Usually sequels don't surpass their predecessors in terms of quality, but Stuart Little 2 is such a charming film, that it is hard not to like it. It is a little predictable at times, but that's my only real complaint of this movie. Stuart makes friends with Margalo, voiced with real innocence by Melanie Griffith, and it is this that makes the film so charming. Little does he know she is in league with a falcon, voiced with seedy villainy by James Woods, very like Hades in Hercules. Michael J.Fox still delights as the voice of Stuart, but it is Nathan Lane as Snowbell who has the best lines, they were that funny. Other funny lines were those such as "Flying in the House?" as the look on Hugh Laurie's face was priceless. The film is sprinkled with lovely messages, that never preaches and kids take to them like a pinch of salt. The script is more subdued than its predecessor but still delivers as effectively. The chase scenes are memorable and never slow the film down. All in all, an exceedingly charming sequel, with an 8/10. Bethany Cox.

Mother Little (Geena Davis) is overly protective of Stuart (Michael J. Fox) and his little size. Mr. Little (Hugh Laurie) is more confident. He almost gets injured in the soccer game when brother George (Jonathan Lipnicki) scores the winning goal. George has a new friend Will. Stuart tries to fix George's model plane, he gets an unintentional ride and wrecks it. George is not happy with Stuart and they grow apart. Then canary Margalo (Melanie Griffith) falls from the sky into Stuart's car. A falcon (James Woods) is chasing them. Margalo is hurt and she stays with the Littles. It turns out that Margalo and the falcon are in it together to rob the Littles. The falcon pushes Margalo to steal mother Little's ring and she flies away. Stuart and Snowbell (Nathan Lane) set off into the scarier parts of NYC to find her while George covers for them.

This doesn't have the fun of discovery of this charming world where a little mouse is treated as any other boy. This starts off with a strained brotherhood between George and Stuart. That could have been a good subject to explore. Instead they introduce a cute canary and sets Stuart off on a different adventure. So instead of a deeper character relationship story, it's another children's adventure story. It's still good for the kids, but not much for everybody else. The short running time also points to the thin material they're working with in this one.

Another one I saw at the cinema and very much more of the same as the first one. There's a great deal of sentiment and a lot of teaching aimed squarely at the kids. A bit much for me.