Stuart Saves His Family Movie Review 1994

Fired from his self-help TV show on a Chicago public-access station, New-Age advice guru Smalley (Franken) returns home to help his pathetically dysfunctional family sort out their problems and an inheritance, a nonplot that gives Smalley a chance to do his 12-step shtick. And that's. . .O.K. A tolerable installment in the endless parade of mediocre "Saturday Night Live" sketches stretched for the big screen that takes a few surprisingly maudlin turns. Based on Franken's book of Smalley's "daily affirmations," "I'm Good Enough, I'm Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like Me!"

Distribution

Paramount Home Video, 5555 Melrose Ave., 5555 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038, Phone: (323)956-5000, URL: http://www.paramount.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 97 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

On the Rocks, Only the Lonely, Sanity Check, Shrinks, Adapted from Saturday Night Live, Family Comedy

Screenplay

Al Franken

Cast

Al Franken, Laura San Giacomo, Vincent D'Onofrio, Shirley Knight, Harris Yulin, Julia Sweeney, Aaron Lustig, Darrell Larson, Camille Saviola, Gerrit Graham, Theodore (Ted) Raimi, Joe Flaherty

Cinematography

Lauro Escorel

Director

Harold Ramis

Music

Marc Shaiman

Other

Pembroke J. Herring, Craig Herring

Producer

Lorne Michaels, Trevor Albert, C.O. Erickson, Dinah Minot, Paramount Pictures