stuart little ( film series )
this article is about the film. for the book, see stuart little. for the film series, see stuart little (film series). for the television series, see stuart little: the animated series .
stuart little 3: call of the wild is the very first direct - to - video movie in the stuart little film series .
teaser for stuart little - the animated series (2003) captured from the stuart little 2 (2002) vhs tape .
stuart little is now an animated tv series based on the original movie in which stuart continues his life - long adventures .
— stuart little (michael j. fox) is back for the second film in this series and he has a new adventure which includes his own plane .
the stuart little franchise is a series, created by e. b. white with a story arc consisting of 3 films, a spin - off tv series, and 3 video games .
it received an academy award for best visual effects nomination, but lost to the matrix. the film, the first in the film series, spawned a sequel in 2002, stuart little 2, the short - lived tv show stuart little: the animated series in 2003, and another sequel in 2005, the direct - to - video stuart little 3: call of the wild .
the film received 2 sequels: stuart little 2 (2002) and stuart little 3: call of the wild (2005). it is currently unknown when stuart little 4 will come out. [ citation needed ]
stuart little 1 and two are very entertaining, my children were a bit disappointed that stuart little 3 is copletely animated though. but over all a good buy. stuart little / stuart little 2 / stuart little 3: call of the wild [ dvd ] [ 2002 ] [ region 1 ] [ us import ] [ ntsc ]
this film was estelle getty' s final film before her retirement in 2001 and her death in 2008 .
the potential series would reboot the iconic film franchise, which consists of first blood, rambo: first blood part ii, rambo iii and rambo .
a sequel called stuart little 2 was released on july 19, 2002 and stuart little 3: call of the wild was released on october 11, 2005 .
this is the only stuart little movie rated g. the other movies were pg .
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right after brooke and george put the gold kerchief on stuart' s shirt and before the troopmaster apologises to mr little for mocking stuart, stuart' s kerchief is red. however, after mrs little says
that' s our little man
, stuart' s kerchief becomes gold again .
critics say stuart little is charming with kids and adults for its humor and visual effects .
stuart little 2 is a sweet, visually impressive sequel that provides wholesome entertainment for kids .
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eat the camera: happens in the second film when the soccer ball is kicked with stuart in tow .
michael j. fox is the voice of stuart little. geena davis and hugh laurie star as eleanor and frederick little, with jonathan lipnicki as stuart' s big brother george little and nathan lane as the voice of the family cat snowbell .
stuart little 3: call of the wild (2005). animation / stuart little sequel. voices: michael j. fox, hugh laurie, geena davis. director - audu paden. moria - the science - fiction, horror and fantasy film review .
mrs. little: i don' t know, stuart. something could happen to you .
george has another one when mrs little finally realizes george as been lying about where stuart is .
i enjoyed watching all 13 episodes of the complete animated series of stuart little. they are good, but nowhere near as good as the films. i would only recommend this to people who prefer animation over real acting .
stuart little 3: call of the wild is a 2005 direct - to - video adventure science - fiction comedy film and the sequel to stuart little 2 and stuart little, directed by audu paden, produced by douglas wick, lucy fisher, lucille hough, steve wendland, and rachel shane, written by bill motz and bob roth, and distributed by columbia pictures .
the continuing adventures of stuart little, the super - intelligent mouse, and his adoptive human family .
stuart little is a 1999 live - action science - fiction comedy adventure film, based on the novel of the same name. the movie combines live - action and computer animation .
while a pleasant, well - animated family film, stuart little 2 is not as gripping as the first movie and lacks the emotional punch associated with the best of the genre .
the novel from charlotte' s web author e. b. white spawned a three - film series the last time it went to the big screen and has seen action in the form of a small - screen animated series as well. the live - action version featured memorable performances by geena davis, hugh laurie and michael j. fox .
the little family adopt a charming young mouse named stuart, but the family cat wants rid of him .
trailer spoof: the trailer for stuart little 2 imitated moments from the first spider - man movie. .
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remarkably, stuart little 2 manages to be both more satisfying for adults and more kid - friendly than the original. older viewers will appreciate the sequel’s stronger story and witty script; and even little kids who might have found the original film’s menacing central park gangster cats too intense may be able to watch this film’s villainous falcon without fear of bad dreams. (not only the menace but also the language is milder in this film than in stuart little, which unnecessarily threw in a couple of curse words that the sequel avoids. )
happily adopted: stuart. somewhat averted in that there is initially a little sibling tension within his new family .
stuart little: the adventure home is a video game for the gameboy light system, based on the book .
stuart little is a 1999 live - action / computer - animated film series, based on the 1945 children' s novel by e. b. white. the films are produced by franklin / waterman productions and released by columbia pictures. the first two films were directed by rob minkoff (one of the co - directors of the lion king) with the first film being notably co - written by m night shyamalan .
