A wonderful movie, one of the year's best live action family offerings and a great example of non-intrusive CGI.
Stuart Little (1999)
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Reviews Counted:94
Fresh:61
Rotten:33
Average Rating:6.3/10
Consensus: Critics say Stuart Little is charming with kids and adults for its humor and visual effects.
Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: He's clever, enthusiastic, a 'can do' guy with attitude-and he's a mouse. From Rob Minkoff, co-director of The Lion King, comes the comedy adventure Stuart Little, based on the classic book by... He's clever, enthusiastic, a 'can do' guy with attitude-and he's a mouse. From Rob Minkoff, co-director of The Lion King, comes the comedy adventure Stuart Little, based on the classic book by beloved American author E.B. White (Charlotte's Web, The Trumpet of the Swan) that has been entertaining families for over 50 years. 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 played by Academy Award® winner Geena Davis, Jonathan Lipnicki (Jerry Maguire) and Hugh Laurie (101 Dalmations). As Stuart (voiced by Michael J. Fox) embarks on adventures with a variety of characters, including his nemesis, Snowbell the cat (voiced by The Lion King's Nathan Lane), Stuart learns the true meaning of family, loyalty and friendship. [More]
Starring: Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie, Michael J. Fox, Jonathan Lipnicki
Starring: Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie, Michael J. Fox, Jonathan Lipnicki, Brian Doyle Murray, Julia Sweeney, Jim Doughan, Estelle Getty, Dabney Coleman, Nathan Lane, Chazz Palminteri, Steve Zahn, David Alan Grier, Bruno Kirby, Jennifer Tilly
Director: Rob Minkoff
Director: Rob Minkoff
Screenwriter: M. Night Shyamalan, Gregory J. Brooker
Producer: Douglas Wick
Composer: Alan Silvestri
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Reviews for Stuart Little
The voice work. Michael J. Fox projects the innocence and enthusiasm of Stuart, while Nathan Lane is hilariously coy, hysterically cynical and sinister as Snowbell, the jealous cat.
Hopefully, parents and children seeking theatrical fare will give this movie a chance before seeking out something that's louder, flashier, and lobotomized.
This may not be the "Stuart" many of us remember from our own childhoods, but it's likely to win over contemporary kids -- and a lot of their parents as well.
Michael J. Fox is amusingly spunky as the voice of Stuart while Nathan Lane, as Snowbell's voice, is appropriately, well, catty.
It's also pretty wholesome, harmless and features a good message about acceptance.
This is a perfect example of a movie that never should have gone for the PG rating, for in doing so it lost its charm. And a charmless kids' movie is ... mostly a shame.
The big screen version is a charming and mostly delightful little piece of fluff that should keep kids entertained and parents relieved to find a decent family film the whole family can truly attend.
The use of digital effects to create a tiny mouse hero is quite convincing, as are the talking mouths on those cats.
There's nothing very involving about this Rob Minkoff-directed effort.
Guided by famed visual-effects supervisor John Dykstra, the folks at Sony Imageworks have created some furry fun.
Director Rob Minkoff goes out of his way to avoid a cloying tone, and the writers include funny bits for the parents in the audience.
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