The first part is straightforward: . Directed by Rob Minkoff and starring Michael J. Fox as the voice of Stuart, this hybrid live-action/CGI movie was a landmark family film. When searching for this movie in pirated formats, users often collapse the title into a single lowercase word: stuartlittle1999 . The year is appended to differentiate it from the sequels ( Stuart Little 2 , 2002; Stuart Little 3 , 2005).

From Stuart winning a model boat race to surviving the schemes of the family cat, Snowbell (voiced by Nathan Lane), the story is about courage and what it truly means to be a "family".