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Little Man

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Little Man reviews
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4.6 User Score:

Generally unfavorable reviews

Based on 22 critic reviews
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Comedy

Written by: Keenen Ivory Wayans
Shawn Wayans
Marlon Wayans

Directed by: Keenen Ivory Wayans

Release Date:
Theatrical: July 14, 2006
DVD: November 7, 2006

Running Time: 90 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

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)

What The Critics Said

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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.

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63

Boston Globe Wesley Morris

I laughed at the Wayanses' movie, and I don't even hate myself for it.

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63

Philadelphia Inquirer David Hiltbrand

An extremely broad and sometimes crude comedy.

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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.

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40

LA Weekly Scott Foundas

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

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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.

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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.

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38

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Jennie Punter

Little Man will probably satisfy fans of the Wayans.

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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.

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33

Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach

At least "White Chicks" had a point behind the humor.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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30

Los Angeles Times Kevin Crust

Devoid of verbal wit, instead relying on a relentless stream of Looney Tunes-inspired violence.

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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.

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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.

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25

Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

Tedious.

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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.

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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.

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11

Austin Chronicle Marrit Ingman

97% of the movie will make you need a shower. Possibly two.

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10

Film Threat Felix Vasques Jr.

Little Man is putrid.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 4.6 (out of 10) based on 50 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Steven S gave it a0:
Not only was it crap... it was incredibly boring. Helped me get to sleep though.

Josef N gave it a10:
Coming from someone who loves to laugh at midgets, this was a blast! I laughed out loud many times and felt better for the rest of the month.

Chad S. gave it a6:
Nobody notices that the baby is a full-grown man. The "Little Man" is readily accepted as an infant. Meanwhile, quite pointedly, the filmmaker intergrated an African-American couple in an affluent, nearly all-white community, as a means, perhaps, to show that these people don't notice that their neighbors are indeed black. "Little Man" might "Something New" in code, or maybe it's the stupid low-brow film everybody says it is.

Anson G gave it a0:
Wow, another Wayans predictable garbage film, two thumbs down.

Jason gave it a0:
Even worse than 'White Chicks' and that really is saying something. Offensive (and worse) unfunny rubbish!

Kris A. gave it a10:
brilliant - the funniest movie i've seen in decades; these guys know how to make fun of midgets.

Patrick gave it a0:
I thought that nothing could beat 'The Shaggy Dog' as the worst film of 2006... but i was wrong. The 'jokes' arent funny and the CGI was so bad. One of the worst movies I've ever seen.

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