Stuart and Snowbell set out across town to rescue a friend.Stuart and Snowbell set out across town to rescue a friend.Stuart and Snowbell set out across town to rescue a friend.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 1 win & 4 nominations total
- Stuart Little
- (voice)
- Snowbell
- (voice)
- Margalo
- (voice)
- Falcon
- (voice)
- Monty
- (voice)
- Irwin
- (as Kevin Johnson Olson)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAt one point the falcon was supposed to have an army of pigeons as his minions.
- GoofsToward the beginning of the film when Stuart flies the model plane outside and crashes it, his mother, father, brother, and friend all run out the house and into the park to chase after him. This means the baby was, presumably, left alone in the house - or, the writers just forgot about her completely.
- Quotes
Mrs. Little: Alright, George, where is he?
Fredrick Little: And this time, the *truth*.
George Little: I'm not sure.
Fredrick Little: [sternly] George, it is *never okay* to lie to your parents
George Little: But is it okay to break a promise to your brother?
Mrs. Little: It's wrong to promise your brother that you'll lie to your parents.
Fredrick Little: George, listen to the tone of my voice. I want you to tell us where Stuart is.
George Little: But it was a promise, brother to brother.
Fredrick Little: George, I understand. I have a brother. But whatever I promised him, if he was in danger, that would matter more to me than the promise.
Mrs. Little: George, how would you feel? How would we *all* feel if anything happened to Stuart?
[pause]
George Little: He's at the Pishkin Building.
George Little: [as they all prepare to leave and find Stuart] Dad?
Fredrick Little: What?
George Little: Am I in trouble?
Fredrick Little: No, son. You're in *big* trouble.
[George cringes when he hears this]
- Crazy creditsDuring the first half of the closing credits, the cast is shown with their name and their character they played in a circle.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Céline Dion: I'm Alive (2002)
- SoundtracksPut a Little Love in Your Heart
Written by Jackie DeShannon, Randy Myers and Jimmy Holiday
Produced by Warren Campbell
Performed by Mary Mary
Courtesy of Columbia Records
In the sequel, Stuart Little (voiced by Michael J. Fox) now has a quintessential relationship to his family. His human brother George has accepted him as a sibling and the cat Snowbell is now his pal instead of his enemy. However, poor Stuart feels a little left-out in the world because of his small size and his lack of real friends. That is until a little bird named Margolo (voiced by Melanie Griffith) literally drops into his life (from the sky), pursued by a vicious falcon. When they are clear of the evil bird's talons, Stuart and Margolo develop a very strong, very heart-warming friendship while teaching to the younger audience members very important lessons about life and friendship.
Those messages were communicated to be very well when I was younger and they still are today. I'm not exactly sure why I like "Stuart Little 2" more as an adult than I did as a kid, but maybe it's because I can understand the full extent of it. The filmmakers made the right choice to film it as a family picture, incorporating elements that children can understand but leaving in great moments of comedy to keep the adults interested. More so than in the first one, the picture is kept upbeat by the hilarious presence of Snowbell the cat, voiced by Nathan Lane, who has one terrific one-liner after another. A favorite moment of mine is when Snowbell is serving as a tool so Stuart can speak into a payphone. Their time runs out and he asks Snowbell for more change. The cat looks at the mouse standing on his head and cackles out: "What do I look like? A fanny pack?" "Stuart Little 2" is a real treat to look at with some gorgeous cinematography and a deliberately over-painted New York City with everybody in the movie wearing extravagant outfits. The special effects used for Stuart, Margolo, Snowbell, the falcon, and the other animated characters in the film is very good, best exemplified by the eyes of Stuart and Margolo. Their eyes are solid black with no visible pupils, but the animators carefully manipulate the characters' expressions to mirror every emotion that could be asked for from a real-life performer.
Perhaps the best element of "Stuart Little 2" is the change of point-of-view from the first one. In the original film, most of the plot involved the Littles' difficulties in adopting a talking mouse as a child and a great portion of the film was people looking down upon little Stuart. Here, the story takes place on Stuart's level, from his point-of-view, and we come to associate and identify more with him this time around. I also really like Hugh Laurie, Geena Davis, and Jonathan Lipnicki as Stuart's adoptive family, who do a really good job at maintaining the illusion that they are communicating to a two-inch mouse adopted as their son and treating him with loving affection.
But the best scenes are the scenes of Margolo and Stuart, particularly a little scene where they are on a date at a makeshift drive-in movie theater: sitting in Stuart's model car in front of a television, watching Alfred Hitchcock's marvelous 1958 film "Vertigo" which we later learn is a poignant choice as there are some parallels in the relationship between Stuart and his avian companion.
"Stuart Little 2" is a wonderful family film. Some may question my judgment and wonder if I exaggerate just a little in shelling out my highest rating for this film. You may ask: maybe it's good, but is it *that* good? Well, maybe not on some critical scales. But the way I review movies, dissecting and analyzing but more or less reporting how I personally responded, than no, not in the least. I enjoyed "Stuart Little 2" so much, every little second of it was a gem for me, and I more than enthusiastically award it ten stars.
- TheUnknown837-1
- May 7, 2010
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- SL2
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $120,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $64,956,806
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $15,115,152
- Jul 21, 2002
- Gross worldwide
- $169,956,806
- Runtime1 hour 17 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1