Stuart Saves His Family

Daily Affirmations with Stuart Smalley (Al Franken) is a small public cable access show in Chicago. Julia (Laura San Giacomo) is one of his many sponsors. He is a follower of multiple 12 steps programs. After blowing up on his show, he gets kicked off of public access cable. Aunt Paula dies and Stuart has to go home to deal with his family. Donnie (Vincent D'Onofrio) is his irresponsible brother. Jodie (Lesley Boone) is his overwhelmed sister. Shirley Knight and Harris Yulin play their parents.

This needs a little bit of simplification. Stuart needs to go home and stay there until everything is solved. He should drag Julia along with him. I like Stuart. I really like Stuart. I'm not a superfan of Stuart in SNL but I watched it off and on. In this movie, he's actually an interesting character. It's not a silly little skit. I like him even more here. I like that he's actually helpful in this movie. Doggonit I like him.