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Title: Stuart Little (1999)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Michael J. Fox | ... | Stuart Little (voice) | |
| Geena Davis | ... | Mrs. Little | |
| Hugh Laurie | ... | Mr. Little | |
| Jonathan Lipnicki | ... | George Little | |
| Nathan Lane | ... | Snowbell (voice) | |
| Chazz Palminteri | ... | Smokey (voice) | |
| Steve Zahn | ... | Monty (voice) | |
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Jim Doughan | ... | Lucky (voice) |
| David Alan Grier | ... | Red (voice) | |
| Bruno Kirby | ... | Mr. Stout (voice) | |
| Jennifer Tilly | ... | Mrs. Stout (voice) | |
| Stan Freberg | ... | Race Announcer (voice) | |
| Jeffrey Jones | ... | Uncle Crenshaw | |
| Connie Ray | ... | Aunt Tina | |
| Allyce Beasley | ... | Aunt Beatrice | |
In New York City, you would come across a small house, home to a family known as the Littles. You would happen to think of them as the nicest family you'd ever meet. One day, Fredrick and Eleanor, both parents and Littles, ho to and orphanage to find a brother for their son, George. While at it, they meet Stuart, a small, but charming mouse, who apparently, is human-civilized. They adopt him, and everyone, even George, loves him. But there is one problem with Stuart's life, Snowbell, the Little family cat, who wants him. But when trouble starts up almost immediately, Stuart must make it back to his home-before snowbell's friends find out about him
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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.