Little Man (2006/I)

User Rating:

3.4/10   

Director:

Keenen Ivory Wayans

Writers (WGA):

Keenen Ivory Wayans (written by) &
Shawn Wayans (written by) ...

Release Date:

14 July 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

Big things come in small packages.

Plot:

A wannabe dad mistakes a vertically challenged criminal on the lam as his newly adopted son.

Plot Keywords:

Diamond | Infant | Reward | Slap In The Face | Double Barreled Shotgun

Awards:

3 wins & 6 nominations

Cast

Marlon Wayans	...	Calvin
Shawn Wayans	...	Darryl
Kerry Washington	...	Vanessa
John Witherspoon	...	Pops
Tracy Morgan	...	Percy
Lochlyn Munro	...	Greg
Chazz Palminteri	...	Walken
Molly Shannon	...	Soccer Mom
David Alan Grier	...	Jimmy
Dave Sheridan	...	Rosco
Fred Stoller	...	Richard
Brittany Daniel	...	Brittany
Linden Porco	...	Calvin Body
Gabriel Pimentel	...	Calvin Body (as Gabe Pimental)
Alex Borstein	...	Janet

Also Known As:

Perfect Gem & Valuable (Philippines: English title)
Petit homme (Canada: French title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual humor throughout, language and brief drug references.

Runtime:

USA:98 min | Argentina:98 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #42009) | UK:12A | USA:PG-13 | Italy:T | Singapore:NC-16 | Ireland:12A | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Brazil:12 | Malaysia:18SX | Malaysia:U (cut) | Canada:PG | Australia:M | Argentina:13 | Finland:K-11 | South Korea:15 | New Zealand:M

Filming Locations:

Burnaby Hospital, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Revolution Royal Productions

Goofs:

Continuity: When Darryl is looking at the video Pops made with the teddy bear, the angle of the camera/bear would make it seem like it was at shoulder height or higher. When Darryl finds the bear, it is on a chair. That would have given the video a much lower angle.

Quotes:

Darryl: [after almost getting hit by a truck] It ain't worth it, let me out...

Movie Connections:

Referenced in 'Hot Fuzz': The Fuzzball Rally (2007) (V)

Soundtrack:

Forever My Lady

Waste of time, effort, and money.

When I saw that IMDb users rated this movie the bottom 250 movies, I thought it was too harsh but little did I know that the low rating was absolutely correct.

I am a big fan of the Wayans brothers. I loved their Scary Movie 2 and even enjoyed White Chicks. Little Man, however, had very few laughs and the jokes were stale.

Obviously, the joke will revolve around Marlon Wayans, who plays a grown midget that was recently let out of prison. He and his partner, Tracy Morgan, steal a diamond meant for a gangster. Things go awry and the midget has to place the diamond with an unsuspecting couple played by Shawn Wayans and Kerry Washington. In order to get the diamond back, the midget pretends to be an abandoned baby left on the unsuspecting couples doorstep. Of course, he is taken in and the drama begins on quest for the diamond.

The movie has some actors and actresses from Saturday Night Live like Molly Shannon and Rob Schneider as well from In Living Colour. All these talents, however, cannot help the poor script and the jokes which simply was not funny.

The special effects to make Marlon Wayans to look like a midget was OK. I mean, it was not 100% believable but it was OK...nothing great. I just wish that the Wayans brothers had put more effort into developing a script with good jokes rather than trying to shore up their poor script with cameos from their famous comedic actors and actresses.

Wait for it on cable or television. It really is not worth any amount of money.