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July 30, 2002

Stuart Little 2

Charming childrens comedy

All the main characters are back from the first outing, and this is a welcome addition to the story of the mouse who lives in New York as a normal son to Mr and Mrs Little. This time Stuart makes friends with a small bird he rescues from an evil falcon. She comes to stay in the house, but is really a crook and accomplice to the falcon who uses her to steal jewellry. She steals Mrs Little's wedding ring and leaves. Stuart thinks she has been kidnapped, and with the cat goes across the city to rescue her.

There are some good chases, and in the end Stuart rescues the bird from the falcon in a little plane. It turns out she was being forced against her will to steal in true Oliver Twist fashion, and she comes back to the Littles house before realising her dream of flying south for the winter with her other bird friends.

Lipnicki as the real son of the Littles has a smaller part than last time, but this is good as he is now growing up and is starting to lose his cute kid appeal. Davis and Laurie as mom and dad are excellently unflappable in the face of adversity. This is a fun film for kids of any age. Beautifully filmed, you can almost believe the mouse is real.

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Posted by se71 at July 30, 2002 12:22 PM

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