Stellaluna

2003

Animation / Family

2
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 57%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 57% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.2/10 10 161 161

based on novel or book based on children's book children's book

Plot summary

Based on the beloved children's book, this fun-filled animated feature follows a spirited young fruit bat who finds friendship, love and acceptance in the most unexpected places! Brimming with music, laughter, warmth and excitement, Stellaluna is sure to capture your heart. When the adorable fruit bat Stellaluna is separated from her mother, she is adopted by a family of birds, but soon finds that she just can't fit in. Her playmates like to sleep at night; she wants to fly. They whistle and sing; she doesn't even have a beak! But just when it seems like she'll always be an outsider, Stellaluna makes an amazing discovery. Now she'll learn to cherish the things that make her different from everyone else. And she'll see that an open mind and an open heart can lead to the greatest gifts of all.

Director

William R. Kowalchuk Jr. Photo
William R. Kowalchuk Jr.

Top cast

Lee Tockar Photo
Lee Tockar as Askari
Blu Mankuma Photo
Blu Mankuma as Great White Owl
Kathleen Barr Photo
Kathleen Barr as Kasuku
Scott McNeil Photo
Scott McNeil as Horatio
720p.WEB
381.6 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
30 fps
12 hr 41 min
Seeds 31

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by calahao 7 / 10

An interesting adaptation

Stellaluna is a 2003 adaptation of the 1993 book with the same name, roughly ten years apart. It focuses on the titular Stellaluna, a fruit bat that accidentally gets seperated from her mother and ends up adopted by birds.The moral is pretty sound, that adopted families are just as loving as biological ones, but I find the bird family a tad too strict, a sentiment I also share with the book version. Here the bird siblings are even rude and initially hostile to Stellaluna, which is an interesting addition.By far the biggest deviation is creating an actual villain for the story, upping the stakes. I'm not sure how I feel about that, especially since this is a rather short film regardless.A tepid reccomendation.
Reviewed by zsofikam 10 / 10

Cute & Sweet

I own both the book and the audio-book and was once at Blockbuster with my parents when I found a copy of a Stellaluna movie. I was, of course, intrigued. I rented the movie and found myself hooked. Sure, it's not identical to the book but the book is about 30 pages long and needed to be extended for movie format. There are three new characters: Askari, a Tarzan-esque spider, and Horatio and Kazuku, two fashion-conscious birds. But none of these characters play a huge role and the focus is mostly on Stellaluna and her bird family: mother and siblings Pip, Flitter, and Flap. Flitter has the yellow chest, Pip has the blue chest, and Flap has the purple chest. The animation is spectacular, making one want to reach out and pet Stellaluna and the birds. But the best thing about the film has got to be the music. One song "Best In You" is nice but not especially memorable. The other song "Upside Down" is simply adorable and the background music during the intro and credits is just beautiful. All in all, may be disappointing for die-hard fans of the book (although I loved both) but a must for anyone who's ever felt different.
Reviewed by RazorRaven 3 / 10

Don't bother

Even speaking as someone who does not remember the book that well, this movie was not an enjoyable experience.There is very little focus on the lovable Stellaluna adapting to life as a bird, and more focus on her antagonistic adopted siblings. Flap in particular is especially unlikable, while Pip is at least tolerable. Three completely unnecessary characters were added as well: Askari the spider is difficult to like thanks to his inflated sense of self, and a voice that reminds me of Snips from "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic", but not in a good way. Horatio and Kazuku, a pair of fashion obsessed birds don't take up as much screen time as Askari, but were equally pointless.The only really good things I can say about this were Stellaluna herself, plus her song "My Whole World's Turned Upside Down." which can be found on Youtube.Stick with the book.
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