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Stuart Saves His Family, 1995
English
Germany, USA
Profile of Stuart Saves His Family
Stuart Saves His Family can be described as humorous, clever, and offbeat. The plot revolves around rehabilitation, an eccentric family, and self discovery. Its comic aspect comes from farce and dark humor. Stuart Saves His Family's main genres are comedy and drama. In approach, it is not serious and realistic. It takes place in the 1990s. Stuart Saves His Family is based on a TV series and based on a book.
Summary of Stuart Saves His Family
Veteran 12-stepper Stuart Smalley (Al Franken) has a successful cable-access show until his worst nightmare comes true: He's moved to the dreaded 2:45 a.m. slot, a fate worse than death in the TV world. Eventually Stuart's show is canceled, and he must face unemployment with the help of his various 12-step sponsors. Just when he is as low as he can possibly get, he is forced to face his completely dysfunctional family for a funeral back home in Minnesota. This hotbed of addictive and compulsive behavior includes an alcoholic father (Harris Yulin), a passive mom (Shirley Knight), an overeating sister (Leslie Boone), and an all-around addict brother (Vincent D'onofrio). All of this bad behavior is almost too much for the recovered Stuart, as he is forced to face his family's weaknesses as they all battle to understand one another. Through a series of familial disasters and increasingly dysfunctional behavior, Stuart must decide whether his family is worth saving or if he must leave them all behind for good. Director Harold Ramis has successfully taken the popular SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE skit and turned it into a charming little movie that is littered with small surprises throughout.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | Germany, USA |
| Release date: | 12 April 1995 |
| Runtime: | 96 min |
Cast and Crew
as Stuart Smalley
as Julia