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stuart little 2 builds on the first film, but doesn’t require the viewer to have seen it .
spunky mouse lives in new york with cheery human family and histrionic cat
is about all you need to know. geena davis and hugh laurie are back as stuart’s parents, with little jonathan lipnicki as stuart’s older brother george. there’s also a new little, baby martha (played by twins anna and ashley hoelck) .
stuart little received generally positive reviews from movie critics. according to rotten tomatoes, 66% of critics gave the film a positive review, making the movie gain a
fresh
rating. [ 2 ]
stuart little is an exciting fantasy adventure for kids with more than enough verbal and visual wit to tickle adult funny bones .
a video game under name stuart little 3: big photo adventure was released, but not related to the actual movie .
live - action roles include jonathan lipnicki, geena davis and hugh laurie as the little family (george, mother eleanor and father frederick), while the voice - over roles include michael j fox (stuart) and nathan lane (snowbell the cat). the film spawned two sequels in 2002 and 2005 respectively, and a short - lived animated series in 2003 .
samus is a girl: the cougar in
stuart little 3: call of the wild
turns out to be female .
film. there is the same theme that we had in the second film of stuart feeling overprotected by the littles and desiring freedom of his own. the film comes with moments of tenderness and charm  you cannot help but feel for poor stuart as he struggles to keep up on the summer camp challenges and is disadvantaged by his size. it builds up to a satisfying emotional climax .
, the film has a score of 61 out of 100, indicating
generally favorable
reviews .
the soundtrack album stuart little (music from and inspired by the motion picture) was released by motown / universal records on november 30, 1999, on audio cd and compact cassette. tracks in bold do not appear in the film .
chained to a railway: stuart pretends this in the first film in front of george. however, it was a toy train and he used his tail .
a likeable, highly entertaining film that endears in spite of the odd spot of disney - esque schmaltz .
, 66% of critics gave the film a positive review. the site' s consensus reads :
— stuart little is back as he meets margalo (melanie griffith), a tiny bird wounded by the evil falcon (james woods) .
the world of stuart little is a wonderful thing to snuggle into, as full of heart and pep and innocence as the title character himself .
some parts are interesting, but surely, not fresh. stuart little, could be a good film to watch with our kids, without a doubt, but really the movie presents some boring scenes and plot, that go annoy the audience. rotten .
the lovable stuart little returns in this animated children' s film based on e. b. white' s book. voiced again by michael j. fox, stuart is now off to the woods with his human family (geena davis and hugh laurie) for a camping trip that he and all his little viewers will never forget. virginia madsen and tom kenny also lend their voices to the production .
: margalo apparently does this to falcon after landing in stuart' s car. it' s all fake, to ingratiate her to stuart. stuart lampshades it, though .
competently directed by gary winick (13 going on 30), the film basically sticks to the plot of the book, and the story’s essential charm is echoed in the film. at the same time, the film also dumbs down white with excursions into gimmicky broad humor and bestiary slapstick — something the makers of babe found unnecessary to do .
with everyone getting a little too old to keep making the live action films it made sense for them to try to keep the franchise alive with this animated tv series, that sadly didn' t catch on. having hugh laurie still be mr little was a big draw, but for some reason audiences seemed to prefer the live action outings of the little mouse with a big heart to this animated counterpart. it' s a shame, this show had some nice moments .
i found myself caring for the humble little mouse, and that' s the whole point .
[ from the tv series; teasing falcon in a sing - song voice ] you' ll never get me! you' ll never get me! ... [ blows a raspberry ]
like its predecessor, stuart little 2 is only loosely connected to the 1945 children’s story by e. b. white. white, of course, wrote no sequel to stuart little — though if ever a story cried out to be continued, it was that one, which simply trails off without a satisfactory resolution .
big bad: smokey, the mob boss - like leader of a pack of cats, in the first film. the falcon, a vicious tyrant who forces margalo to do his bidding, is this in the second film. the beast, a deadly mountain lion who forces reeko to do his bidding, serves as the primary villain of the third film .
never trust a trailer: the first film is a criminal offender. several commercials show stuart flying a plane or fighting the cat and other cool things, but none of that happens in the film. but they do happen in the ending credits in a montage that depicts what happens after the story is over .
