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Stuart Little 2 is a 2002 American live action/computer-animated comedy film directed by Rob Minkoff and starring Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie, and Jonathan Lipnicki, and the voices of Michael J. Fox as Stuart Little and Nathan Lane as Snowbell the Cat. Although a sequel to the 1999 film Stuart Little, the plot bears more resemblance to the original novel by E.B. White, in which Stuart and Snowbell meet a canary named Margalo (voiced by Melanie Griffith). The film was released in theaters on July 19, 2002, by Columbia Pictures, and grossed $170 million against a $120 million budget, with it also receiving positive critical reviews.[3] It was followed by a third film, a direct-to-video sequel titled Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild in 2005.

Stuart Little 2
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Rob Minkoff
Screenplay by	Bruce Joel Rubin
Story by	Douglas Wick Bruce Joel Rubin
Based on	Stuart Little by E. B. White
Produced by	Douglas Wick Lucy Fisher
Starring	Michael J. Fox Melanie Griffith Nathan Lane Geena Davis Hugh Laurie Jonathan Lipnicki James Woods Steve Zahn
Cinematography	Steven Poster
Edited by	Priscilla Nedd-Friendly
Music by	Alan Silvestri
Production companies	Columbia Pictures[1] Red Wagon Entertainment[2]
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Releasing[1]
Release date	July 19, 2002 (2002-07-19)
Running time	78 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$120 million[3]
Box office	$170 million[3]

Plot

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Three years after his adoption, Stuart Little finds himself overprotected by his adoptive mother Eleanor. He questions his abilities following a disastrous soccer match alongside his adoptive brother George, who accidentally kicked him with a soccer ball, despite said kick scoring the winning goal for their team. He becomes even more downhearted after George's toy airplane is broken in an accident because of him. Stuart's adoptive father Frederick consoles him by telling him that "every cloud has a silver lining".

One day, a seemingly injured young anthropomorphic female canary named Margalo falls into Stuart's roadster on his way home from school. Stuart takes her home and introduces her to the Little family, inviting Margalo to stay with them for a while, to which she accepts. Unbeknownst to the Littles, Margalo is secretly in cahoots with a greedy peregrine falcon, who treated her like a slave by forcing her to steal objects from households ever since he adopted her when she was orphaned. When the Falcon presses Margalo to find and take an object of value or lose a home that he promised her, she can't seem to concentrate on her job because she's starting to befriend Stuart. Eventually, the Falcon loses patience and threatens to kill Stuart if she doesn't deliver. Worried for Stuart's safety, Margalo reluctantly complies and steals a diamond wedding ring belonging to Eleanor later that night.

When the Littles discover that Eleanor's ring is missing, they mistakenly think it has fallen down their kitchen sink, not knowing that Margalo had taken it. Stuart offers to be lowered down the drain on a string to get the ring, but the string snaps while he is down the drain. Margalo saves him, but Stuart's thanks to her only makes her feel even more guilty, so she decides to leave. When he can't find her the next day, Stuart assumes she has been kidnapped by the Falcon and decides to rescue her with assistance from the Littles' cat Snowbell. Before he leaves, Stuart asks George to cover for him.

Following advice from Snowbell's alley cat friend Monty, Stuart and Snowbell discover that the Falcon resides in the Pishkin Building. Using balloons to make his way to the top of the building, Stuart confronts the Falcon, who reveals to him that Margalo is his slave and that she was forced to take Eleanor's ring while Margalo assures him that although she was following her master's orders, she is still his friend. Stuart begs her to come home with him, but the Falcon refuses to let her leave. Despite Stuart's best attempt to attack the Falcon by firing a bow and arrow at him, he decides to drop the mouse to his death, but Stuart narrowly survives the fall by landing in a passing garbage truck. The Falcon stops Margalo from saving Stuart and imprisons her in a paint can to prevent her from getting out. Snowbell, who has become concerned about Stuart, makes his way to the top of the Pishkin Building and finds Margalo while the Falcon is absent and she explains what had happened, making Snowbell tearfully believe Stuart was killed by the Falcon, not knowing that Stuart is still alive.

