
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Production Company:
- Paramount Pictures
- Constellation
- Broadway Pictures
- Mont Blanc Entertainment GmbH
- Worldwide
Release Date:Apr 12, 1995
Duration:1 h 35 m
Rating:PG-13
Tagline:You'll laugh because it's not your family. You'll cry because it is.
Awards
Razzie Awards
• 1 Nomination
The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards
• 1 Nomination
