Stuart Little 2 review
(Watched it on Saturday and decided heck why not?)
If you are looking forward to having ‘some little’ enjoyment with the family, look no further than Stuart Little 2. A combination of realistic CGI characters with fine voice actors along with wonderful scenes brings to life E.B White’s famous creation. And without the ridiculous plot twists in the original to drag it down, the film is a respectable improvement from the last.
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Picking up where Stuart Little left off, Stuart has grown apart from his brother ever since his involvement in the soccer team and now spends more time with his friends at school. His mother has become overprotective of her adopted son due to his size. Stuart becomes increasingly apathetic until the warm-hearted bird Margolo literally falls into his life.
This movie is held together by a combination of multiple bits that make Stuart Little 2 memorable. And being aimed at family entertainment, it does particularly well in providing laughs and humor all the way to the end. Nathan Lane does well in his role of Snowbell the cat, effectively filling in his comic relief role. Though fans of the original will be irked as Snowbell has also effectively become ‘Snowbell the sidekick’ who does little more than provide comic relief like his predecessors before him, compared to ‘Snowbell the rebel’ who was vital to the plot in the 1st movie against Stuart.
Whilst we’re on the topic of downplayed roles, I felt at times that George Little was being written out of this film. He does little in the movie and has little interaction with his brother before finally doing something that can be considered as important to the plot. His interactions with the main character Stuart in the majority of this film have been replaced by interactions with a new and very minor character who happens to be his friend Will.
As this is aimed at a family audience, it does particularly well in being the Little Family to life. There are a number of scenes where parents and children will enjoy watching and at the end of it leave with a smile plastered on their faces. Adults and kids alike will smile at the sequence of the Little Family participating in a variety of things (having a barbeque, watching a baseball game, roasting marshmallows) set to Mandy Moore’s Top of the World. Albeit cheesy, but nonetheless heart-warming stuff that anyone can enjoy.
There is a touch of intrigue about little things in this sequel. Kids of all ages will find Stuart’s bedroom which is filled with shrinked items particularly interesting. Stuart even has his own miniscule plane which was used effectively in the adventurous final showdown against the marvelously voice-acted Falcon. The showdown however isn’t scary at all and is set instead in a family-friendly park.
However the 2nd installment once again makes the stupid mistakes of the original. There is barely any plot to this movie. And no matter how heart-warming or how hilarious the scenes in the beginning and middle were, it could also be described as pointless. The few things I could decipher from the mess was that it involved Margolo’s and Stuart’s friendly relationship. And the only time this entertaining flick showed any form of direction was at the end where we slowly began to approach the climax against the ‘Evil Falcon’.
Though despite it’s failures with proper plot development and it’s achievements in watering down previously important roles. Stuart Little 2 has enough charm and talent to make it shine. The voice acting is great, the scenes are colourful and the setting is bright. 8.5/10 stars. An extra ½ star because I like Michael J Fox in the Back to the Future franchise.
If you are looking forward to having ‘some little’ enjoyment with the family, look no further than Stuart Little 2. A combination of realistic CGI characters with fine voice actors along with wonderful scenes brings to life E.B White’s famous creation. And without the ridiculous plot twists in the original to drag it down, the film is a respectable improvement from the last.
Read More
Picking up where Stuart Little left off, Stuart has grown apart from his brother ever since his involvement in the soccer team and now spends more time with his friends at school. His mother has become overprotective of her adopted son due to his size. Stuart becomes increasingly apathetic until the warm-hearted bird Margolo literally falls into his life.
This movie is held together by a combination of multiple bits that make Stuart Little 2 memorable. And being aimed at family entertainment, it does particularly well in providing laughs and humor all the way to the end. Nathan Lane does well in his role of Snowbell the cat, effectively filling in his comic relief role. Though fans of the original will be irked as Snowbell has also effectively become ‘Snowbell the sidekick’ who does little more than provide comic relief like his predecessors before him, compared to ‘Snowbell the rebel’ who was vital to the plot in the 1st movie against Stuart.
Whilst we’re on the topic of downplayed roles, I felt at times that George Little was being written out of this film. He does little in the movie and has little interaction with his brother before finally doing something that can be considered as important to the plot. His interactions with the main character Stuart in the majority of this film have been replaced by interactions with a new and very minor character who happens to be his friend Will.
As this is aimed at a family audience, it does particularly well in being the Little Family to life. There are a number of scenes where parents and children will enjoy watching and at the end of it leave with a smile plastered on their faces. Adults and kids alike will smile at the sequence of the Little Family participating in a variety of things (having a barbeque, watching a baseball game, roasting marshmallows) set to Mandy Moore’s Top of the World. Albeit cheesy, but nonetheless heart-warming stuff that anyone can enjoy.
There is a touch of intrigue about little things in this sequel. Kids of all ages will find Stuart’s bedroom which is filled with shrinked items particularly interesting. Stuart even has his own miniscule plane which was used effectively in the adventurous final showdown against the marvelously voice-acted Falcon. The showdown however isn’t scary at all and is set instead in a family-friendly park.
However the 2nd installment once again makes the stupid mistakes of the original. There is barely any plot to this movie. And no matter how heart-warming or how hilarious the scenes in the beginning and middle were, it could also be described as pointless. The few things I could decipher from the mess was that it involved Margolo’s and Stuart’s friendly relationship. And the only time this entertaining flick showed any form of direction was at the end where we slowly began to approach the climax against the ‘Evil Falcon’.
Though despite it’s failures with proper plot development and it’s achievements in watering down previously important roles. Stuart Little 2 has enough charm and talent to make it shine. The voice acting is great, the scenes are colourful and the setting is bright. 8.5/10 stars. An extra ½ star because I like Michael J Fox in the Back to the Future franchise.