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for $ 500 for use in the film, unaware of its provenance. in 2009, art historian gergely barki, while watching
see, now, this is how to make a sequel. just a couple of weeks after releasing the disappointing men in black ii, columbia follows up with stuart little 2, a thoroughly entertaining family film that’s smarter, funnier, more heartfelt, and more exciting than the amiable 1999 original .
misplaced wildlife: in
stuart little 3: call of the wild
, the beast, which audiences assume to be a bear, is revealed to actually be a cougar .
avoid the dreaded g rating: the film got a pg rating by having the villains occasionally say
damn
or
hell .
bought this lovely cartoon dvd for my son as we had borrowed it from the library. stuart little' s new escapades in this forest log cabin holiday animation. great story and games on the dvd are fab for my boy. he really loved it, so i had to get it for him. for a 4 year old there is no better role model than stuart little. my son loves this character so much that he often has an imaginary stuart little on his shoulder. so when i found the dvd i had to have it .
bond villain stupidity: when he actually has stuart in his talons, instead of eating him, falcon drops stuart - who, fortunately, lands on a soft garbage bag. to be fair, though, this is how monte described falcon' s feeding habits earlier in the film .
adaptation species change: it' s never explained why stuart looks like a mouse in stuart little. he is the biological son of two normal humans and it' s never referred to as any sort of fictional disorder. he' s just presumed to be a mouse looking boy. in the films he is an actual mouse who ends up adopted by the little family .
margalo: (opens the window and looks back at the sleeping stuart) i' m sorry, stuart. (sadly flies out the window )
hannibal lecture: falcon explaining to stuart that margalo is simply an artful dodger, and her friendship was a lie to get the littles' wedding ring. however, margalo tells stuart that their friendship is genuine and stuart believes her. stuart shoots an arrow at falcon, which simply pisses him off .
in stuart little 2, stuart meets a canary bird named margalo (voiced by melanie griffith) and both become friends. what he doesn' t know is that margalo is forcefully working with a cruel peregrine falcon named falcon (voiced by james woods) who wants her to steal mrs. little' s ring or else he will kill her new rodent friend. margalo leaves to save stuart' s life and the mouse goes on her trail thinking that falcon kidnapped her .
: the second film has something sort of like this. after being told that margalo isn' t going anywhere, stuart replies ,
yes she is !
and fires an arrow at falcon - which simply bounces off his beak. he grabs stuart in his talons and drops him off the building .
the film is fairly formulaic, though some of its puns and wisecracks are hilarious, especially those delivered by the littles' lazy and cynical persian cat .
the stuart little book was an instant classic upon it' s release exactly 70 years ago. the 1999 movie earned $ 300 million at the box office, and was a huge blockbuster success. michael j. fox voiced the title character, with geena davis and hugh laurie playing the parents. the then very popular jonathan lipnicki played their son and stuart' s best friend. a sequel titled stuart little 2 was released three years later in 2002. while it still made an impressive $ 169 million, it wasn' t as big of a hit as the first movie. stuart little 3: call of the wild was released direct to video and is notable for being fully animated .
at the same time, stuart little 2 effectively balances its sweetness with acid wit and clever asides for the grown - ups, and never runs the risk of becoming cloying or saccharine. much of the credit in this regard goes to nathan lane in the role of the cat snowbell, funnier and better utilized here than in the original. in one scene, trailing around town on a mission with a determined stuart who vows not to
give up ,
snowbell protests plaintively ,
giving up is fun! if more people gave up, there’d be fewer wars! and look at all the time you save !
snowbell even manages to get a funny payoff out of the littles’ cutesy family greeting (
little hi, little lo; little hey, little ho
) .
george gets one when he has to lie to mrs little again, supposedly having just left stuart at will' s house, and then will shows up at the door. he manages to cover himself .
stuart little doesn' t have the exuberant inspiration or seamless, polished dazzle of toy story 2, but if the latter is sold out at the multiplex this weekend, the mouse is a passable substitute .
the storyline ties together margalo, mrs. little’s missing ring, and stuart’s garbage - scow voyage into a new plot pitting stuart against a predatory falcon (james woods) — a conflict that has the kid - empowering appeal of stories like jack the giant - killer or david and goliath .
