"Stuart Little 2," written by E. B. White(book) and Douglas Wick(film story) and directed by Rob Minkoff, is the latest animated feature from Columbia Picture Corporation and is the second of two movies depicting the exploits of the charming and adventurous mouse adopted into the Little family by parents; Eleanor and Fredrick Little(Geena Davis and Hugh Laurie).

The story begins as the morning sun rises on the Little family, a seemingly normal suburban family. Stuart Little(voice by Michael J. Fox), the little, mouse brother to George Little(Jonathan Lipnicki) wakes in his small bedroom situated on the top bunk of a bunkbed. He gets dressed and slides down a thin rope to George's bed offering George his glasses and reminding him that a soccer game is scheduled for the day. Later that day, Stuart sits in the cockpit of a model airplane that George is building pretending to be the pilot. George's friend Will(Marc John Jeffries) arrives and George is distracted. Stuart accidentally starts the engine and after several near misses flies the plane out of the house only to crash it in a local park. This confirms to his overprotective mother that Stuart shouldn't leave her sight. Fredrick sees that Stuart is depressed that George is angry and that he doesn't have a friend of his own. Fredrick sits down with Stuart and proceeds to have a father and son talk where Fredrick tries to comfort him by telling him to look for the "silver lining" that will appear in any bad situation. Stuart agrees and the next day he asks several of the boys in his class to spend time with him. All have excuses, so he drives home in his model, convertible car. As he tries to think of the "silver lining" in this event a yellow canary falls into the passenger side seat of his car. Taken aback by her appearance and realizing she is injured, Stuart speeds for home. Awaken by the feverish driving, the canary tells him to watch out for the falcon that had been chasing her. At that moment the falcon arrives and chases the two until they lose him in an alley. Stuart takes this new friend Margalo(voice by Melanie Griffith) home to help her heal. They are greeted by the Little's cat Snowball(voice by Nathan Lane), who is afraid of everything.

The adventure continues as the audience learns that Margalo has been working for Falcon(James Woods) by pretending to be hurt then stealing the valuables that belong to the humans. She gets Eleanor's wedding ring and takes off. Stuart is devastated by this loss, but believes she wouldn't have left on her own and that Falcon must have taken her. Stuart blackmails Snowball by telling him that he will have George tell his parents that Snowball ate him. Angry, but realizing there is nothing left to do, Snowball follows Stuart who is in his car as they travel through the streets looking for Margalo. Stuart makes one stop to call his brother, George, to tell George that he needs George to cover for him. With the help of his friend Will, George lies to his parents by telling them he had been at soccer practice, then at a school play rehearsal. Eventually the Little's find out what happened and the three go looking for Stuart.

After his car blows an engine, Stuart and Snowball continue their journey and come across an alley cat called Monty(voice by Steve Zahn), who informs them that Falcon's lair is at the top of the Pushkin Building, a local office building. Stuart leaves Snowball on the side walk and climbs his way to the top where he finds Margalo. To his dismay finds out that she has been working with Falcon all the time. In a quick fight, Stuart is pitched off the building. Snowball realizes that something must be wrong and, although afraid of heights, goes after Stuart.

Margalo informs Snowball that Stuart is dead, not realizing that he had landed in a garbage truck that deposited it's trash onto a garbage barge that is heading out to see. Thinking quickly, Stuart looks for some way to return to shore and finds the broken plane he had crashed earlier. Seeing this as his "silver lining" and by using his wits, he repairs the plane and returns to the Pushkin Building where he continues the fight eventually beating Falcon and being reunited with his family. In the end, Margalo is free to follow her dream by flying with the other birds south.

This viewer found "Stuart Little 2" to be a positive and entertaining movie and found Stuart(Michael J. Fox) charming. The chemistry between all the cast members was easily seen. All the actors read their lines as though they were having fun doing this movie and that feeling spilled over into the audience and made it fun for everyone present. It was interesting to watch how easily the human actors related to the empty space that later was filled with the animated mouse, Stuart.

The moral of the story, aimed at the children in the audience, "You are as big as you feel," is a positive and simple statement that children of all ages can grasp.