Rotten
It isn't good enough, it isn't smart enough, and, doggone it, most people won't like Stuart Saves His Family.
Joe Leydon, Variety
Stuart Saves His Family
You'll laugh because it's not your family. You'll cry because it is.
1995 · 1h 35m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Harold Ramis
Overview
A self-help advocate struggles to put his dysfunctional family in its place.
Director and cast
- Harold Ramis Director
- Al Franken as Stuart Smalley
- Laura San Giacomo as Julia
- Vincent D'Onofrio as Donnie - The Smalley Family
- Shirley Knight as Mom - The Smalley Family
- Harris Yulin as Dad - The Smalley Family
- Lesley Boone as Jodie - The Smalley Family
- John Link Graney as Kyle - The Smalley Family
- Julia Sweeney as Mea C. - Chicago Public Access
- Phil Hartman as Announcer
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
30%
Tomatometer
Fresh
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.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Rotten
The plotting is surprisingly banal, involving even talk of a property easement and turning Stuart into the executor of a relative's estate. And the relatives' problems are taken semi-seriously, which is more than this lightweight film can handle.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Rotten
It was much funnier when we didn't see Stuart's family. And, if we have to see them, it would have been much funnier if they were strait-laced '50s sitcom types.
Peter Rainer, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
All in all, it's a misfire -- but a misfire that's more interesting than a lot of successes.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
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