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After watching it, I think it's something that should’ve
gone direct to a cartoon network to play on Saturday mornings
– rather than be linked to the feature film version of
E.B White’s beloved book, “Stuart Little”,
about a walking-talking-mischief-chasing mouse (voiced by
Michael J.Fox) whose adopted by humans (voiced by Geena Davis
and Hugh Laurie) play it economically by doing away with the
actors, special effects and Nathan Lane (who provided the
voice of portly moggie, Snowbell) and creating the whole film
on a computer.
The result? A very cheap, very short, very dull effort that
makes those 'Muppet Babies' cartoons look like Tex Avery classics,
not only in terms of storyline, but the look. If this is CG,
then it’s surely been created with leftover parts from
a recycled Commodore 64, right?
If you are under the age of six though, you’ll no doubt
be fixated to the screen still. In this one, Stuart (astonishingly,
Michael J.Fox returns to voice the character), joins his parents
(astonishingly, Davis and Laurie return to voice their roles
too), his siblings, and the family cat, Snowbell, who is voiced
by some new guy doing his best Nathan Lane (who opted not
to return - sensible fellow) on a camping trip to the great
outdoors.
Naturally, things get eventful. Snowbell is held by prisoner
by some mangy animals and Stuart, accompanied by his new friend
Reeko (Wayne Brady), must come to her rescue. Yawn.
As a fan of those first two films, I’m really disappointed
with this third chapter. It’s cheap, it’s uninteresting,
and most of all, it completely eliminates the older viewers
that were suckered into the first two chapters.
Conclusion: Movie 30% Extras: 0%
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