: margalo is assigned by the evil falcon to steal household valuables from the little family. however, margalo can' t seem to focus on her assignment as she starts to enjoy spending time with the family, and becoming smitten with stuart. finally losing his patience, falcon threatens margalo to steal mrs. little' s ring or else he' ll kill stuart. reluctantly, margalo steals mrs. little' s wedding ring. when the littles notice the ring missing, they think it' s fallen down the drain and stuart volunteers to go after it, but the string that' s holding him breaks. margalo saves him, but stuart' s gratitude towards her only makes her feel more guilty .
a lovely family film. working closely with my son so he can learn french as well as english so we love this has both language options on this .
deadpan snarker: though snowbell is (as expected) the biggest culprit, (movie) margalo lets a little of this sneak through from time to time, when her ditz armor starts to crack around stuart .
when stuart confronts falcon in the pishkin building, stuart and margalo are alternately standing on and off of the grillwork surrounding the water valve on which falcon is perched .
smug snake: anton. he' s a bully to george and is smug most of the time with little reason to be .
butt monkey: snowbell ends up falling in this trope in the second movie, especially with all the bad luck he gets in the second half of the film .
stuart has one when he gets lost in central park and the cats start appearing .
has been made wholly in animation. it does reunite many of the live - action stars from the other films  geena davis and hugh laurie  as voice artists, as well as michael j. fox, who provided the voice of stuart. notably absent is jonathan lipnicki who played george in the films. there had earlier been a 12 episode animated tv series
no talent has been added to the movie, though its possible that michael j. fox could return to voice stuart, even though he skipped out on the very last sequel. there is no proposed release date yet, but audiences most likely won' t see the movie until 2018 or 2019. douglas wick, who produced the original, will also serve the same duties here. it isn' t known if a script has been written yet. red wagon is finishing up it' s divergent series with the final two films, the divergent series: allegiant: part 1, which hits theaters in 2016 and the divergent series: allegiant: part 2, which arrives in 2017. they are also in the pre - production stages on a remake of the craft which follows a group of high school witches. no casting has been announced for that movie just yet, but we can expected to hear more soon .
animal athlete loophole: in the first film, based on the corresponding scene from the book. most of the boats in the race are being operated by remote control .
what measure is a non - cute? : in the second film, stuart befriends margalo, a little bird who is menaced by a peregrine falcon. this would just be another case of carnivores are mean, but note that margalo is an artful dodger disguised as an adorable female canary and the falcon is depicted as a vicious, mad - eyed, scheming fagin expy voiced by james woods .
the plucky talking mouse and his human family are holidaying in a cabin near lake garland when a mysterious beast kidnaps snowbell the cat. stuart and his new skunk friend reeko bravely venture deep into the woods to rescue his old rival. animated sequel to the children' s adventure series, featuring the voices of michael j fox, geena davis, hugh laurie and wayne brady .
the wave of 90s nostalgia shows now signs of slowing down, and if you feel like you' re in need of more anthropomorphic animals in your life, you' re in luck! it' s been almost a decade since we last saw everyone' s fourth favorite talking mouse in stuart little 3: call of the wild. after his ten year absence, sony and red wagon entertainment finally feel the time is right for a stuart little remake .
besides standard platitudes about looking on the bright side and having confidence in yourself, stuart little 2 deals with the moral issues of lying (and, to a lesser degree, stealing) versus honesty and integrity. a significant plot point depends on stuart’s brother george lying to their parents concerning stuart’s whereabouts. predictably, this lie leads to an escalating series of lies that leaves george unhappy and stressed :
i’ve never lied to my parents before ,
he explains to a friend, whose significant reply is :
that’s why they believe you .
ironically, while george may be technically correct about never lying to his parents before, he did pave the way for his present predicament by first asking stuart to tell a lie on his behalf, illustrating how one compromise leads to another .
