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Stuart Little (1999) -- The Little family adopt a charming young mouse named Stuart, but the family cat wants rid of him.
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
E.B. White (book)
M. Night Shyamalan (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
17 December 1999 (USA) more
Tagline:
The Little Family Just Got Bigger
Plot:
The Little family adopt a charming young mouse named Stuart, but the family cat wants rid of him. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for Oscar. Another 7 wins & 12 nominations more
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Overly sugary but still quite fun more (165 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Michael J. Fox ... Stuart Little (voice)

Geena Davis ... Mrs. Eleanor Little

Hugh Laurie ... Mr. Fredrick Little

Jonathan Lipnicki ... George Little

Nathan Lane ... Snowbell 'Snow', the Little's house-cat (voice)

Chazz Palminteri ... Smokey, the Chief Alley-Cat (voice)

Steve Zahn ... Monty the Mouth (voice)
Jim Doughan ... Detective Allen / Voice of Lucky (Alley Cat)
David Alan Grier ... Red (Alley Cat) (voice)

Bruno Kirby ... Mr. Reginald 'Reggie' Stout (voice)

Jennifer Tilly ... Mrs. Camille Stout (voice)
Stan Freberg ... Race Announcer (voice)

Jeffrey Jones ... Uncle Crenshaw Little
Connie Ray ... Aunt Tina Little

Allyce Beasley ... Aunt Beatrice Little
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MPAA:
Rated PG for brief language.
Runtime:
84 min | Spain:81 min (DVD edition)
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Trivia:
The two detectives are named "Allan" and "Sherman" (Allan Sherman was a popular US comedy singer). more
Goofs:
Continuity: When the piano is being played, the note that gets stuck changes pitch depending on who plays it. more
Quotes:
George Little: Maybe we should go home.
Mr. Little: Why?
George Little: I'm not wearing my lucky underwear.
Mr. Little: You don't have lucky underwear.
George Little: Well, maybe we should get some, and then come back for another race.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#23.12)" (2000) more
Soundtrack:
Walking Tall more

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7 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
Overly sugary but still quite fun, 28 December 2003
Author: bob the moo from Birmingham, UK

The Little family are looking to adopt a boy to give their son George a brother. When they go to the orphanage they meet an adorable mouse called Stuart and decide to adopt him. Despite early resistance from George, Stuart makes himself part of the family, much to the chagrin of the house cat Snowball. To get rid of Stuart, Snowball reaches out to some local alley cats to set up a whack on Stuart.

If my plot synopsis has talked up the mafia connotations of the cats, it is because that is the part of the film that I find the funniest part of the film because it is lacking in the syrup that kind of takes away from the rest of the film. The main story is quite sweet but also has a good sense of humour that will appeal to adults as much as children. It's not perfect for, like I said it does get a bit overly sentimental at times although it just about manages to stay sweetly sentimental and not fall into being sickly sentimental.

The animation is superb and only occasionally does Stuart look out of place in the frame. For the most part it all flows well together and was deserving of the Oscar nomination. Just as deserving is the animal training - anyone with cats will know how hard it is to get the little b*stards to do anything you want, so to have them do so much work is very impressive (although I understand it is all about food).

The cast are all pretty good. Davis and Laurie play it straight and are lumbered with carrying the emotional side of the film and don't have much comedy (a shame considering Laurie's talents). Michael J. Fox does the best work - he makes his Stuart very sweet and likeable; a true prince amongst mice! Lipnicki does OK but is basically just the `cute kid' that is legally required in all American family movies. The funny stuff comes from Lane, Zahn, Kirby, Tilly and, best of all, Palminteri, who's mafia cat is hilarious and sends up his own characters by doing so.

Overall this is an enjoyable family film. It may not be hilarious for adults in the way Toy Story and it's like are but it is not dull. It has characters for adults and plenty for children and it's all a bit of fun with a slightly overly sweet centre to it.

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