Stuart Saves His Family

Name: Stuart Saves His Family
Director: Harold Ramis
Released: 1995

Synopsis

A self-help advocate struggles to put his dysfunctional family in its place.

80
Washington Post
Subtly riotous.
75
Chicago Sun-Times
A genuine surprise: A movie as funny as the "SNL" stuff, and yet with convincing characters, a compelling story and a sunny, sweet sincerity shining down on the humor.
70
Chicago Reader
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.
60
The New York Times
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.
60
TV Guide Magazine
Often funny, darker than you'd expect, and firmly grounded in Franken's extensive experience of the 12-Step worldview.
58
Entertainment Weekly
Stuart Saves His Family is a hit-or-miss satire in which Stuart, for too many scenes, comes off simply as a goofy neurotic butterball.
50
Los Angeles Times
Al Franken is good enough, he's certainly smart enough. So, doggone it, why is "Stuart Saves His Family" so mediocre?
50
San Francisco Chronicle
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.