Product: Stuart Little (1999)
Rating: 2.0
SL2 is 10 times better
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.