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Stuart Little (Widescreen Edition)

Stuart Little (Widescreen Edition)

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A movie as cute as its star
Review: "Stuart Little" is a movie I highly recommend. It is so imaginative, a real treat for the eyes, ears and heart. While I am far from being a child (45 y/o housewife with no kids), I was totally enthralled by this adorable movie. The special effects are so real, you actually come to know and love this tiny creature. You just KNOW he is real! The movie takes you on a roller-coaster ride of emotions and really delivers at the end. This is one movie I will enjoy watching again. The only thing as cute as Stuart Little is his roadster!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Cute Mouse
Review: I really liked the movie Stuart Little and alot of other people in my school do too. I saw this movie so far 3 times and I am also waching it at school. A great movie for the family.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: FUN FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT & FUNNY!
Review: When I was 8 yrs. old, Stuart Little was one of my favorite books. That was a long time ago, and i remembered the story a little bit. It was seeing the movie that brought alot of back. This is a very cute story, and I thought the actors were all perfectly cast in their roles. My favorite was Nathan Lane as the voice over for SNOWBELL. He had me laughing hysterically! This is a very good movie for families to watch together. Some adults won't appreciate it,(my husband for one), you need to step out of reality into a world of make believe. Fans of the book should appreciate it too.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A perfect kids movie
Review: Stuart Little is probably one of the best childrens movies you will ever see. Even adults will enjoy this warm-hearted movie.Lots of laughs.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: The mouse is real, yes?
Review: This reminds me of the old black and white movies (starring Jimmy Stewart or some such). It is so heart warming I will not have to wear a vest this summer (this is the UK).

What a delightful little film. It totally entranced my six and seven year old kids and it was all I could do not to keep the tears from streaming. Boy wants a younger son, parents adopt mouse, boy gets disappointed but mouse and boy become best friends. Mouse's parents come to get him, everyone sad, turns out to be a set up, mouse escapes. Happy ending where even the treacherous cat ends up being a goodie.

The CGI is amazing. The mouse (Stuart), his parents and the talking cats are superbly well done. The little kid (Jonathon Lipnicki) is just as good as he was in Jerry Maguire. Geena Davis and Hugh Laurie do not really have to do much - but they do the clean living caring parents to a tee.

There are some good laughs and some great cameos (watch out for Stuart's 'parents) but where the DVD comes into its own is in all the extras you get. There are music videos, out takes, deleted scenes. storyboards. You name it, the DVD has got it.

I strongly recommend you buy this and watch it over and over. Watch out for the boat race and for the screen tests.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A gentle story
Review: While this DVD is good for the whole family, it is good for different members at different times. Everyone will enjoy the voice performances of Michael J. Fox as Stuart and Nathan Lane as the cat Snowbell. In Stuart Little, the smallest children in the house see someone else trying to find a place in a big world. It has the same gentle pace as Disney's BAMBI. While four-year-olds will likely feel drawn to the adventure, older children may lose interest, because, after all, the movie telegraphs the story's ending early on, and it will not take a great deal of sophistication for older children to know what will happen. These older children may, however, wonder how Stuart has been made, and they can take advantage of the extra DVD features that demonstrate processes. The DVD also contains a wealth of supplementary material, from a "read along" session to games and brief documentaries. Making the older children familiar with special effects processes may inspire them to create their own work. It will definitely give the older kids new ways of watching the movie; the little ones will insist on repeated viewings.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Technically wonderful; watch out for a few swear words!
Review: "Stuart Little" is the kind of movie that our family waits to buy when it hits VHS because we know we'll watch it over and over again. With two toddlers at home, we almost never go to the theatre: it's cost-prohibitive, drinks aren't served in sippy-cups, and no one at the theatre will punch the "pause" button while you change a diaper!

Knowing that Michael J. Fox provides the voice of the main character, watch this video with his characterization of Alex P. Keaton ("Family Ties" television series--remember that one?) in mind. The animators must've used the new technology in which the "live" actor is rigged up with a special suit which translates his movements to the screen when the animation is done. Watch Stuart's movements; it's Michael J. Fox all over--except that he's a mouse!

