Stuart Little

"The Little family just got bigger."

1999 1h 24m EN

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6.1

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★6.1TMDB · 4,780

FamilyFantasyComedyAdventure

Synopsis

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When the Littles adopt Stuart, the mouse, George is initially unwelcoming to his new brother, and the family cat, Snowbell, is even less enthusiastic. Stuart resolves to face these difficulties with as much pluck and courage as he can muster.

“The Little family just got bigger.”

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Cast

Michael J. Fox
Stuart Little (voice)
Geena Davis
Mrs. Little
Hugh Laurie
Mr. Little
Jonathan Lipnicki
George Little
Nathan Lane
Snowbell (voice)
Chazz Palminteri
Smokey (voice)
Steve Zahn
Monty (voice)
Jim Doughan
Lucky (voice) / Officer Allen

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Rob Minkoff
Writers: M. Night Shyamalan, Greg Brooker
Languages: English
Countries: Germany, United States of America

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RUNTIME

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84 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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MONEY

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$133M budget — tentpole studio territory.

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ERA

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27 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Germany, United States of America.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Stuart Little Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Rob Minkoff, shot by Guillermo Navarro. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Alan Silvestri. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Tom Finan shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Rob Minkoff directs. Guillermo Navarro behind the camera. Alan Silvestri scores. Tom Finan cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in Germany, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

184 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2$133M budget — tentpole studio territory.
327 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
4International production across 2 countries: Germany, United States of America.
5Part of the "Stuart Little Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6Directed by Rob Minkoff, shot by Guillermo Navarro. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Alan Silvestri. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Tom Finan shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Michael J. Fox and Geena Davis and Hugh Laurie carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "The Little family just got bigger.".
11IMDB entry: tt0164912 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 15 themes, including "sibling relationship", "based on novel or book", "cat", "gangster".

The technical file

Cinematography: Guillermo Navarro
Original score: Alan Silvestri
Editing: Tom Finan
Production design: Bill Brzeski
Costume design: Joseph A. Porro
Makeup / hair: Bonita DeHaven
VFX supervisor: John Dykstra
Runtime: 84 min · 1h 24m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $133,000,000
Box office: $300,135,367
Return: 226% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Stuart Little (1999)

Awards

Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects

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Part of

Stuart Little Collection

The Stuart Little Collection comprises the 3 Stuart Little movies.

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Filipe Manuel Neto2023-08-13
★ 8/10
A good film for children that can, due to its sweetness, make adults feel that they are left in the room. Watching this film is like listening to a fairy tale, or a fable, set in our days. It's the best way I've found to describe it. What we have is a family that decides to adopt a little white mouse, orphaned, after a visit to an orphanage, and that will count on the hostility of the house cat, unhappy that it now has a mouse as its owner. I saw the movie when I was a kid, at the cinema, and I really liked it. Now, more than twenty years later, I decided to see him again as the adult person that I am and I had a slightly different feeling. The film is extremely simple, Rob Minkoff's direction managed to understand the sweetness and simple effectiveness of the work he had in hand, but was not able to moderate the sugar. That is, we feel, several times during the film, that there is an excess of sweetness, and this makes the adult audience feel like they are too much in the room. I felt it now and that was the big problem with the film for me, a problem that most kids will have ignored without much difficulty. If little Stuart is a truly adorable character, the same may not be consensual when we think of his adoptive family. The characters weren't as well developed as they could have been, even considering it's a movie for children and young people. Geena Davis and Hugh Laurie do a very good job as the parents and Jonathan Lipnicki is not far behind, lending his character a welcome authenticity. Even so, there remains the question of what the actors could have done with better material in their hands. The work of the voice actors is quite good. Michael J. Fox and Nathan Lane deserve full attention in this department. On a technical level, I think we really have to highlight all the CGI animation involving the animals and their attitudes on a positive note. The effects are also very well done and you can see that there is some financial investment in the film. Of course, a small, almost toy house in the middle of Central Park, one of the most expensive plots of land imaginable, is hard to believe, but that's a detail. The very familiar-looking sets and costumes, hinting at the 50s a bit, were also a nice addition, and the soundtrack does a smart job.

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