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22 out of 23 people found the following review useful:

Hugely disappointing

Author: (nickmedford)
13 October 2006

After the first two films, with their lavish sets, excellent acting, and state-of-the-art CGI, this comes as a massive disappointment. It's an ultra-low budget animation, so poorly drawn that it looks like a rough draft rather than a finished animation. The cast who played the Little family in the previous films return to voice their characters here, but the dubbing is so haphazard that you'll swear that different actors were used. The plot is paper-thin, the jokes are mostly lame, and even the very young are likely to get bored well before the end. A great shame, as the first Stuart Little in particular was a great hit with my daughter, and one of the best children's films of recent years. Stuart Little 3 is, however, best avoided.

20 out of 29 people found the following review useful:

good movie for little kids

Author: mzatzman0327 from Canada
26 February 2006

this movie is for kids ages 3-10. it is not for older children or adults. children in the proper age group will really like this movie as they know the main characters already and the story is at their level. It should not be called the third movie in the series as it is an animated movie not meant for all audiences. My young children enjoyed it much more than their parents. This looks like a trial for a TV animated series and is something you would expect to find on television. It is not a Disney quality movie but it still appeals to young kids who relate to the characters, especially Stuart Little, who is voiced by Michael J. Fox.He does a great job as usual.

5 out of 7 people found the following review useful:

What is This, Sequel or Midquel?

Author: Charles_Hardy from Outside Hollywood
23 February 2008

I must admit that this film was very well animated compared to other animated films of the same time frame. It looks more realistic, which compared to the first two films is excellent. And the voice-over work in this film is by far excellent. Most of the cast from the first two returned, with the exception of Jonathan Lipnicki. But Wayne Brady's voice appears in the film as Reeko the skunk. Thats a plus.

Some of the scenes though, very much reminded me of scenes from earlier Disney films. For instance, the lioness on the rock is reminiscent of Pride Rock from "The Lion King." And the name of the skunk is Reeko, very similar to Meeko from "Pocahontas." Even the forest animals are very similar to those in "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" and "Bambi." The animation. although well done, seems to be a rip off of Disney films.

After careful consideration, I gave this film a 6.

3 out of 4 people found the following review useful:

An OK kids movie...

Author: The_Wagon from United States
11 March 2006

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Stuart Little 3 has flaws. The animation. I don't like the animation. Ultimate Avengers is better. Way better. But Stuart Little 3 has good things about it, too. It starts with the Little family going on a camping trip. They drive there, Stuart has some adventures, and fights "The Beast". No, not the X-Men character, but...well....I'm not gonna spoil it for you! But I'll give you hint of what "The Beast" is. It's not a flounder! So that eliminates all the flounders of the world. What animal could it be? Watch this movie and find out! Now, I honestly thought this would suck, but it didn't. It was a nice little movie that's fun for the whole family. The first two were better, but this one was still a good movie. So just pop it in the DVD player and watch. They might make a Stuart Little 4. Who knows? 6/10.

4 out of 6 people found the following review useful:

Carnivores are Evil?

Author: Rick Hobson from United States
31 March 2006

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Consider the wolves, reduced to mere caricatures of evil, in Disney's Beauty and the Beast. Consider the leopard from Disney's animated Tarzan, who was simply trying to survive. Consider the hyenas of The Lion King; science tells us that hyenas are successful hunters and caring parents within their pack, and yet here they've been reduced to stereotype; mangy, miserable poachers.

Now comes "The Beast" of Stuart Little 3. Her habitat is shrinking, her food has fled the encroachment of human civilization, her forests either destroyed or filled with the sounds and smells of ATVs and chainsaws. She herself has probably been hunted, running for her life from baying dogs and humans who only want to destroy her because she would look good on a wall.

But even through all this, she is less of a carnivore than her real-world cousins would be. She offers her potential prey a way out. Bring her food, and you may live. She may indeed feel some disdain for the "lesser" animals she deals with, but she might be forgiven, considering the life she's lead.

