Stuart Little 3: The Call of the Wild

YMA recommendation

	Approved as non-violent media, with caution. Predatory animal behaviour; Distressing scenes; Accidental harm
Most suitable age range: 5-7

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About the movie

Synopsis

In this fully animated film, Stuart (voiced by Michael J. Fox) and his family go on a camping holiday where Stuart is very keen to join the lake scouts but finds his size a problem. Stuart makes a friend in Reeko (Wayne Brady), an ostracised skunk and discovers that size doesn’t matter when it comes to being a hero.

Points to consider

Words of caution

There is some predatory animal behaviour such as:

• a cougar picks up Snowbell the cat by the mouth and drops him in a pit

There are some scary scenes such as:

• Stuart goes over the rapids in his boat
• the cougar is scary looking
• the cougar gets caught in a trap and hangs from a tree.

The is some accidental harm such as:

• a scout steps in a campfire and his foot catches fire.

Positive aspects

• believing in yourself
• loyalty
• friendship
• courage

Questions to ask

• Why did Reeko think no-one liked him?
• What were the real reasons that no-one liked Reeko?
• What should Reeko have done instead of betraying Stuart to the cougar?