That was an excellent one.

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

This is one of best comedies of all times. The psychology of the main character is very incisive and realistic. However it is put in a grotesque context. Other characters are also very true to life or rather caricatures of certain types of people. The brother and the father of the main character seem to bring up the politically correct goofiness and dorkines of Al Franken. The Mother cuts also a very real and yet exaggerated person. The plot flows well and the whole dysfunctional family is funny and sad at the same time. The friends of Al Franken are also funny in their pseudo psychological babble and pretense. I find this film to be so good that I have bought the DVD.

Al Franken is so bad, he drags this otherwise bad movie down to terrible. Laura San Giacomo is, though, great ... just not enough to save this mess. Franken's diction is abysmal, almost as if he had some physical defect; he should never be allowed near a microphone. For that matter, he probably should not be allowed in front of a camera, either. He must know somebody, because he has not anywhere near enough talent to be named the star of a movie, any movie, even one this bad. After writing the above, some years later I saw him in an old "Saturday Night Live," and I realize I was understating the problem.Franken was terrible even in those lousy skits. Worst of all, He Was Just Not Funny, even, or especially, in the dumb skits he himself wrote.Laura San Giacomo, however, is so beautiful, so exotically beautiful, that one could almost put up with Franken just to be able to look at her. Almost. Better to watch her in something else. Anything else. THIS IS ADDED: After reading comments by others, I understand better what motivated people to produce this awful movie. (It's still terrible.) I said "yes" to "Was this comment helpful?" even when I disagreed with the rating the commenter had given. Reason: It was indeed helpful. I wish others would answer the question rather than saying "no" because they disagree with the opinion.

I really liked this movie. And no, I have never been in a 12 step program. But we all know people like this and we all share some of these experiences. But beside all that, it is funny. Al Franken is excellent. Julia Sweeney's "I'm sorry" character is hysterical. Sure it's a little movie but great if you are interested in human behavior.

The movie is not that bad everyone says. It's the sweaters Stuart Smalley wears, way to go! I never saw so many ugly sweaters in one movie!If you see this movie at your local blockbuster store and you have to choose between The adventures of pluto Nash with Eddie Murphy or Stuart saves his family, please choose this one.