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1.0 out of 5 stars
Follow Up To "Must Be The Money",
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This review is from: Stuart Little 3: The Call of the Wild (Special Edition) (DVD)
My apologies - I hit the button without remembering to comment on the soundtrack. Music is often an important part of any film experience, and the first two movies, particularly the second one, had a few very good songs by such artists as Mandy Moore, Gilbert O'Sullivan and Chantal Creviazuk. In keeping with their "$1.98 budget" approach to moviemaking, the producers of this movie have chosen a few excuses for music rendered by third-string artists, the names of whom I don't know, or even want to know.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Must Be The Money - This Is B.A.D. Bad,
By A Customer
This review is from: Stuart Little 3: The Call of the Wild (Special Edition) (DVD)
I thought that the first two Stuart Little movies were excellent - acting, stories, direction, CGI, script and production design. Quality all the way, and highly re-watchable for viewers of all ages.This animated entry, however, is so substandard that likely the only reason that Fox, Davis and Laurie agreed to do it was "the money". This movie is an excellent example of why the term "straight-to-video" was coined. The script alternates between boring and cringeworthy. Story? Apparently, story was not in the budget. I am compelled to single out Wayne Brady's as the worst performance in the "movie". His portrayal of the skunk Reeko is flat, straining hard for likeability without success. In person, he can both sing and dance, but Reeko's song and dance number in the movie is crap. I'm not sure how Brady, who is talented, ended up "reeking" in this role. The Nathan Lane and Steve Zahn soundalike actors are okay, but the George Little character is voiced by a generic kid who could have been pulled off the street for the role. Peter MacNicol as the Troop leader is unfunny though it's probably the script's fault as opposed to his. The only characters whose drawn versions are recognizable compared to their live action versions are Stuart and possibly Snowbell. While we parents and our teenager groaned at the lack of quality throughout this movie, our 4 and 7-year-olds enjoyed the movie very much, so if your kids are fans of Stuart, just try to pick this up used, or for as little money as humanly possible.
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3.8 out of 5 stars (21 customer reviews) 20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
expensive voices, cheap animation,
By C. Maticek "afantasylover" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Stuart Little 3: The Call of the Wild (Special Edition) (DVD)
This entire movie is animated, unlike the first two Stuart Little movies. I was willing to accept that since it is a third movie that went straight to video. All the big name voices are in it ....all the people from the last movies. The animation is that low budget computer generated stuff you see in the Barbie movies. The story is okay but no comparison to the first two. I will say this about it though....my 4yr old loves it. I did get it for her so all in all it is a fine movie...just not the quality you would expect having seen the first two.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
TOO MUCH SKUNK,
By Michael Butts - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Stuart Little 3: The Call of the Wild (Special Edition) (DVD)
While I'm sure the kids will enjoy this third entry in the STUART LITTLE franchise, from an adult's point of view, it's not as good as the first two. Blame it on the computer generated uninspired animation; blame it on the really bad songs (how many parents will have to explain what a derriere is?); or maybe it's got too much skunk in it. While the voice talents of Michael J. Fox, Geena Davis and Hugh Laurie return, Wayne Brady is a little too annoying and "gangsta" to be much fun. Why do they always have to put in an actor who has to speak hip and jive when it really has nothing to do with the character? Oh, well...I'm sure our youth of today will identify with his funk/rap song, but I'm just a little tired of it. Anyway, we do get Virginia Madsen as the voice of the Beast and Stuart manages to be a hero...so if I'm being too picky, sorry! But it's okay for the family.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
OK Story, Very Disappointing Animation,
By Tsuyoshi - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Stuart Little 3: The Call of the Wild (Special Edition) (DVD)
The only good news about the second sequel to `Stuart Little' is that you can hear the voices of three principal actors of the original -- Michael J. Fox, Geena Davies, and Hugh Laurie. Except that, I can find nothing that would justify the decision of making another entry into the series. There is no state-of-the-art images merging seamlessly the live-action and CGI-created creatures. So what's the point of making this one?The film is all shot in animation, and the animation is just cheesy. I know I should not expect Pixar in direct-to-video films, but it is not a totally happy thing to see the characters with clunky designs, whose monotonous movement looks so awkward that you might remember the unnaturally moving heads or arms of the characters on video games made five or six years ago, or the filmed version of `Final Fantasy.' Frankly this animation needs better software. At least, the filmmakers are wise not to change the basic points of the `SL' world. Again we are to meet the Little Family, this time going on vacation for summer. Stuart joins in the `Lake Scout' with his brother George, which results in another misadventure on the lake as you know he would. The story gets more interesting when a new character Reeko wisecracking skunk appears in the forest where, it is rumored, mighty and fearful `Beast' rules mercilessly. Somehow this skunk likes Stewart Little, and Stewart the skunk, and their friendship is tested when Snowbell gets into a big trouble. Virginia Madsen and Peter MacNicol also provide voices, but that doesn't add much to the entire film. Regular characters like Mr. and Mrs. Little, or Monty come back, but the film spends pretty much time to introduce and follow the story of the skunk, who is not particularly a funny character. There is an unnecessary `funky' musical sequence about Rikko `skunk with a funk' which completely misunderstands the target audiences of the film. Though kids might enjoy it, `SL3' is a huge disappointment after watching two previous works, especially the rousing finale of `SL2.' The reason why they shot this film fully in unremarkable animation still mystifies me. |
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