There's a limit to how much you expect from a child in his age range Supposed to actually act, and the kid really isn't very good. The kid's still cute three years after his bigīreak, but cute can only go so far it worked for him in 1996 but now he's The weakest link in the group comes from little Jonathan ( Jerry Tilly as another pair of mice and you have a startling strong cast of voice Strong roster of faux felines: Steve Zahn, Chazz Palminteri, Jim Doughan andĭavid Alan Grier all make appearances. More hepcats appear through the voices of other terrific actors. SL's director Rob Minkoff, by the way) but he makes the cat moreĮntertaining and enjoyable than I'd otherwise expect. With a mouse Lane can't quite elevate Snowbell to the heights of aĬharacter as memorable as Timon in The Lion King (codirected by The Littles' resident feline who's none to happy to have to share the house Nathan Lane steals the show with his catty comments as Snowbell, Fox pulls off the role in a manner that'sīoth charming and endearing but without being overly sappy (well, most of Most prominent, of course, is Michael J.įox as our lead mouse, Stuart. Hero) and Hugh Laurie in the lead human roles, with a fine crew of characterĪctors in support we find performers like Brian Doyle-Murray, DabneyĬoleman, Julia Sweeney, Estelle Getty, Jeffrey Jones and a slew of others inĮven better are the voice actors. Now that she and Renny have split, she'll no longer try to be an action In front of the camera we find solid veterans Geena Davis (I guess "family fare" like Baby Geniuses and Muppets From Space,Ī lot of the credit for that comes from the terrific cast assembled for theįilm. Stimulating for a variety of age groups, but compared with other recent Likes of the better Disney films, which are equally entertaining and Of 1999 and it actually makes for a "kids movie" that also seems tolerableĪnd fairly fun for adults as well. Hit that mark in 1999, but only four surpassed $200 million.)Īnyway, SL definitely emerged as one of the surprise success stories The baseline figure, for even $150 million seems insufficient nine films Year make that much money! Face it folks, it's time to use $200 million as (Aside number two: you want to know when $100 million stops being the markerīy which blockbuster films are judged? When twenty-one movies in one The Sixth Sense, but he also cowrote this screenplay. Night Shyamalan? He's better known as the writer and director of (How bizarre is it that two of those three sleepers were at least co-writtenīy M. Million and was the second most successful film of the 1999 holiday period
Stuart little house movie#
That movie wouldīe the unassuming children's picture, Stuart Little, which openedĭuring the crowded Christmas season but still managed to rake in almost $140 Would have gone down as the biggest sleeper hit of 1999. The Blair Witch Project, it seems likely that a rather different film
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Were it not for the enormous success of both The Sixth Sense and State-of-the-art special effects, laugh-out-loud comedy and rip-roaring hijinks make this the biggest adventure a Little can have. Little (Hugh Laurie and Geena Davis) fall in love with Stuart right away, but their older son George (Jonathan Lipnicki) isn't so sure what to make of his new brother, and the family's white cat, Snowbell (voiced by Nathan Lane), devises a dastardly plan to get Stuart out of the house…permanently. Join the fun when the Little family adopts an adorably spunky boy named Stuart (voiced by Michael J. Fox (voice), Nathan Lane (voice), Chazz Palminteri (voice), Steve Zahn (voice), Bruno Kirby (voice), Jennifer Tilly (voice). Starring Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie, Jonathan Lipnicki, Michael J.
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Columbia-TriStar, widescreen 1.85:1/16x9, languages: English DD 5.1 & Dolby Surround, subtitles: English, single side-dual layer, 28 chapters, rated PG, 85 min., $27.95, street date.