Regaining consciousness on board a garbage barge departing from the harbor, Stuart sadly considers giving up until he finds his and George's broken yet still-functioning model airplane on the barge. He cobbles it together with various pieces of junk and uses it to rescue Margalo and Snowbell. Meanwhile, the Littles discover that George has lied to them about Stuart's whereabouts after Eleanor, having believed that Stuart had a sleepover at his friend Will's house the night before, attempts to pick Stuart up, only to learn the truth from Will's mother that he never spent the night there. As a result, Eleanor and Frederick confront George, demanding that he truthfully tell them where Stuart is or face punishment. George is reluctant to break his promise, but when Frederick points out that Stuart's safety is more important than any promise and Eleanor asks George how they would feel without Stuart, he finally confesses Stuart's whereabouts by telling them that he is at the Pishkin Building. However, Frederick assures George that he is still in trouble for lying, as they head out and find Stuart.

Meanwhile, the Falcon discovers Snowbell in Margalo's place after he frees her from the paint can and prepares to push him off the building to his death. Before he can do so, he is intercepted by Margalo, who threatens to drop the ring if the Falcon harms Snowbell before disowning him as her master. The Falcon, furious that Margalo has defected from him, pursues her and attempts to take the ring from her, only for Stuart to intervene as he swoops in on his plane to rescue her. The Littles follow Stuart by taxi as he flies through Central Park, with Margalo at his side and the Falcon in hot pursuit. They lose the Falcon, but he catches up to them and makes an attempt to send the two plummeting to their deaths after detaching the plane's upper wing, damaging the main one and making it enter a steep dive, which fails when Stuart recovers from the dive.

Unable to outrun the Falcon, Stuart lets Margalo off to keep her safe from harm. He turns and flies the damaged plane in a kamikaze run while the Falcon goes into an attack dive in an attempt to kill Stuart. In order to let the Falcon's guard down, Stuart uses the light of the sun reflected in Eleanor's ring to temporarily blind him and quickly jumps out, using a bandana as a parachute. The kamikaze attack works and the Falcon is struck by the plane which explodes into pieces, sending him falling out of the sky before landing in a garbage can in front of Monty, who is scavenging for food. When his parachute is sliced apart by the shattered plane's propeller, Stuart falls, but is soon saved by Margalo. They reunite with the Littles, where Margalo safely returns Eleanor's ring before Snowbell also reunites with them.

Sometime later, Margalo says goodbye to the Littles and leaves to migrate south for the winter, with Stuart's infant sister Martha finally saying her first words "Bye, bye, birdie".

Cast

Live-action cast

• Geena Davis as Mrs. Eleanor Little, the mother of the Little family and Frederick's wife.
• Hugh Laurie as Mr. Frederick Little, the father of the Little family and Eleanor's husband.
• Jonathan Lipnicki as George Little, the eldest child of the Little family and Stuart's older brother.
• Anna and Ashley Hoelck as Martha Little, the infant daughter of the Little family and Stuart and George's younger sister.
• Marc John Jefferies as Will Wilson, George's loyal best friend.
• Jim Doughan as Stuart and George's soccer coach. Doughan previously voiced Lucky and played the role of Detective Allen in Stuart Little.
• Brad Garrett as Rob, a plumber called to find Eleanor's ring in the kitchen sink's pipes.
• Amelia Marshall as Rita Wilson, Will's mother.
• Ronobir Lahiri as the cab driver.
• Maria Bamford as Stuart and George's teacher.
• Angelo Massagli as Wallace, one of Stuart and George's soccer teammates.
• Kevin Olson as Irwin, another of Stuart and George's soccer teammates.

