[upd]: Stuart Little 1999

Film Report: Stuart Little (1999) Stuart Little is a 1999 live-action/computer-animated family comedy directed by Rob Minkoff . Loosely based on the 1945 children’s novel by E.B. White

Let’s go back to the opening scene. The Littles (George, Frederick, and Eleanor) are a perfect, WASPy, upper-west-side portrait. They are beige, quiet, and orderly. They visit an orphanage. But this isn’t Annie. There are no montages of sad children singing. Instead, the orphanage is a sterile, lonely place where the only soul who makes eye contact is a tiny mouse in a blue turtleneck. stuart little 1999

While Stuart is the protagonist, the film is arguably stolen by Snowbell, voiced by the incomparable Nathan Lane. In a film about finding where you belong, Snowbell represents the resistance to change. He is petty, conniving, and hilariously insecure about his status in the household. Film Report: Stuart Little (1999) Stuart Little is

The Lost Masterpiece: In 2009, an art historian recognized a painting in the background of the Little family's living room as Sleeping Lady with Black Vase by Robert Berény. The avant-garde masterpiece had been missing since 1928 and was purchased by a set assistant for just $500 as a prop; it was later recovered and sold for nearly $300,000. The Littles (George, Frederick, and Eleanor) are a