, by telling him if he does it, he' ll lose mrs little' s diamond ring, which he forced her to steal .
is trying to talk stuart out of attempting to save snowbell, we have this exchange .
damsel in distress: margalo feigns this to get stuart to trust her. in the end, inverted: she saves stuart from falling to his death after he plane fus falcon .
stuart: don' t worry about snowbell, he wouldn' t hurt a fly .
fred willard radiates a unique charm that has established him as one of the industry' s most gifted comic actors, first coming to prominence as ambitious but dimwitted sidekick jerry hubbard to martin mull' s smarmy talk - show host barth gimble in the devastating satirical series fernwood tonight (...
stuart little' s back in an all - new, adventure! school' s out for the summer and the little family is spending their big vacation at a beautiful lakeside cabin near lake garland. but meanwhile, there is something lurking in the forest who could spoil all the fun: the beast; a mean and isolated forest terror who rules the local animals with an iron paw. when snowbell is taken prisoner, a little bravery goes a long way as stuart, along with his new skunk friend, named, reeko, who heroically rescues snowbell, frees the other woodland creatures and outwits the wily beast .
he' s clever, enthusiastic, a' can do' guy with attitude - and he' s a mouse. combining live - action with groundbreaking visual effects technology by the artists and innovators at sony pictures imageworks, it' s the story of a mouse who is raised by the littles, a human family who learns to dream big and live large when they think little - stuart little. as stuart embarks on adventures with a variety of characters, including his nemesis, snowbell the cat, stuart learns the true meaning of family, loyalty and friendship .
the movie looks terrific, too. as with the first film, director rob minkoff (the lion king) makes excellent use of his new york setting, and the special effects are so well - done that at times you actually forget you’re watching special effects. breezy pop songs enhance the bouncy mood, and at 72 minutes stuart little 2 never wears out its welcome. if only all sequels were this good .
— stuart' s (michael j. fox) older brother george (jonathan lipnicki) has a new friend and the lonely stuart meets margalo (melanie griffith), a tiny bir
in addition ,
give a little bit
by supertramp was included in the original trailers, but it wasn' t in the final movie .
stuart little is a 1999 american live - action / cgi animated film directed by rob minkoff. it is loosely based on the novel of the same name by e. b. white. it combines live action and computer animation. the screenplay was written by m. night shyamalan and greg brooker. the plot bears little resemblance to that of the book, as only some of the characters and one or two minor plot elements are the same. the movie' s sequel more closely resembles the original novel. this movie is minkoff' s first live - action movie .
interspecies adoption: as mentioned above, the book claims that stuart was born from a human mother, but the movie explains this as the reason why stuart has human parents to begin with .
stuart is an animation wonder - his tiny face is more expressive than most hollywood stars' .
rascally raccoon: played straight in the animated series episode
the great outdoors
, where a pair of raccoons serve as an antagonistic version of this trope, since they not only try and steal the littles' food but also threaten snowbell that they will pluck his fur for refusing to give them the food .
the little family spend their vacation near lake garland. meanwhile, in the forest, a beast is threatening the animals to give her food every night .
( 2002), were conducted in live - action with the various talking mice, cats and birds being created via cgi animation that was blended with the live film footage. by contrast ,
eleanor little (geena davis) and frederick little (hugh laurie) go to the orphanage to adopt a younger brother for their son george (jonathan lipnicki). at the orphanage, they meet and fall in love with an anthropomorphic mouse named stuart (voiced by michael j. fox). despite discouragement from mrs. keeper (julia sweeney), they adopt stuart and take him home. however, stuart is poorly received by george, who refuses to acknowledge the mouse as his brother, and the family cat snowbell (nathan lane), who is against the idea of having a mouse for a
master
.
. pitched as a hybrid live - action / animation take in the vein of john hughes, the film will once again follow the escapades of the titular mouse and his adopted family, the littles .
canadian - american actress, writer, and comedian, catherine o' hara first gained name recognition as one of the original cast members on the canadian television sketch comedy show sctv (1976). the show recreated itself with sctv network (1981) and later, sctv channel (1983). on the series, she ...
stuart' s mother is being over - protective of him, especially when he narrowly escapes injury in a soccer game. his big brother george has also made a new friend, will, so stuart is feeing lonely. stuart rescues a canary, margalo, from a falcon; she moves in with the littles. one day, margalo is nowhere to be found, so stuart and snowbell set out across the city to find her while george covers for stuart (the first time he' s had to lie) .
stuart bids farewell to his friends as he, his family, snowbell, and monty head back home .
does this remind you of anything? : in the second film, the relationship between falcon and margalo seems very similar to that of a domestic abuser and their victim respectively, especially when falcon is angry .
the film was released to vhs and dvd on april 18, 2000. it was later released on a deluxe edition on may 21, 2002 and on blu - ray disc on june 28, 2011 .