Voice cast

• Michael J. Fox as Stuart Little, an anthropomorphic mouse adopted as part of the Little family.
• Melanie Griffith as Margalo, an anthropomorphic young canary whom Stuart meets on his way home from school and becomes his love interest, though it is revealed that she is actually in cahoots with a falcon, who adopted her when she was only a fledgling and forced her into slavery to steal objects from households in exchange for a home.
• Nathan Lane as Snowbell, the family's Persian cat who is Stuart's friend.
• James Woods as The Falcon, a sadistic, greedy peregrine falcon who served as Margalo's master. He adopted Margalo when she was only a fledgling and forced her to steal household objects in exchange for a home.
• Steve Zahn as Monty, Snowbell's gray tabby cat friend.

Puppeteers

Production

Filming began in both New York City, and Culver City, California on March 5, 2001, and lasted until June of that year.^{[citation needed]} Also, after the September 11 attacks, parts of the Twin Towers soon ended up digitally removed and scenes were re-done.[4]

Reception

Critical reception

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 81% based on 124 reviews, with an average score of 6.90/10. The critical consensus reads, "Stuart Little 2 is a sweet, visually impressive sequel that provides wholesome entertainment for kids."[5] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 66 out of 100 based on 29 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[6] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.[7]

Ann Hornaday wrote a positive review in The Washington Post, noting how the film's idealized setting makes it family-friendly. Hornaday praised the vocal performances of Fox, Griffith, and Woods in their roles as Stuart, Margalo, and Falcon, respectively, as well as the characters' computer animation: "The animated characters engage in such natural movements and, more important, exude such subtle emotional expression that they mesh seamlessly with their live-action counterparts."[8] Tom Shen of the Chicago Reader, described the film as "fairly formulaic", but praised its jokes as "hilarious", especially those coming from the character of Snowbell, the Littles' cat.[9]

Box office

The film had an opening weekend gross of $15.1 million. The domestic total was $65 million and the worldwide total was $170 million against an estimated production budget of $120 million, less than its predecessor.[10]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack, Music from and Inspired by Stuart Little 2, was released by Epic Records and Sony Music Soundtrax on July 16, 2002, on Audio CD and Compact Cassette. The tracks in bold do not appear on the film and the final two tracks are score cues composed by Alan Silvestri.[11]

Another album features the entirety of Silvestri's orchestral score for the film.

Video game

Video games based on the film were released for the PlayStation, Game Boy Advance, and Microsoft Windows.

Accolades

Year	Awards	Category	Nominee	Result
2002	BAFTA Children's Award	Best Feature Film	Douglas Wick Lucy Fisher Rob Minkoff Bruce Joel Rubin	Nominated
2003	Golden Trailer Award	Best Animation/Family Film		Nominated
	Visual Effects Society Award	Best Character Animation in an Animated Motion Picture	Tony Bancroft David Schaub Eric Armstrong Sean Mullen	Won
		Best Visual Effects Photography in a Motion Picture	Earl Wiggins Mark Vargo Tom Houghton Anna Foerster	Nominated
	Young Artist Award	Best Family Feature Film	Rob Minkoff	Nominated

Home media

Stuart Little 2 was released on VHS and DVD on December 10, 2002, by Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, and in the United Kingdom on November 25, 2002. A Blu-ray/DVD combo pack was released on June 28, 2011, alongside the first film by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.[27]

References

External links

• Official website
• Stuart Little 2 at IMDb
• Stuart Little 2 at AllMovie
• Stuart Little 2 at the TCM Movie Database

На других языках

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[de] Stuart Little 2

Stuart Little 2 ist eine US-amerikanische Filmkomödie von Rob Minkoff aus dem Jahr 2002. Der Film ist eine Fortsetzung zum Film Stuart Little aus dem Jahr 1999.

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- [en] Stuart Little 2

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[ru] Стюарт Литтл 2

«Стю́арт Литтл 2» (англ. Stuart Little 2) — американская приключенческая комедия 2002 года режиссёра Роба Минкоффа. Сиквел фильма 1999 года «Стюарт Литтл», был снят по одноименному произведению Элвина Брукса Уайта.

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