(Re)discover “Stuart Little”, a little nugget for the whole family, mixing live action and animation, and released at the very beginning of the 2000s.
From the age of 8
When Mr and Mrs Little decide to adopt a new child, their first son George is thrilled at the idea of welcoming a little brother into the home. But his disappointment is immense when he realizes that the newcomer is… a baby mouse.
Named Stuart and gifted with speech, the newcomer to the Little family will seek to make his way to the heart of his brother George, but also to live with the house cat, Snowbell, very upset at the idea of becoming the pet of a little mouse.
Tender and touching, adapted from a tale by EB White, Stuart Little is the ideal entertainment to spend an afternoon with the family, and to offer a nice cinema session to the youngest spectators in the house.
Released at the very beginning of the 2000s, this adorable feature film is signed by a certain Rob Minkoff: a name that may not mean much to you at first glance, but whose work you nevertheless know very well, since 6 years earlier, he co-directed The Lion King!
Columbia Pictures
If Stuart Little does not have the same power as his predecessor in Minkoff’s career, he nevertheless brings together many other qualities. The youngest should naturally become attached to the character of Stuart, animated in computer generated images and vocally interpreted (in the original version) by Michael J. Fox!
As for adults, they will be able to appreciate the rest of the cast, made up of a Hugh Laurie who had not yet endorsed the blouse of Dr House and Geena Davis, famous for her role in Thelma and Louise. The young Jonathan Lipnicki, meanwhile, had given the reply to Tom Cruise in Jerry Maguire.
Columbia Pictures
Unusual fact: the screenplay by Stuart Little was signed by… M. Night Shyamalan. A real anomaly in the filmography of the one we know especially for Sixth Sense, Signs or Unbreakable.
What they will like:
- The character of Stuart, above all. As we said, impossible not to get attached to it!
- The Snowbell cat, very funny and very endearing too.
- The script of the film, simple but touching, and very effective.
What might worry them:
- A priori, not much, or possibly the few scenes in which Stuart finds himself in a bad position, sometimes trapped by a gang of alley cats, sometimes stuck in a washing machine.
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