Search - Stuart Little [Widescreen Collector's Edition] on DVD

MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Mild Violence, Excellent For Children, Adult Language Movie Release: 1999 DVD Release: 04/18/2000 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Edition: Dual Layered,Special Collection Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 25 mins Studio: Columbia TriStar Members Wishing: 0 Genres: Fantasy, Children's/Family, Children's Fantasy, Animal Picture, Family-Oriented Comedy See Also: Stuart Little [Fullscreen Collector's Edition], Stuart Little [Deluxe Edition], Stuart Little [Fullscreen]

E.B. White's classic children's story is brought to the screen in this fantasy, which combines computer-animated characters with a cast of live actors. Mrs. Little (Geena Davis), Mr. Little (Hugh Laurie), and their son George (Jonathan Lipnicki) live in a brownstone near New York's Central Park. The Littles have decided to adopt a younger brother for George, and while they're meeting the children at an orphanage, they are greeted by a mouse named Stuart (voice of Michael J. Fox), who can talk, walk upright, wear clothes, and do nearly anything a human child can do. The Littles are so taken with Stuart that they decide to adopt him, and soon the rest of the family is just as charmed by Stuart -- with the possible exception of Snowbell (voice of Nathan Lane), their house cat. The cast of humans includes Jennifer Tilly, Bruno Kirby, and Dabney Coleman; animal voices are contributed by Chazz Palminteri and Steve Zahn, Jim Doughan, and David Alan Grier. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Michael J. Fox - Stuart Little
Geena Davis - Mrs. Little
Hugh Laurie - Mr. Little
Jonathan Lipnicki - George Little
Nathan Lane - Snowbell
Jennifer Tilly - Mrs. Stout
Miles Marsico

Mixing live action with computer animation, Stuart Little proved to be a clever and likeable adaptation of E. B. White's children's novel, and this wonderfully lavish DVD will delight kids still further. The anamorphic widescreen transfer of the film is flawless (a separate full-screen edition is also available for some reason), reproducing with perfect balance the rather ornate look of the film. Alan Silvestri's orchestral score is nicely rendered by the Dolby 5.1 Sound, and the dialogue is crystal clear throughout. Stuart himself (i.e. Michael J. Fox) introduces the special features with the words, "Something for everyone," and truer words have never been spoken on a DVD menu screen. There is an absolutely mind-boggling array of extras on this disc, ranging from basics such as the original trailer, filmographies, and a 22-minute "making of" featurette to more innovative additions such as an interactive visual effects feature, a quite enjoyable question-and-answer game, and a read-along family album with optional narration by Stuart. Within the mass of conceptual art, gag reels, and music videos are six deleted scenes (available with or without commentary), of which a police lineup scene is the most amusing. Most of the supplements on this DVD are aimed at children, but the two audio commentaries are obviously included for adult consumption. The commentary by director Robert Minkoff and animation supervisor Henry Anderson is the more accessible, but the more technically minded will also enjoy the track by Jerome Chen and John Dykstra, which explains the background to the film's outstanding visual effects. The only thing that could possibly have made this disc any better would have been some input from M. Night Shyamalan, whose screenwriting credit remains the strangest aspect of Stuart Little. In every other respect, Columbia TriStar's DVD is an absolute triumph. ~ Patrick Lee, All Movie Guide