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Little Man

Generally unfavorable reviews
Based on 22 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 50 votes
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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)
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
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.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Wesley Morris
I laughed at the Wayanses' movie, and I don't even hate myself for it.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Inquirer David Hiltbrand
An extremely broad and sometimes crude comedy.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Scott Foundas
There's no question, though, that the Wayanses have dialed down the outrageousness to nearly sub-PG-13 levels.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Jennie Punter
Little Man will probably satisfy fans of the Wayans.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach
At least "White Chicks" had a point behind the humor.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kevin Crust
Devoid of verbal wit, instead relying on a relentless stream of Looney Tunes-inspired violence.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Peter Hartlaub
A bunch of gags, most of which you've seen in the trailer, strung together by any means necessary.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marrit Ingman
97% of the movie will make you need a shower. Possibly two.
Read Full Review >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.
