Stuart Little 2

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Movie Details

• Genre: Comedy, Family
• Release Date: 2002-07-19 Nationwide
• Running Time: 75 min.
• Director: Rob Minkoff
• Cast: Michael J. Fox, Geena Davis, Jonathan Lipnicki, Hugh Laurie, Nathan Lane
• Producer: Lucy Fisher, Douglas Wick
• Writer: Bruce Joel Rubin
• Distributor: Columbia Pictures
• Official Site: Stuart Little 2 Official Site

A mouse that drives teeny-tiny cars down Manhattan sidewalks? Birds running petty theft rings? A cat afraid of heights? These all seem plausible compared to Geena Davis and Hugh Laurie doing their best syrupy-sweet Ward and June Cleaver imitations (with Davis in pearls for Pete's sake!). One hopes the relentless caricature will fade after the opening credits, but somehow it just gets worse. In the original film, based on an E.B. White children's book, the Little family adopts a plucky mouse named Stuart (voiced by Michael J. Fox), much to the chagrin of their first-born son George (Jonathan Lipniki) and drama-queen kitty Snowbell (purred by Nathan Lane). In the sequel, Stuart is fully accepted by his new family, but longs for a friend his own size. Margalo, a parakeet with a chirp supplied by Melanie Griffith, seems to fit the bill until her dark side threatens the Littles' sense of trust, prompting altruistic Stuart and the ever-complaining Snowbell to embark on a dangerous cross-town adventure to rescue Margalo from the coldhearted Falcon (voiced by James Woods). The wee ones will learn the all-important lessons about friendship--as well as rigid gender stereotyping and classism. (Caroline Palmer)