Stuart Saves His Family

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Stuart Saves His Family

PG-13

1995

1h 35m

Comedy

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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.

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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.

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Time Out

06/24/2006

Those familiar with Alcoholics Anonymous' 12-step recovery programme may bond in sympathy. The sentimentality, however, doesn't play.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Brandon L.

@BrandonLemons Dec 14

I loved this movie in the 90s and still love it

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Andrew A

@rt_andrew 03/26/2025

Not sure who's to blame for how this turned out. RIP Harold Ramis.

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Diane S

@RT35948509 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!

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Burt S

@RT47569077 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??

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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!

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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.

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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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