50
Patronizing and predictable where E.B. White's episodic 1945 book...is odd and open-ended.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
63
This isn't your father's Stuart Little, but youngsters will be delighted. Mostly.
83
Portland Oregonian by Diana Abu-Jaber
A treat for the eyes and the heart.
80
L.A. Weekly by Hazel-Dawn Dumpert
It's (Stuart's) utter believability that lets us follow him into the ecstasy of absurdity that is the rest of the film.
88
New York Daily News by Jack Mathews
Parents, who are more apt to be bored by the simple story line, are going to be amazed nevertheless by the smooth, convincing animation that lends Stuart his lifelike physicality and expressive facial gestures.
50
Los Angeles Times by Kenneth Turan
The other, unintentional lesson taught here is that it's easier to make a mouse talk than to come up with something interesting for him to say.
30
Chicago Reader by Lisa Alspector
Boring, irksome family movie.
88
Such astounding computer-generated effects you'll suspend disbelief and root for the hero, a 3-inch talking mouse.
50
Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
Its hero upstages anything the plot can possibly come up with.
70
The New York Times by Stephen Holden
Sustains a lovely balance between enchantment and playfulness.