Stuart Little 2 (film)
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| Director(s) | Rob Minkoff |
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| Distributor | Sony Pictures |
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| Stuart Little 2 is that rarest of movie breeds, a sequel that surpasses its charming, popular predecessor to achieve near-classic status. Mr. & Mrs. Little (Hugh Laurie, Geena Davis) are portrayed with good-natured, storybook purity, and the rest of the movie follows suit, beginning when their lonely mouse “son” Stuart (perfectly voiced by Michael J. Fox) befriends an orphaned canary (Melanie Griffith), who is reluctantly stealing from the Littles for the villainous Falcon (James Woods). The con game turns into a search-and-rescue thriller, with family cat… | |
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Stuart Little 2 is that rarest of movie breeds, a sequel that surpasses its charming, popular predecessor to achieve near-classic status. Mr. & Mrs. Little (Hugh Laurie, Geena Davis) are portrayed with good-natured, storybook purity, and the rest of the movie follows suit, beginning when their lonely mouse “son” Stuart (perfectly voiced by Michael J. Fox) befriends an orphaned canary (Melanie Griffith), who is reluctantly stealing from the Littles for the villainous Falcon (James Woods). The con game turns into a search-and-rescue thriller, with family cat Snowbell (Nathan Lane) quipping like a borscht-belt comedian, but the real fun of Stuart Little 2 comes from Bruce Joel Rubin’s hilarious, marvelously inventive screenplay and returning director Rob Minkoff’s visually dazzling combination of live action and lavish computer animation. Matching the Babe movies as a wondrous marvel of family entertainment, Stuart Little 2 is an all-ages romp that’s smart, sweet, and completely irresistible. —Jeff Shannon
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Stuart, the little mouse that could, soars to new heights in this superior sequel to the 1999 Oscar-nominated family favorite. Stuart (given indefatigable voice by Michael J. Fox) is by now a fully accepted member of the Little family. Even his former nemesis, the house cat Snowball (voiced again by Nathan Lane), has warmed to his presence. But Mrs. Little (Geena Davis) worries when her three-inch charge, Stuart, plays soccer with cleat-wearing human kids, and his brother George (Jonathan Lipnicki) is spending more time with his own friends. Into Stuart’s life flies Maragalo (Melanie Griffith), a wayward bird whom Stuart rescues from a predatory falcon (James Woods at his menacing best). Is she the friend for whom the trusting, good-hearted Stuart has wished, or is she not what she seems? The nifty visual effects—which allow Stuart to drive a miniature car on the streets of New York and pilot a model airplane over Central Park—do not overshadow the very human story that teaches that size is not an essential determinant in stature. Donald Liebenson
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