Suspend your disbelief and allow yourself to imagine that a human family would, in fact, adopt a little mouse into their family. The human characters in the movie certainly accept this fact as possible.

Best points of the film: the boat race scene is wonderful, suspenseful, and had even the fortyish crowd at our house hollering and cheering--and gasping when Stuart was in danger; the scenes with the little red roadster were wonderful and entirely realistic; and the cats are superb! The movement of their mouths is just slightly exaggerated, but still quite believable. As a cat-owner (can one ever really "own" a cat?), the funniest scene is the one in which Snowbell sends the pack of alley cats into the drink. I looked for a blurb at the end of the credits saying that "no cats were harmed in the filming of the production," but I didn't find such a statement. It was totally realistic--and hilariously funny!

Only a concern or two: I don't know what constitutes a "PG" rating, but that is the rating given to this film. I did notice--and do NOT LIKE--that the word "damn" is used at least once, the phrase, "what the hell" occurs about twice, and I really don't think the film would've suffered if those phrases had been left out. Fortunately, we always watch TV at home with the closed-captioning on, and the words often pop up at the bottom of the screen just a couple of moments before the dialogue is heard; that gives Mom or Dad time to hit the "mute" button on the remote for just a second, or to distract the small children who are watching the movie. There is no overt violence in the film, but Stuart is threatened quite frequently by the cat(s) in the film, and sometimes my young children are sensitive to certain phrases which allude to a movie character being killed or being threatened with death.

Normally I'm not a Geena Davis fan, but she was sweet in this movie, and I enjoyed her performance. It seems like I should know who Hugh Laurie is, but I just can't place him, and that makes him the perfect choice to portray the nerdy-but-well-meaning dad. I've been unable to see the credits at the end of the film; they are too tiny to read from a reasonable distance, and I couldn't carry the baby to the TV fast enough to get a better look. Maybe Columbia Pictures could use a larger type-style in future--and give the credits the full screen rather than making them compete with the additional footage at the end of the film. Many movie buffs like me stay in the theatre until the credits have rolled to a complete stop; we want to see who all the actors in a film were, even the minor ones. (Wasn't that one of the Tilly sisters who played the "fake" mouse-mother? Even her make-up and mannerisms pegged her as a Tilly for me.)

After the movie is over, the VHS version includes a couple minutes of out-takes and bloopers from the making of "Stuart Little." They're fun to watch, too, and give ordinary people like me a glimpse into the world of movie-making. It must be a fabulous job to be an actor.

Just be aware of the handful of expletives that occur in this film before you plunk your children down in front of the set if you want them to watch "Stuart Little" unsupervised. My kids are just the age that they pick up every new word they hear, and it's not at all cute to have your "baby" say swear words in public. Maybe Columbia could edit out the cuss words are re-issue "Stuart Little" with a "G" rating.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: For Young and Old-er!
Review: I watched this video with my kids...what a wonderful movie. This is truly one for all ages. It seemed as if it would be, because of the setting in an orphanage, too heavy a subject for them. But truly it helped them to see that all children, no matter how furry and little you are, are lovable! What an adventurous tear jerker.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: For the whole family.
Review: I went to see this movie with my little sister and we both loved it. The CGI is great every hair on Stuart is realistic I can't imagine what they are going to do with the sequel but I hope they bring back Rob Minkoff to direct and M. Night Shyamalan to write. Michael J. Fox and Nathan Lane both have lended their voices to other characters Michael J. Fox was Chance on Howeward Bound 1 & 2 and Nathan Lane was Timon on The Lion King & Timon & Pumbaa the TV show. This is one is one of the best, better than POKEMON!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Must buy for DVD!
Review: First of all the movie is wonderful for the family, though the movie would have been rated "G" if not for four minor swear words uttered by some of the cats (but if you don't call attention to it the kids shouldn't notice). As for the DVD, it's got more goodies in it than any I've seen yet! And I'm not talking about your normal deleted scenes and theatrical trailers (which are included). There's also 3 music videos, a read along storybook, a neat little game and a whole lot more. All DVD releases should be this jam packed!


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