The most brilliant touch in "Stuart Little," the delightful new family comedy based on the story by E.B. White ("Charlotte's
Web") is that when the Little family goes to adopt a child, and they come home with a talking mouse named Stuart, NO ONE CARES. This is a talking mouse, for crying out loud! Yet no one ever seems surprised that a rodent can speak. If anything is an issue, it's the fact that the family has adopted a mouse instead of a human -- but even there, the only one to raise a fuss is Stuart's adoptive brother, George (Jonathon Lipnicki). The first half of the film is spent on Stuart winning over George, which he does by helping him win a toy-boat race in Central Park. After that, we move to Plot #2: Stuart's alleged birth parents show up to collect him, and he leaves the Little family for life as a mouse. Naturally, there's sinister doings afoot, but all turns out well in the end.
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