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Stuart Little (Deluxe Edition)/Stuart Little 2 (Special Edition) Box Set

5 star:		(67)
4 star:		(54)
3 star:		(23)
2 star:		(7)
1 star:		(11)

 

 

Even though I enjoyed the first movie because it is fairly good even though it is funny. Nevertheless, the sequel is just plain rotten even if I much rather enjoy the first one than the sequel. If you get this, watch the first one and not the sequel even if it is on blu-ray.

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.

I bought this for my 4 year old grandson and he loved both part one and two. I had the VHS version of part one but the DVD Deluxe Edition is so much better. I am very happy with my purchase and the excellent service that Amazon provides. My purchase arrived when promised and in excellent condition. M. Di Cocco

There are few kids movies I can sit through more than once--this one I've already seen 7 times! My son is now over 3 and he can load the DVD player himself and turn on the TV. Guess what gets put on now?! I must say that I love that the movie doesn't patronize my son. There are heavy issues here: fear of being alone; fear of violence; fear of failure--but the characters aren't obsessed or broken by their fears, they confront them and work through them. For example, when Stuart is trying to make friends with the family pet cat Snowball, Stuart says rather naively, "Can't we just be friends? Do you want me to scratch your ear? Can I pat your tummy?" to which Snowball answers, "How'd you like to pat it from the inside mouse-boy!?" Direct, without wishy-washy handwringing, or moralizing. My son says that he "loves Stuart." I too love Stuart.

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.

Stuart Little is a mouse adopted by the Banks family in New York City to be the little brother of George (Jonathan Lipnicki of Jerry Maguire fame.) That alone made the film more palatable to me than the book, because as a kid I was always vaguely disturbed that Mrs. Little gave birth to a mouse.

Michael J. Fox voices Stuart, and his soft, eager-to-please qualities are very endearing in mouse form. And how he does have to please -- George is not into this new brother of his, and the cat Snowbell hates him too!

Snowbell so hates him that he enlists a tough alley cat to devise a scheme to get rid of Stuart. And there the adventure begins.

This is a cute movie, a bit harrowing in all the danger a small person/mouse faces in our everyday world, but good family fare in the end.

After watching SL2 DVD close to 10 times with my 2-year-old daughter and loved it every time, I bought this DVD with great expectations. What a terrible let down. Where SL2 is cheerful, uplifting, witty, charming, and full of energy, this one is just the opposite - dark, dreary and sad. In SL2, Mr. and Ms. Little are unfailingly optimistic. Here, they often look haggard and defeated. In SL2, Snow Bell/Nathan Lane stole the show with a warm heart, a terrific voice and some of the funniest one-liners. Here, the voice is deadpan and the cat is just mean. In SL2, Michael J Fox voiced Stuart so well, I literally see Stuart as Fox - the two (the actor and the character) have became one. Here, I get the distinct feeling that an actor, Fox, is reading the script behind the mouse, Stuart. In SL2, Falcon is a bad guy you love to hate. Here, Smoky is just a dislikeable bad guy. I actually felt bad about watching this to my little daughter because I didn't know how to explain a lot of the meanness. This is a case for which the sequel far out did the original. I should have rented instead of bought - once is enough with this movie.

I think it was a very instereting story.Though,there was not any inspirity deeplyin the film.But,surely.Encouraging the young people how to face the problem,when they were un the critical situation.On the other hand,parents could learned something from it.That was:
Working was not everything.To share the feeling with children
were more important.Anyway,it was a great film.I sugest,if you falied to get alone with your kids.May be it's a good choice to see this movie.

I like Stuart Little because it was fun and intresting. A mouse that named Stuart had step-parents. His fake-parents were mice. He used to have school with kids that were suposed to be adopted. Stuart had a big step-brother named George. When George first saw Stuatr he didn't like him because George wanted a big brother. When Stuart's fake-parents came to get him, he wasn't that happy because he missed his new family.

they don't talk about funny stuffs
they don't pretend to be dead.
They don't go fast with a car.
Can't put them to a jail.
Can't have a hot ride
Can't go full blast with a car