The Little family adopts an adorably spunky boy named Stuart, who looks like a mouse. The older son is not sure about have a mouse as a brother, and the family cat is plotting to dispose of Stuart.

This live-action version of E.B. White's novel doesn't have quite the magic of, say, Toy Story. Instead of entertainment the whole family can be enthralled with, Stuart Little is squarely aimed, and successfully so, at the 4- to 10-year-old watcher. The gee-whiz visual effects (created by original Star Wars wizard John Dykstra) and the film's ebullient wholesomeness make this a welcome addition to the home library.

In E.B. White's world, it's hardly surprising that human parents would adopt "outside their species." The smooth-talking mouse Stuart seems the perfect new child especially with an adorable wardrobe of very small sweaters and pants. Harder is fitting in with the Little's family cat, Snowbell. The simple story deals with Stuart trying to fit in with his new life, including big brother George. And of course there's an adventure when Snowbell's schemes lead Stuart into true danger, in the form of the devious plans of an alley cat named Smokey.

Brisk--85 minutes--amusing, and tolerably cute, Stuart Little stands tall. Two curios: The effects are so cleanly done that we could call Stuart the first successfully computer-animated actor.  

 Product Details

·         Actors: Michael J. Fox, Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie, Jonathan Lipnicki, Nathan Lane

·         Directors: Rob Minkoff

·         Writers: E.B. White, Greg Brooker, M. Night Shyamalan

·         Producers: Brian E. Frankish, Douglas Wick, Jason Clark, Jeff Franklin

·         Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, Live, Subtitled, NTSC

·         Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), English (Dolby Digital 5.1)

·         Subtitles: English

·         Region: Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
PLEASE NOTE: Some Region 1 DVDs may contain Regional Coding Enhancement (RCE). Some, but not all, of our international customers have had problems playing these enhanced discs on what are called "region-free" DVD players.

·          Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)

·         Studio: Sony Pictures

·         DVD Release Date: May 21, 2002

·         Run Time: 84 minutes

Special Features

·         On the set of Stuart Little 2

·         "A Little Look with Stuart Little set top game

·         Featurette: Making It Big

·         Production gag reel

·         Boat Race: Early conception

·         Book reading

·         Multi angles

·         Visual FX commentary

·         Deleted scenes

·         Visual FX gag reel

·         Screen tests

·         Music video

·         Animation commentary

·         Central Park game

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