" stuart little " is one of the best family films to come out this year .
it 's a cute , funny and very good - natured film that has nothing for parents to squirm over except a few mild cusswords .
though i read the book a long time ago and i really do not remember what it was about , i do know that this film does not disappoint .
finally a movie gets released that is as good as the trailer makes it to be , with a few surprising twists ,
some very funny moments , and a few sentimental moments all mixed in to one great little movie .
stuart little is a mouse .
he has finally gotten a new home after being put up for adoption , he now lives with the littles .
a nice little ( no pun intended ) family that lives in their apartment next to central park in new york city .
they have a little boy george ( played by the adorable jonathan
lipnicki ) and now they have a new son .
at first stuart takes a while
but he finally adjusts to being part of the family and even getting along with the pet cat .
george does n't take too well to having a mouse for a brother at first , but
once the two play together they instantly bond .
stuart however is missing something , and he wants to know who his real parents are .
the littles try and find his parents and one day they show up on the doorstep wanting stuart back .
hesitating the littles know what 's best for stuart
and so does snowball the pet cat
, he and his friends try to get stuart but in the end we find out the truth about stuart 's past ending up to a sentimental and very heart - warming ending .
one thing i noticed about the film instantly was the fantastic special effects .
just like in " star wars :
episode 1 - -the phantom menace " stuart little and his family are all computer generated and they look fantastically real .
from the detail of their fur , to the detail of the way the walk ; the special effects team put a lot of time and effort on this $ 90 million dollar film and it shows .
another movie that this has in common with is " babe " with it 's talking animals and people understanding them .
it has a family friendly atmosphere and is never really scary or suspenseful enough to even scare the youngest of kids .
michael
j .
fox does the voice of stuart himself and just like in the " homeward bound " movies
does a fantastic job and brings more out of stuart than anyone else could .
he to me
fits the character perfectly and ends up making stuart even more lovable .
another gem of the film is nathan lane as snowball .
when he was timon in 1994 's " the lion king
" i would have sworn he was a comedian , and now in " stuart little " he brings the most out of snowball and makes him one of those characters we love to dislike .
for the human actors geena davis who never gives a bad performance does not disappoint here as well .
she fits nicely in her character and there is a good chemistry between her and hugh laurie who plays mr .
little .
both make us believe they are happily in love and married and jonathan lipnicki as their song is even more adorable than he was in 1996 's " jerry maguire " .
even though stuart little is completely cgi ,
the human characters and stuart have a nice chemistry together and even makes us believe they really do care for each other .
" stuart little " is ideal family entertainment for this holiday season and will not disappoint youngsters or adults for that matter .
we get entertainment , laughs , cries and more fun at the movies this season than probably any other movie .
its nice to see a pg rated movie out at christmas that everyone can see .
even though it has a $ 90 million dollar budget i 'm sure it will make over that or just below it respectively .
for all you parents out there trying to find a good family movie , i have yet to see bicentennial man as i write this
but as far as i know " stuart little " and " toy story 2 "
are by far the best family films this year .
a winner . ?
a movie gets released that is as good as the trailer makes it to be ideal family entertainment have a nice chemistry together she fits nicely in her character one of the best family films fits the character perfectly will not disappoint some very funny moments does a fantastic job and brings more out of stuart than anyone else could the special effects team put a lot of time and effort one great little movie the best family films they look fantastically real it 's a cute , funny and very good - natured film the fantastic special effects a winner this film does not disappoint another gem