2005, Sony Pictures
Animation
Rating: G
Approx. 72 mins.
THE STORY:
Stuart (Michael J. Fox) and the other Littles head off on a camping trip, where Stuart soon discovers he is out of his depth and out of his family's focus. He wants nothing more than to prove his camping skills and earn his gold scarf, but no one seems to even notice he is there let alone have the willingness to help him. Instead, he relies on the help of Reeko the skunk (Wayne Brady) to teach him forest survival.
Reeko's motives for helping are tied to his need to earn food to satisfy The Beast (Virgina Madsen), a ravenous mountain lion who terrifies the forest animals into giving her regular food donations. Although Stuart welcomes Reeko into his heart and home as a friend, the skunk betrays him by tricking the Little cat, Snowbell, into offering himself up to The Beast. Stuart sets off to rescue Snowbell and ends up helping the forest animals unite against The Beast to gain their freedom.
QUESTIONABLE LANGUAGE:
Reeko's motives for helping are tied to his need to earn food to satisfy The Beast (Virgina Madsen), a ravenous mountain lion who terrifies the forest animals into giving her regular food donations. Although Stuart welcomes Reeko into his heart and home as a friend, the skunk betrays him by tricking the Little cat, Snowbell, into offering himself up to The Beast. Stuart sets off to rescue Snowbell and ends up helping the forest animals unite against The Beast to gain their freedom.
QUESTIONABLE LANGUAGE:
- none
VIOLENCE:
- none
TEACHING POINTS:
- say yes to people and opportunities
- loyalty, honesty, openness
THE UPSHOT:
The most immediate difference between this movie and the previous 2 is the fact that it is completely animated rather than mainly live action. And the grown ups and the 5 year-old in the room all agreed that it just wasn't as good a visual experience. Instant disappointment.
There just doesn't seem to be any real reason for this movie. Yes, it's sweet and has a lot of positive messaging and such, but the same can be said of the first 2, better made installments. It's short, it's pleasant, and if you have nothing better to do with an hour and a bit of your day... why not? But if time is of the essence and life's too short, skip it.
There just doesn't seem to be any real reason for this movie. Yes, it's sweet and has a lot of positive messaging and such, but the same can be said of the first 2, better made installments. It's short, it's pleasant, and if you have nothing better to do with an hour and a bit of your day... why not? But if time is of the essence and life's too short, skip it.
2/5
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