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| CIC Victor Video | Release Date: April 12, 1995 |
Starring:
Al Franken, Erik Cord, Harris Yulin, John Graney, Laura San Giacomo, Lesley Boone, Marjorie Lovett, Shirley Knight, Vincent D'Onofrio, Walter Robles
Summary:
A self-help advocate Stuart Smalley (Al Franken) struggles to put his dysfunctional family in its place.
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Exceedingly clever and very sharp. [12 Apr 1995, p.7N]
Franken's feel-good inanities make you laugh, but the insipid script in which they're embedded lacks the courage of its satiric convictions. [12 Apr 1995, p.90]
There's a genuinely tragic side to Stuart's character, and for the movie to work the filmmakers have to keep it in balance with the comedy so that the pathos of his life doesn't kill all the laughs. But Ramis can't keep the movie's tone under control, and, as a result, it teeters precariously between farce and wake.
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Whatever goodwill Stuart Saves His Family manages to work up disappears by the maudlin, dramatic finale. [14 Apr 1995, p.5G]
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