Stuart Little (1999)
Average Rating: 6.3/10
Reviews Counted: 97
Fresh: 64 | Rotten: 33
Critics say Stuart Little is charming with kids and adults for its humor and visual effects.
Average Rating: 5.8/10
Critic Reviews: 31
Fresh: 17 | Rotten: 14
Critics say Stuart Little is charming with kids and adults for its humor and visual effects.
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E.B. White's classic children's story is brought to the screen in this fantasy, which combines computer-animated characters with a cast of live actors. Mrs. Little (Geena Davis), Mr. Little (Hugh Laurie), and their son George (Jonathan Lipnicki) live in a brownstone near New York's Central Park. The Littles have decided to adopt a younger brother for George, and while they're meeting the children at an orphanage, they are greeted by a mouse named Stuart (voice of Michael J. Fox), who can talk,
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Cast
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Michael J. Fox
Stuart Little -
Geena Davis
Mrs. Little -
Hugh Laurie
Mr. Little -
Jonathan Lipnicki
George Little -
Nathan Lane
Snowbell -
Chazz Palminteri
Smokey -
Brian Doyle-Murray
Cousin Edgar -
Estelle Getty
Grandma Estelle -
Julia Sweeney
Mrs. Keeper -
Dabney Coleman
Dr. Beechwood -
Steve Zahn
Monty -
Jim Doughan
Lucky -
David Alan Grier
Red -
Bruno Kirby
Mr. Stout -
Jennifer Tilly
Mrs. Stout -
Jeffrey Jones
Crenshaw -
Allyce Beasley
Aunt Beatrice -
Kimmy Robertson
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All Critics (100) | Top Critics (31) | Fresh (66) | Rotten (33) | DVD (20)
[Uses] class and ethnic stereotypes in support of the idea that it's best to be adopted by rich white people.
Top CriticThe film is strangely uninvolving.
Stuart Little is top-notch.
The movie casts off its charm for cheap laughs.
Patronizing and predictable.
Stuart Little betrays a beloved book.
A terrific family movie based on a terrific book.
A likeable, highly entertaining film that endears in spite of the odd spot of Disney-esque schmaltz.
I found myself caring for the humble little mouse, and that's the whole point.
This simple story features amazing computer effects to render Stuart and a story that will bore anyone over the age of ten.
Now this is what I call holiday movie fare for the whole family.
Little is big on heart.
...never boring.
It is just as E.B. White envisioned it when he conceived of the children's story on a train to New York 50 years ago.
Too bad director Minkoff couldn't inspire his actors to show a little more energy.
Mouse tale with heartwarming emotion and eye-popping effects is anything but cheesy.
Clever, cute but insipid.
I would hate to know that this was any child's first encounter with Stuart.
Stuart Little offers a neat package of warm-hearted charm and sly wit.
A playful holiday diversion.
Audience Reviews for Stuart Little
Super Reviewer
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- Stuart Little: [from the TV series; teasing Falcon in a sing-song voice] You'll never get me! You'll never get me! [blows a raspberry]
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- Snowbell: Go away! There's no food here!
- Monty: Please??
- Snowbell: Shoo!
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- Stuart Little: I'm fine.
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- Monty: Incomin'! Incomin'!
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- Smokey: Not bad for a dead housecat.
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- George Little: I have to go.
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In technical standards there is hardly nothing wrong with effects or the animation of Stuart. It is just the borderline offensive and creepy screenplay that makes this film more cold than warm experience to sit through.
There are some occasional set pieces that holds some excitment in them but mostly this is brain numbingly one dimensional film without true emotion or true attachment for any of characters.
Interestingly scrrenplay is co-penned by M. Night Shyamalan who later became one of the most original auteurs in american cinema. He clearly did not show his talents as a writer here yet.
For kids this could go through as brainless fun, but for adults this cheap comedy/adventure is just nothing but annoying, offensive and below average stuff.