Stuart Little 2 (2002)

As someone who has always enjoyed the first 'Stuart Little', I found the sequel to be just as charming. Like the original, this is another great family film that can be enjoyed by people of all ages and not just the young kids it's targeted at. The sequel does everything just as well, if not better than the first film.I'm surprised at how poorly 'Stuart Little 2' was received, not only with the ratings on IMDb, but it also didn't do well at the box-office. Considering the sequel has more adventure and in general more fun than the original, I don't see why so many people seemingly didn't like it. I always thought the 'Stuart Little' films were impossible not to like!

First off, I enjoyed this movie immensely.Not only does this movie family-friendly - with absolutely zero content that are controversial, too high-end, derogative or political, but ,most of all, it inspired me a lot. Quite frankly, this story caused my mind to explode - with a bit of imagination Stuart and Margalo opened up a whole new universe. Flashbacks from the first film reminded me that first we saw Stuart was in an orphanage - and that's that, and all Mrs. Keeper mentioned about Stuart's "parents" was that they were smashed by falling cans, which, in certain aspects, raised me a flag about this little mouse: There's more to this character... WAY more. Then questions started flooding into my head: Who exactly is Stuart? What's his history? Who WAS Stuart? Where and when's he from? How come his mouse-form able to speak languages that is understandable to humans? Was he once a human-like creature, then somehow got turned or reincarnated into a mouse(hopefully reincarnation)? If so, what happened, and who is or was his biological parents? If his reincarnation into a mouse grant the mouse power to communicate with humans, then what's his heritage? Stuart sailed beautifully in the first film and here he flies like an ace combat pilot - did he carry those on from his previous life? Stuart and Margalo hit it off pretty fast - like old flames: was there past connection rekindled, and Margalo was actually his girlfriend or fiancée from his previous life? Were there stories to that previous life? What happened? What happens next? ...A lot of these questions overwhelmed my thoughts and I rarely see that happen even in these days' big-budget films(not even Avengers movies can spark that kind of inspiration), so believe me when I say I wanted to give a ten for this film. Though sadly, the ending's pretty harsh: Even when they are pretty much in love, the canary's still restricted by her migrant habit to the south or else she'll freeze to death in winter. Really wish they had not been that hasty to cut off this movie that soon: turning it into a high-level sci-fi fantasy romantic drama might even explain a lot of things. Master White wrote the original script, but he didn't made preparations to my questions should they arise... and now that he's gone those questions became exploitable loopholes, don't they? Maybe instead of all the pointless Disney remakes that could potentially ruin the once-classic tales they could spare some efforts to make Stuart Little great again? And maybe the next one to make a Stuart Little film would answer my questions, if he or she ever exist?

Usually sequels don't surpass their predecessors in terms of quality, but Stuart Little 2 is such a charming film, that it is hard not to like it. It is a little predictable at times, but that's my only real complaint of this movie. Stuart makes friends with Margalo, voiced with real innocence by Melanie Griffith, and it is this that makes the film so charming. Little does he know she is in league with a falcon, voiced with seedy villainy by James Woods, very like Hades in Hercules. Michael J.Fox still delights as the voice of Stuart, but it is Nathan Lane as Snowbell who has the best lines, they were that funny. Other funny lines were those such as "Flying in the House?" as the look on Hugh Laurie's face was priceless. The film is sprinkled with lovely messages, that never preaches and kids take to them like a pinch of salt. The script is more subdued than its predecessor but still delivers as effectively. The chase scenes are memorable and never slow the film down. All in all, an exceedingly charming sequel, with an 8/10. Bethany Cox.

I seriously doubt that even children would relate to this. A mouse that is sent out to play football with a human schoolboy team has to be the stupidest plot imaginable! I must admit that animated cartoons where animals behave like humans aren't my idea of fun at the best of times but when real people are subjected to this sort of thing I really wonder where their mentality is! Having so said though, it is only fair to add that, when those animals are fantastic (as in Willow for example) thats a totally different matter (and, also in fairness, I DO note that this film is categorized as a fantasy). But when the animals are presented as though they were ordinary people, that has to be over the top in ridiculousness! I can only presume that there are people who enjoy this sort of rubbish but I sure ain't one of them!