Indeed, she could be the tragic hero of this opus. She defends the last vest ages of The Really Wild, while her forest is altered and destroyed to make way for scout camps, roads, condos, subdivisions and strip malls, vanquished tellingly by a mouse who thinks he's human and a cat who has forgotten his catness.

Yes, this video is for children, but children learn from what they experience. What are we teaching them? Quietly, I root for The Beast.

Vacation presents a call of the wild.

Author: Michael O'Keefe from Muskogee OK
13 July 2012

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School is out for the summer and the Little family are ready to vacation in the forest of Lake Garland. Frederick(voiced by Hugh Laurie)and Elanor(voiced by Genna Davis)round up Stuart(voiced by Michael J. Fox)and Snowball the cat and hit the holiday road. Stuart and his dad join a group of scouts. Stuart just doesn't fit in of course; but soon has his mind occupied with finding Snowball, who is believed to be snatched by a forest creature known as the Beast(voiced by Virginia Madsen). Joining Stuart in the search is a skunk named Reeko(voiced by Wayne Brady). The first two Stuart Little films combined live action with animation. CALL OF THE WILD is obviously working with a small budget and is completely CGI, and not the best by no means. Quality is lacking, but four and five year old viewers will not be concerned. Other voices: Peter MacNicol, Nathan Lane, Robby D. Bruce, Sophia Paden and Kevin Schon.

8 out of 16 people found the following review useful:

back to basics on the animation front

Author: FFAxDAVID from England
10 December 2005

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as kids story's go,this ones no different-something happens,hero has to fix it(save/find/insert relevant problem here),has abit of trouble on way but alls OK in end-that much am pretty sure can give away without being accused of mentioning spoilers,in fact that could probably describe any child orientated film.If your kids like animated movies,this will make them happy regardless what i think.On other hand though,if they expect anything different on the animation front,they will be disappointed-most of the animation could have been done just as decent(or badly,depending on point of view,) in the 50's,in fact it looks like they may even have had that in mind intentionally when they made it for all i know.

To summarize its an OK film for kids but i think they forgot what made Stewart Little films liked in the 1st place,and thats decent animated characters in a real world environment,and since this is all animated i cannot see the same appeal being prevalent.

9 out of 18 people found the following review useful:

It's really for the kiddies, but is it?

Author: patrick-green from France
25 August 2006

Stuart Little is back in an all awful sequel and this time he's a boy scout. It's funny how nature is seen in this movie as a playground meant to be tame and fun for city people with no idea of how to distinguish a pine tree from a mushroom. The cougar portrays of course the forces of evil who must be tracked down and vanquished by a goody-goody lab rat and a cat who acts more like an overgrown guinea-pig than a cat. The parents are as usual a goofy, happy pair with the father who sees vicious, vampire skunks and rabid chipmunks behind every single slimy toadstool and the mother who smiles and cleans up the mess without complaining.

0 out of 1 people found the following review useful:

Sadly rather charmless

Author: TheLittleSongbird from United Kingdom
8 September 2011

Having thoroughly enjoyed the first two films, I was looking forward to Stuart Little 3. Sadly though, in my opinion it was rather charmless and very disappointing. The only reasons why I did't rate it any lower are the sweet and memorable music and the voice acting, Stuart is still appealing, Kevin Schon is not as good as Nathan Lane but is nonetheless good as Snowbell and Geena Davis and Hugh Laurie are excellent. However, the lip movements are barely in sync with the voices and the animation has a rough and unfinished quality to it. The script is weak, with the more poignant moments(or moments that strived to be that rather) rather over-sentimental and the jokes due to poor timing falling flat, and the story is rather bland and thin and doesn't come close to the charm and heart the first two movies have. Stuart still appeals and Snowbell is okay, but the other characters don't have the same sparkle and are perhaps underused as a result. Overall, charmless and disappointing. 3/10 Bethany Cox

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