really good value for money, 3 films in one. i bought this for my son. he wanted to see the first film but was thrilled to get all 3 and has watched and enjoyed them all
3 film box set: stuart little 1 - 3 lenticular dvd: urltoken geena davis, hugh laurie, jonathan lipnicki, jeffrey jones, connie ray, allyce beasley, brian doyle - murray, estelle getty, harold gould, julia sweeney, dabney coleman, marc john jefferies, angelo massagli, robert minkoff, audu paden, douglas wick, lucy fisher, leslie hough, steven wendland, m. night shyamalan, greg brooker, bruce joel rubin: dvd & blu - ray
news of the reboot comes from tracking board. they claim that this new stuart little will follow in the footsteps of the 1999 original. it will blend cg animation with live action. it will also once again follow the biplane flying mouse and his adoptive family the littles .
action & adventure! a excellent from my children, a really good watch. a great follow on from the storyline / the dvd' s before this one. the only thing i dislike about this film is that i missed watching the acting, from hugh laurie and geena davis also from the young jonathan lipnicki or wayne brady because it is an animated adventure film but apart from that it is a good watch .
in the first film, the main impression created by the little clan was of quirky retro unhipness and preternatural good cheer. in the sequel, stuart’s parents still have their colorful retro quirkiness (compare to jimmy neutron ’s parents), but they also reveal a more endearing and charming side, and make their family life genuinely appealing. when mr. little compliments his wife’s appearance one morning as she’s feeding the baby breakfast, her chipper response is ,
well, some people just know how to wear oatmeal .
later, in a bedtime exchange of
brady bunch
- level parental cuteness, a comment from mr. little about youthful infatuation prompts his wife to ask him whether he had many crushes, to which of course he replies sweetly, as they turn off the light :
i’m still having one .
when the littles return with no success of finding stuart, snowbell starts to recognize his selfishness and feels guilty for what he has done. the cats pinpoint stuart' s location in central park and bring snowbell along for the hunt. however, he finds stuart thoughtfully sitting in a bird' s nest in a tree and decides to save him from the cats, admitting that he lied and the littles do love him. snowbell then tries to reason with smokey to leave stuart alone, but smokey refuses to listen and demands his gang to kill both stuart and snowbell. stuart lures the cats away, but is left hanging from a tree branch. monty and the cats group together on a lower branch to catch stuart, but snowbell breaks the branch they are standing on, sending them falling down into the river below. smokey, seeking revenge, sneaks up from behind snowbell and is about to kill snowbell, but stuart releases a thin branch that hits smokey in the face, and sends him falling into the water below. devastated, smokey runs off, only to encounter a pack of vicious dogs. stuart rides snowbell all the way home and they share a happy reunion with the little family when they arrive to find stuart safely back home .
furry confusion: in the film, stuart is an anthropomorphic mouse adopted as a son by humans; as a result he has a pet cat. snowbell also speaks, however. it' s implied that all cats and mice have intelligence in this world, but are generally treated as we treat animals anyway. stuart being given
special treatment
creates a bit of a social scandal in both the human and animal worlds .
stuart' s new life at the house gets off to a bad start when george unknowingly traps him in a pile of laundry and his mother puts the laundry in the washing machine. stuart quickly feels ostracised in the large little family, especially when george declares stuart is not his brother, but simply a mouse. when stuart tells his parents that he is lonely, they ask mrs. keeper to do some background research on stuart' s biological family. after accidentally stumbling across george' s playroom in the basement one day, stuart and george get to know each other and plan to finish george' s remote - controlled boat, the wasp, for an upcoming boat race in central park. at the same time, one of snowbell' s alley cat friends, monty (steve zahn), visits unexpectedly and discovers stuart. determined not to have his reputation ruined, snowbell meets with monty' s leader, smokey (chazz palminteri), a mafia don - like alley cat, and plots to remove stuart from the household without harming him .
adaptational heroism: snowbell. in the book, he is very nasty toward stuart, without a hint of remorse. in the movies, while villainous at first, the cat eventually becomes one of stuart' s allies .
sadly, on the basis of its first two episodes, new series the muppets is yet another misstep. it’s a spoof documentary full of cutaway character interviews, which would have been a sophisticated touch had this been made in 2005, but now just comes off as grimly rote. the biggest crime that the muppets commits, however, is what it’s done with the muppets themselves .
when they get there, stuart meets a skunk named reeko (wayne brady) who' s forced to give food to
the beast
. stuart and george (corey padnos) join the lake scouts which stuart has trouble in, though he always wanted to be a scout. but reeko makes a deal with the beast (virginia madsen), resulting in snowbell (kevin schon) getting captured by him and stuart goes off on an adventure to save him .
