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Stuart Little (Widescreen Edition)

Stuart Little (Widescreen Edition)

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Rating: 3 stars
Summary: ok
Review: It was a ok film. It started out really boring and it dint get better till almos the end of the film. It was funny but not as funny as I thought it was going to be. But it is a ok film it is more for little kids thow.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Cute film--but without the deleted scene on VHS...
Review: "Stuart Little" is a cutesy family film (which was, weirdly, coscripted with M. Night Shaylaman, who made the superbly suspenseful "The Sixth Sense") which is based loosely on the entertaining book by E.B. White. It's downsized from the book for a happy ending--but not too downsized to become corny and boring.

Geena Davis, finally breaking off from her worst movie and TV roles, to a much more likable--not to mention BETTER--role as Mrs. Little, while Johnathan Lipniski is ever as cute as Stuart's older brother. Michael J. Fox is the perfect voice to voice tiny Stuart Little, and Nathan Lane is the voice as the eeevil Snowbell the cat.

Despite the film's promising elements, the movie would have been more enjoyable if they hadn't cut the restaurant dance scene from the VHS version. It's a lively, yet memorable scene that shouldn't have been left on the cutting room floor and on the DVD version. But it's entertaining still without the restaurant dance sequence.

Rated PG for brief language.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Get The Widescreen Version
Review: How can the mouse be the son and the cat the pet? It was a bit too wierd, although I highly recommend the novel. I thought the movie did capture the atomsphere of the book. I liked the idea that even young children will be exposed to fine literature, anyway I recommend to anyone who doesn't take life so seriously! Just have a good time.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Where's the book?!!!??
Review: This movie was like watching a weird cartoon where utter nonsense is accepted as normal. Reminded me of Space Jam where seeing cartoon characters and space ships landing on ball fields are accepted as no big deal. This movie may have worked better as a cartoon but I think it failed miserably as a movie.



Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A heart-warming adventure your whole family will love
Review: Stuart Little is one of my personal favorite movies. It's funny, heat-warming, artistic, and even sad at times. Michael J. Fox did a great job as the voice of Stuart. This film was directed by Rob Minkoff, the co-director of the Dinsey classic, The Lion King. This movie is about a family who is looking for a little brother for their son, Goerge Little. When his parents get to the orphanage, they find that it is a hard choice to pick the right one, until they find Stuart. Stuart is a orphan who wishes with all his heart that he can be part of a family. There is only one thing unusually about him, he is a mouse. But the sympathetic Little's feel sorry for Stuart and decide to adopt him, but George isn't so happy that his brother turns out to be a mouse and Snowbell, the family's pet cat, tries to eat him. Find out how Stuart finally wins over the Little family's heart in this heart-warming film your whole family will love.

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A Review For The VHS Version
Review: This is a marvelous adaptation of E.B. White's tale of the little mouse who found himself a place by the hearth in an all too human family. It is such a wonderful story and the animation brings Stuart Little to life. Hugh Laurie and Geena Davis play the adoptive parents to a tee, and the other members of the family provide excellent support. Jonathan Lipnicki turns in a first class performance as the reluctant brother.

The story plays out effortlessly, with wonderful scenes moving back and forth between mad-cap adventure and family bonding. The animation team really outdid themselves with Stuart and his fake mouse parents, who make a fantastic entrance midway through the movie. The conspiracy of cats is mostly humorous, and not overly frightening for little ones. Every scene appears to have been meticulously created. The toy boat race is riveting. The kids will love every minute of it, as will adults as this movie avoids the typical pratfalls of family entertainment. The DVD also provides some nice add-ons, such as storyboard sequences for some of the scenes and mouse trivia games for the kids.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Animals steal the show
Review: Summary:
The Little family - Frederick (Hugh Laurie), Eleanor (Geena Davis), and George (Jonathan Lipnicki) - want an addition to their family. When Frederick and Eleanor visit the orphanage they end up talking to a mouse who happens to be just the addition to their family they are looking for. When they bring Stuart (Michael J. Fox - voice) home, George seems to realize, though no one else does, that Stuart isn't human; he's a mouse. Stuart and George don't get off on the best foot.

The Littles also happen to have a cat, Snowbell (Nathan Lane - voice), who can't handle being the pet of a mouse. Snowbell enlists the aid of some ally cats to get rid of Stuart, but the plan only takes effect after Stuart works his way into George's life and they become very close. Eventually Stuart is spirited away and it is only through the combined efforts of the Littles, Snowbell, and Stuart that he is able to return to his family.

My Comments:
I knew this was a kids movie going into it; for some reason my wife didn't seem to. Anyway, I figured that since there was already a sequel that the first must have been pretty good. And, in its own way I think it was, but for kids. My wife and I weren't very entertained. We also found the movie to be very predictable.

So, I don't think that I can really offer a good opinion on this movie. I thought it was cute, it had a good message, it was kind of fun, but it just isn't something that appeals to adults and, well, we don't have any kids, so it just didn't work for us. We were almost rooting for George when he pointed out the obvious - Stuart is a mouse. It was as if no one else seemed to realize this, let alone care. Granted, the point is that differences shouldn't be a big deal, but when you're an adult and you aren't considering the entertainment value for children, the movie takes on a very different tone.

I need to make two comments about the movie, though. First, both my wife and I love Jonathan Lipnicki. We saw him first in Jerry MacGuire and think he's a great child actor. Now, whether or not he is really a great actor or if we just feel a certain closeness to him because he isn't the best-looking kid but has a great smile and is always cast in roles where he just fits perfectly, I don't know. He's great in this, just like he is in most of the movies he's been in. Also, Geena Davis was actually surprisingly good. It was kind of fun to see her in a role like this - it's definitely not Thelma and Louise.

Anyway, it's probably a great movie for kids, but if you aren't a kid, it's probably not one that you'll want to go out of your way to see. We got if from the library, so we didn't feel like we were out anything, especially since we used the time during the movie to exercise. Otherwise, it definitely wouldn't have been worth renting it and giving it our sole attention.


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