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Little Man
Revolution Studios
FILM:
MPAA RATING: PG-13 for crude and sexual humor throughout, language and brief drug references
Starring
Marlon Wayans,
Shawn Wayans,
Kerry Washington,
John Witherspoon,
Tracy Morgan,
Lochlyn Munro,
Chazz Palminteri,
and
Molly Shannon
Darryl Edwards (Shawn Wayans) is so eager to become a father that he mistakes a short, baby-faced thief (Marlon Wayans) on the lam for an abandoned toddler. He and his wife take the "baby" into their home while the thief's partner (Morgan) tries to help him recover a stolen diamond. (Sony Pictures)
| GENRE(S): |
Comedy
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Keenen Ivory Wayans
Shawn Wayans
Marlon Wayans
|
| DIRECTED BY: |
Keenen Ivory Wayans
|
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: November 7, 2006
Theatrical: July 14, 2006
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| RUNNING TIME: |
90 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

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63
USA Today
Scott Bowles
Almost in spite of itself, Little Man manages to deliver big laughs. It's not enough to make it a consistently funny movie, but this one-trick pony from the Wayans brothers has flashes of humor and sincerity that almost save it from its disastrous ending.

63
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
I laughed at the Wayanses' movie, and I don't even hate myself for it.

63
Philadelphia Inquirer
David Hiltbrand
An extremely broad and sometimes crude comedy.

40
Chicago Reader
Andrea Gronvall
The slapstick is funnier for the nifty CGI, and the script gets in some sly digs at racist cops and multitasking soccer moms.

40
LA Weekly
Scott Foundas
There's no question, though, that the Wayanses have dialed down the outrageousness to nearly sub-PG-13 levels.

38
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
I'd be lying if I said I didn't laugh at some of this--though it's not as funny as Laurel and Hardy as toddlers in "Brats." But I wanted to slap myself whenever I did.

38
Premiere
Lauren Metz
Little Man only proves that some should just stick to the sketch comedy, and leave the big screen to "Big Daddys" like Adam Sandler who the critics tend to snub, but who know how to make an audience laugh.

38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Jennie Punter
Little Man will probably satisfy fans of the Wayans.

38
TV Guide
Ken Fox
It took a century of innovation in the field of cinematic special effects, but finally the head of Marlon Wayans could be successfully grafted onto the body of a baby.

33
Baltimore Sun
Chris Kaltenbach
At least "White Chicks" had a point behind the humor.

33
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Keith Phipps
It's seldom a good sign when a Rob Schneider cameo elevates a comedy, but Little Man aims so low and fires so often that it can't miss all the time.

33
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Winda Benedetti
Yes, in this day and age, a tall man can pretend to be a very short man pretending to be a baby who uses his innocent disguise to molest women and whack men in the nuts. Isn't that funny? No, actually, not so much.

30
The Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen
Once the initial round of breast-feeding and rectal thermometer bits is fired off, the picture starts to give off the funky whiff of unattended Pampers.

30
Variety
Justin Chang
There are probably some moviegoers who can laugh at the sight of a groin-punching, breast-grabbing baby, possibly even find it cute. Everyone else should steer clear of Little Man, which welds Marlon Wayans' head to a diminutive body double, offering up the creepiest bigscreen dwarf since the last David Lynch movie.

30
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Crust
Devoid of verbal wit, instead relying on a relentless stream of Looney Tunes-inspired violence.

25
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Hartlaub
A bunch of gags, most of which you've seen in the trailer, strung together by any means necessary.

25
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Sexual and toilet humor plumb new depths in Keenen Ivory Wayans' Little Man, which will stink up theaters like several gross of dirty diapers.

25
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Tedious.

20
The New York Times
Nathan Lee
Somewhere within all the crude slapstick and crass stereotypes, Little Man operates as a vulgar burlesque on the crisis of African-American manhood, particularly the relationships, or lack thereof, between fathers and sons.

12
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
Well, it was bound to happen: The Wayans brothers have made a movie that's even more two-dimensional than a cartoon.

11
Austin Chronicle
Marrit Ingman
97% of the movie will make you need a shower. Possibly two.

10
Film Threat
Felix Vasques Jr.
Little Man is putrid.


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