as most others state, the movie pales in comparison to the book. i didn' t like the added in inappropriate language for small movie watchers. not happy with the film, although i love the individual actors and actresses .
the film stars michael j. fox, nathan lane, rino romano, corey padnos, geena davis, hugh laurie, virginia madsen, wayne brady, tara strong, tom kenny, sophia paden, kath soucie, peter macnicol .
cats are mean: played with in the films. snowbell starts out very antagonistic toward stuart, even trying to eat him and kill him, but later is shown as a jerk with a heart of gold and, when his street cat friends from the alley want him to eat stuart to be in with the in crowd, he ultimately sides with stuart .
while i thoroughly enjoyed this movie, i hold with the minority opinion that it isn' t up to the standards of the original. the first movie succeeded in being sweet and charming without being the least bit sugary. alas, the sequel doesn' t entirely avoid this pitfall (that
little high, little low
business is just a little gagging). also, the plot is too predictable, although that probably won' t matter much to children, who are, after all, the film' s target audience. these are really minor quibbles, though .
stuart 2
is a fine movie, both for kids and adults. the special effects are well - done, all the actors do a good job in their roles, and the dialogue has some real gems. particularly noteworthy is snowbell, the cat (voiced to hilarious perfection by nathan lane). he gets all the best lines, and steals every scene he' s in - - he even upstages stuart himself! verdict: good movie. go see .
this simple story features amazing computer effects to render stuart and a story that will bore anyone over the age of ten .
just as no writer or editor can do without a copy of strunk and white’s the elements of style, so no child’s library is complete without one or more of the latter writer’s beloved trilogy of children’s books: stuart little (1945), charlotte’s web (1952), and trumpet of the swan (1970) .
this dvd is packed with extras designed for kids and special - effects enthusiastics. stuart himself hosts the extras, guiding the viewer through the special menus. a favorite with the kids will probably be the game asking questions about the movie. using clips from the movie and three different levels, it' s quite appealing. as for meatier things, there is a curious look at animators'
tryouts
in creating stuart, plus excellent demonstrations of how stuart interacts with humans, using multiple images and commentary. another highlight is seeing the first conceptual drawings of the boat race, vastly different from the final sequence. there are two commentary tracks on the film, one with the visual - effects team revealing their secrets and the other with the engaging director, rob minkoff. also including short documentaries, music videos, and a read - along book with stuart, this is a rare disc because the kids will like the extras as much as the film. - - doug thomas
that night, snowbell meets with smokey and the alley cats, who reveal they had forced the stouts to pose as stuart' s parents in order to remove stuart from the household. fearing retribution should the littles discover snowbell' s deception, smokey orders the stouts to hand stuart over to them. however, the stouts, having bonded with stuart, tell him the truth and instruct him to escape. smokey subsequently orders a mouse hunt for stuart. he and the alley cats confront him in central park, and chase him into a sewer drain, but he manages to outrun them, losing his roadster in the process. he returns home, but finds the littles absent, going out to put up posters of him. the only one present is snowbell, who lies that the littles have been enjoying themselves since stuart' s departure and uses stuart' s removed face from the family photograph as proof (which they had actually used for the posters). crestfallen, stuart leaves again .
as the charm and novelty of the first two films lay in seeing the tiny mouse boy contrasted up against the human environment. with no medium separating either, what we have here seems to be no more than a standard talking animal animated film .
in the first film, the story starts when the littles adopt stuart in an orphanage. the mouse' s new parents are happy with him, but his foster brother, george, isn' t but soon they get well with each other. as stuart is beginning to adapt, things get complicated when snowbell, the family' s pet cat, tries to get rid of him and his supposedly lost parents, the stouts (voiced by bruno kirby and jennifer tilly), appear in the scene .
snowbell: (after stuart' s car overheats) i' m telling you, stuart, it' s a sign. this is just like the burning bush — except it' s a carburetor, and... i' m not moses .
