Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild (2006)

For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

So I got this with the Stuart Little Box set collection that I got for a bargain and let me tell ya it was so bad. The first movie was cute and adorable I loved the first movie,the second one again like the first one was CGI animation/live action was cute but this one was so mediocre.So what is it about well for starters its a computer animated movie and its about Stuart Little and his family who go off camping away in some place and Stuart meets a skunk who tells him about the beast and he befriends the skunk. But is the skunk using Stuart or is he really a good friend for real?So why is it bad. Well the animation is terrible,the story is awful and why didn't the original actor for George wasn't involved in this film.Also why in computer animation and not live action like the first two movies and what was up with the skunk doing a rap song UGH it was so bad.My advice watch the first two and avoid this one at all costs.

School is out for the summer and the Little family are ready to vacation in the forest of Lake Garland. Frederick(voiced by Hugh Laurie)and Elanor(voiced by Genna Davis)round up Stuart(voiced by Michael J. Fox)and Snowball the cat and hit the holiday road. Stuart and his dad join a group of scouts. Stuart just doesn't fit in of course; but soon has his mind occupied with finding Snowball, who is believed to be snatched by a forest creature known as the Beast(voiced by Virginia Madsen). Joining Stuart in the search is a skunk named Reeko(voiced by Wayne Brady). The first two Stuart Little films combined live action with animation. CALL OF THE WILD is obviously working with a small budget and is completely CGI, and not the best by no means. Quality is lacking, but four and five year old viewers will not be concerned. Other voices: Peter MacNicol, Nathan Lane, Robby D. Bruce, Sophia Paden and Kevin Schon.

Having thoroughly enjoyed the first two films, I was looking forward to Stuart Little 3. Sadly though, in my opinion it was rather charmless and very disappointing. The only reasons why I did't rate it any lower are the sweet and memorable music and the voice acting, Stuart is still appealing, Kevin Schon is not as good as Nathan Lane but is nonetheless good as Snowbell and Geena Davis and Hugh Laurie are excellent. However, the lip movements are barely in sync with the voices and the animation has a rough and unfinished quality to it. The script is weak, with the more poignant moments(or moments that strived to be that rather) rather over-sentimental and the jokes due to poor timing falling flat, and the story is rather bland and thin and doesn't come close to the charm and heart the first two movies have. Stuart still appeals and Snowbell is okay, but the other characters don't have the same sparkle and are perhaps underused as a result. Overall, charmless and disappointing. 3/10 Bethany Cox

I must admit that this film was very well animated compared to other animated films of the same time frame. It looks more realistic, which compared to the first two films is excellent. And the voice-over work in this film is by far excellent. Most of the cast from the first two returned, with the exception of Jonathan Lipnicki. But Wayne Brady's voice appears in the film as Reeko the skunk. Thats a plus.Some of the scenes though, very much reminded me of scenes from earlier Disney films. For instance, the lioness on the rock is reminiscent of Pride Rock from "The Lion King." And the name of the skunk is Reeko, very similar to Meeko from "Pocahontas." Even the forest animals are very similar to those in "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" and "Bambi." The animation. although well done, seems to be a rip off of Disney films.After careful consideration, I gave this film a 6.