Stuart Little 2 facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Stuart Little 2
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Rob Minkoff
Produced by	Douglas Wick Lucy Fisher
Screenplay by	Bruce Joel Rubin
Story by	Douglas Wick Bruce Joel Rubin
Starring	Michael J. Fox Melanie Griffith Nathan Lane Geena Davis Hugh Laurie Jonathan Lipnicki James Woods Steve Zahn
Music by	Alan Silvestri
Cinematography	Steven Poster
Editing by	Priscilla Nedd-Friendly
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Releasing
Release date(s)	July 19, 2002 (2002-07-19)
Running time	78 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$120 million
Money made	$170 million

Stuart Little 2 is a 2002 American family CGI animated/live-action 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 must save a canary named Margalo (voiced by Melanie Griffith) from an evil falcon (voiced by James Woods).

The film was released to theaters on July 19, 2002 by Columbia Pictures, and grossed $170 million against a $120 million budget. It was followed by a third film, a direct-to-video sequel titled Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild in 2005. However, unlike these previous two films, which were hybrids of live action and animation, the third film was entirely animated.

Plot

Three years after his adoption, Stuart Little questions his abilities following a disastrous soccer match alongside his adoptive older brother George. Stuart's relationship with George is strained further after Stuart accidentally crashes a model airplane he and George were creating in the house. Stuart's adoptive father, Frederick, tries to encourage him, telling him that "every cloud has a silver lining."

Later, Margalo, an apparently injured canary, falls into Stuart's roadster as he is driving home from school. Stuart invites Margalo to stay with his family for a while. However, Margalo is secretly assisting her master, a greedy falcon, to steal valuables from households. Orphaned as a fledgling, Margalo grows reluctant to steal from the Littles and becomes close friends with Stuart. The Falcon threatens to kill Stuart unless Margalo steals Eleanor's wedding ring. Concerned for Stuart's safety, Margalo complies.

When the Littles discover that Eleanor's ring is missing, they think it has fallen down their kitchen sink. Stuart offers to be lowered down the drain on a string to get it, but the string breaks, causing him to fall. Margalo saves Stuart and leaves the Littles' house that night in order to protect him. The next day, Stuart assumes Margalo has been kidnapped by the Falcon and decides to rescue her with the help of the Littles' cat Snowbell. Before he leaves, Stuart asks George to lie about his whereabouts to his parents.

Following advice from Snowbell's alley cat friend Monty, Stuart and Snowbell discover that the Falcon resides in the Pishkin Building. There, Stuart confronts the Falcon. Margalo assures Stuart that although she was following the Falcon's orders, she is still his friend. Stuart begs Margalo to come home with him, but the Falcon refuses to let Margalo quit her job. Despite Stuart's attempt to attack the Falcon, he drops Stuart over the side of the building, although Stuart survives by landing in a passing garbage truck. The Falcon captures Margalo and imprisons her in a paint can as punishment. However, Snowbell, who is getting worried about Stuart, makes his way to the building and finds Margalo while the Falcon is absent.

At the same time, Stuart awakens on a garbage barge that was leaving New York and considers giving up until he finds his and George's broken yet still-functioning model airplane on the barge. Cobbling it together using various pieces of trash, Stuart repairs the plane and escapes back to New York City to rescue Margalo. Meanwhile, the Littles discover George has lied because Stuart is nowhere to be found. George tries not to break his promise until Frederick says that he understands why George would make a promise to Stuart, since he himself has a brother, but that if he was in danger, that would matter more than the promise itself. George eventually admits Stuart was last seen at the Pishkin Building, prompting the Littles to head out and find Stuart.

Meanwhile, Snowbell frees Margalo from the paint can, but the Falcon arrives and attacks him. As he tries to push Snowbell off the building, the Falcon is intercepted by Margalo, who threatens to toss the ring off the roof if he kills Snowbell. Before the Falcon could reclaim the ring from Margalo, Stuart swoops in on his plane to catch her. The Falcon catches up to the two in Central Park, while the Littles and Snowbell follow them. Stuart succeeds in blinding the Falcon by reflecting sunlight off his mother's ring before jumping from the plane, which crashes into Falcon, clipping his wings and causing him to fall in the trash can below, where Monty presumably eats him. Margalo safely brings Stuart back to the Littles and returns Eleanor's ring while Snowbell also reunites with them. Sometime later, Margalo says goodbye to the Littles and leaves to migrate south for the winter.

Cast

Live-action cast

• Geena Davis as Mrs. Eleanor Little, the mother of the Little family who is overprotective of Stuart.
• Hugh Laurie as Mr. Frederick Little, the father of the Little family.
• 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 Powell, George's friend and classmate.
• 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 Powell, 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 teenage mouse adopted as part of the Little family.
• Melanie Griffith as Margalo, a canary who becomes Stuart's friend.
• James Woods as Falcon, a cruel peregrine falcon who serves as Margalo's master.
• Nathan Lane as Snowbell, the family cat who is Stuart's friend.
• Steve Zahn as Monty, Snowbell's alley cat friend.

Puppeteers

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 final two tracks are score cues composed by Alan Silvestri.

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

Track listing

Video game

Reception
Review scores Publication Score Allgame GBA: PC: PS1: GameSpot PS1: 5.3/10 GameZone GBA: 6.9/10 PS1: 6.5/10 IGN GBA: 5/10 PS1: 7/10 Nintendo World Report GBA: 6/10 Official Nintendo Magazine GBA: 6/10 Official PlayStation Magazine (Australia) PS1: 5/10
Aggregate scores Aggregator Score Metacritic GBA: 59/100 PS1: 62/100

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

Accolades

See also

In Spanish: Stuart Little 2 para niños