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eventually, stuart and his best friends trick the beast into falling into a trap covered with sticks and leaves. the beast is then taken away to a zoo and reeko tells stuart that he was wrong to betray him and apologizes to him and the other forest animals .
stuart: margalo, you' re the best friend i ever had. (hugs margalo, who sadly hangs her head in guilt )
later that night, margalo gives a sleeping stuart her precious jeweled stick - pin, before leaving the house out of guilt and shame .
the littles go on holiday up to lake garland, taking stuart and snowbell with them. stuart is excited and looking forward to joining the lake scouts. frederick decides to join up too to ensure stuarts safety. george has no interest in the scouts and only wants to get through all the levels on his computer game but is persuaded to join when he meets a cute scout girl brooke. stuart soon starts to fall behind everyone else on the courses because he is too small to keep up with the regular size kids. in the woods, stuart befriends the skunk rocko who gives him helpful tips on wilderness survival. what stuart does not know is that rocko has made a deal with the monster  a mountain lion that is terrorizing the woods  to be spared as long as he brings it other animals as food .
when stuart’s parents learn the truth, their response is refreshingly direct. not only does mr. little make it totally clear to george that
it is never okay to lie to your parents ,
when george counters by suggesting that he’s bound by his promise to his brother, his mother brushes this aside :
it was wrong to promise your brother to lie to us .
afterwards, having made a full confession, george ventures to ask whether he is in trouble .
no, son ,
mr. little replies firmly .
you are in big trouble .
plus! : 3 music videos (if you can' t rock me, by brian setzer orchestra, i need to know by r. angels, you' re where i belong by trisha yearwood), read - along with stuart, artist' s screen tests, race with stuart hasbro interactive rom game & stuart' s central park adventure game, art gallery, isolated music score, dvd - rom & weblinks
the ditz: margalo puts on an understated version of this, mostly to throw stuart off the fact that she' s an artful dodger .
my god, what have i done? : margalo says this almost word - for - word after falcon apparently drops stuart to his death .
stuart little 3: call of the wild is a direct - to - video fully cgi animated sequel. most of the cast returned to voice their respective characters (laurie, davis and fox) except for nathan lane (who was replaced by his timon substitute, kevin schon), steve zahn (who voiced monty, snowbell' s feral cat best friend) and jonathan lipnicki. in this one, stuart and his family go for a camping trip. stuart joins the scouts and makes good friends with reeko the skunk (voiced by wayne brady), who like margalo, works for a ferocious employer called the beast (voiced by virginia madsen) .
the late hughes, of course, is getting a lot of play these days. his teen classic the breakfast club had a theatrical reissue for its thirtieth anniversary earlier this year, and the new spider - man film is said to be heavily inspired by his films as well .
they find out that their son has been kidnapped by a couple of strangers, and that, according to the authorities, their modus operandi fits criminals interested in thrill - killing, not ransom. luckily, stuart' s fake parents turn out to have a conscience and he finds his way home, but mr. and mrs. little are scared to death in the meantime .
raised by humans: stuart in the films (as opposed to the books, where he' s a mouse mysteriously born to human parents) .
stuart and george finish the wasp in time, but when the controller gets broken on the day of the race, stuart pilots the wasp himself. he ends up entangled with a larger boat belonging to george' s rival, anton (miles marsico) who always cheats by crashing other competitors boats, but stuart snaps the wires of anton' s boat, making it inoperable, and manages to win the race. after this, george feels more comfortable with stuart and calls him
his brother
. during the family celebration, however, the littles are visited by a mouse couple, reginald and camille stout (bruno kirby and jennifer tilly), who claim to be stuart' s parents and that they gave him up for adoption years ago due to poverty. somberly, stuart leaves with the stouts. three days later, mrs. keeper comes to visit and tells the littles that stuart' s parents actually died many years ago in a supermarket accident. realizing their son has been kidnapped, the littles call the police, who start a search operation.
stuart little is a live-action/computer-animated film series , based on the 1945 children 's novel by e. b. white . the films are produced by franklin/waterman productions and released by columbia pictures . live-action roles include jonathan lipnicki , geena davis and hugh laurie , while the voice-over roles include michael j. fox and nathan lane . 
stuart little is a live-action/computer-animated film series, based on the 1945 children's novel by e. b. white. the films are produced by franklin/waterman productions and released by columbia pictures. live-action roles include jonathan lipnicki, geena davis and hugh laurie, while the voice-over roles include michael j. fox and nathan lane.
stuart little is a live-action/computer-animated film series, based on the 1945 children's novel by e. b. white. the films are produced by franklin/waterman productions and released by columbia pictures. live-action roles include jonathan lipnicki, geena davis and hugh laurie, while the voice-over roles include michael j. fox and nathan lane.