Stuart Little

When the Littles adopt Stuart, the mouse, George is initially unwelcoming to his new brother, and the family cat, Snowbell, is even less enthusiastic. Stuart resolves to face these difficulties with as much pluck and courage as he can muster.

Stuart Little lands as a technically polished, visually inventive family film that won over most critics with its warmth and humor, though it sits closer to solidly enjoyable than genuinely special. The central dispute is whether the film honors E. B. White's source material or smooths it into generic crowd-pleasing product — with skeptics arguing the human characters are underdeveloped and the whole enterprise feels a little too engineered for easy sentiment.