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* ClashingCousins: The Smalleys do not get along with Cousin Ray and his family, such as burying one of their own family members in Aunt Paula's cemetary plot.
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* ClashingCousins: The Smalleys do not get along with Cousin Ray and his family, such as burying one of their own family members in Aunt Paula's cemetary cemetery plot.
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* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler: Donnie has a case of this with Dad after his father, mistaking him for a deer, shoots him while drunk. It isn't the shooting that gives him an epiphany, however. He tells Stuart, with some shock, that Dad ''snuck in a six pack of beer for him'' while he was in his hospital bed.]]
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* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler: Donnie has a case of this with Dad after his father, mistaking him for a deer, shoots him while drunk. It isn't the shooting that gives him an epiphany, however. He tells Stuart, with some shock, that Dad ''snuck in a six pack bottle of beer Jack Daniels for him'' while he was in his hospital bed.]]
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Donnie. By his own admission, he liked to pick on Stuart because he's such an easy target, and he's a perpetually unemployed alcoholic and stoner who still lives at home. However, he makes a genuine effort to get his life together, get away from his drunken father's malign influence, and a couple of scenes show that he really cares about and even respects his brother.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Unlike the goofy SNL skits about Stuart's maudlin self-help shows, the movie's focus is on Stuart's dysfunctional family and the lives of his friends, touching on less than comical topics like alcoholism, AbusiveParents, and (in Julia's case) attempted incest.
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* ParentalIncest: Julia tells Stuart about the time she contacted her biological father, and finally got to meet him. And then he flirted with her, ruining her fantasy of having a relationship with her "real" dad.
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* ParentalIncest: Julia tells Stuart about the time she contacted her biological father, and finally got to meet him. And then he flirted with made a blatant sexual advance at her, ruining her fantasy of having a relationship with her "real" dad.
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* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler: Donnie has a case of this with Dad after his father, mistaking him for a deer, shoots him while drunk.]]
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* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler: Donnie has a case of this with Dad after his father, mistaking him for a deer, shoots him while drunk. It isn't the shooting that gives him an epiphany, however. He tells Stuart, with some shock, that Dad ''snuck in a six pack of beer for him'' while he was in his hospital bed.]]
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* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler: Donnie has a case of this with Dad after his father, mistaking him for a deer, shoots him while drunk.]]
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* TropaholicsAnonymous: Stuart belongs to ''four'', including Al-Anon, Adult Children of Alcoholic Parents, Overeaters Anonymous, and Debtors Anonymous. While his father bitterly snarks that Stuart is addicted to 12-Step programs, it becomes clear that Stuart genuinely needs help and is dealing with a ''very'' screwed up family life.
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* TropaholicsAnonymous: Stuart belongs to ''four'', including Al-Anon, Adult Children of Alcoholic Parents, Overeaters Anonymous, and Debtors Anonymous. While his father bitterly snarks that Stuart is addicted to 12-Step programs, it becomes clear that Stuart genuinely needs help and is dealing with a ''very'' screwed up family life. When Stuart has a panic attack and barricades himself in his apartment, all four sponsors show up at his doorstep and introduce themselves to each other.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Despite the tone of the film, long-standing issues never go away quickly, if at all.
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* {{Dramedy}}: Unlike other SNL skit adaptations that were straightforward farces, this movie a great deal of MoodWhiplash between Stuart's campy ridiculousness and its often realistic portrayal of his dysfunctional, alcoholic family.
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* {{Dramedy}}: Unlike other SNL skit adaptations that were straightforward farces, this movie has a great deal of MoodWhiplash between Stuart's campy ridiculousness and its often realistic portrayal of his dysfunctional, alcoholic family.
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''Stuart Saves His Family'' is a 1995 {{Dramedy}} based on the ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' character Stuart Smalley and [[{{Kayfabe}} his book]] ''I'm Good Enough, I'm Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like Me!: Daily Affirmations''. The film was written by Smalley's creator Creator/AlFranken and directed by Creator/HaroldRamis, fresh off directing ''Film/GroundhogDay''. Ramis approached Franken about doing a film adaptation based on the "Daily Affirmations" book Franken had published in his Smalley persona.
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''Stuart Saves His Family'' is a 1995 {{Dramedy}} based on the ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' character Stuart Smalley and [[{{Kayfabe}} his book]] ''I'm Good Enough, I'm Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like Me!: Daily Affirmations''. The film was written by Smalley's creator Creator/AlFranken and directed by Creator/HaroldRamis, fresh off directing ''Film/GroundhogDay''. Ramis approached Franken about doing a film adaptation based on the "Daily Affirmations" book Franken had published in his Smalley persona.
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''Stuart Saves His Family'' is a 1995 {{Dramedy}} based on the ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' character Stuart Smalley and [[{{Kayfabe}} his book]] ''I'm Good Enough, I'm Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like Me!: Daily Affirmations'', played by Creator/AlFranken and directed by Creator/HaroldRamis, fresh off directing ''Film/GroundhogDay''. Ramis approached Franken about doing a film adaptation based on the "Daily Affirmations" book Franken had published in his Smalley persona.
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''Stuart Saves His Family'' is a 1995 {{Dramedy}} based on the ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' character Stuart Smalley and [[{{Kayfabe}} his book]] ''I'm Good Enough, I'm Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like Me!: Daily Affirmations'', played Affirmations''. The film was written by Smalley's creator Creator/AlFranken and directed by Creator/HaroldRamis, fresh off directing ''Film/GroundhogDay''. Ramis approached Franken about doing a film adaptation based on the "Daily Affirmations" book Franken had published in his Smalley persona.
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''Stuart Saves His Family'' is a 1995 {{Dramedy}} based on the ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' character Stuart Smalley, played by Creator/AlFranken and directed by Creator/HaroldRamis, fresh off directing ''Film/GroundhogDay''. Ramis approached Franken about doing a film adaptation based on the "Daily Affirmations" book Franken had published in his Smalley persona.
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''Stuart Saves His Family'' is a 1995 {{Dramedy}} based on the ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' character Stuart Smalley, Smalley and [[{{Kayfabe}} his book]] ''I'm Good Enough, I'm Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like Me!: Daily Affirmations'', played by Creator/AlFranken and directed by Creator/HaroldRamis, fresh off directing ''Film/GroundhogDay''. Ramis approached Franken about doing a film adaptation based on the "Daily Affirmations" book Franken had published in his Smalley persona.
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* Dramedy: Unlike other SNL skit adaptations that were straightforward farces, this movie a great deal of MoodWhiplash between Stuart's campy ridiculousness and its often realistic portrayal of his dysfunctional, alcoholic family.
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* Dramedy: {{Dramedy}}: Unlike other SNL skit adaptations that were straightforward farces, this movie a great deal of MoodWhiplash between Stuart's campy ridiculousness and its often realistic portrayal of his dysfunctional, alcoholic family.
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* TheAlcoholic: The Smalley men, historically and present. Stuart went to Al-Anon, while Donnie added being TheStoner to the mix.
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* TheAlcoholic: The Smalley men, historically and present. Stuart went to Al-Anon, Al-Anon (as well as Adult Children of Alcoholics), while Donnie added being TheStoner to the mix.
