Little Man (2006)

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

Director:

Keenen Ivory Wayans

Writers:

Keenen Ivory Wayans, Shawn Wayans

Stars:

Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Kerry Washington

5 wins & 15 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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

Storyline

After leaving the prison, the dwarf criminal Calvin Sims joins to his moron brother Percy to steal an expensive huge diamond in a jewelry for the mobster Walken. They are chased by the police, and Calvin hides the stone in the purse of the executive Vanessa Edwards, whose husband Darryl Edwards wants to have a baby. Percy convinces Calvin to dress like a baby and be left in front of the Edwards's house to get inside the house and retrieve the diamond. Darryl and Vanessa keep Calvin for the weekend and decide to adopt him, while Walken threatens Darryl to get the stone back.

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Plot Keywords:

dumb police | craps | baseball | diarrhea | diamond | 

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Taglines:

From the Guys Who Brought You "White Chicks".

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Details

Official Sites:

Sony Pictures [United States]

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English Estonian

Release Date:

14 July 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

Chiquito pero peligroso

Filming Locations:

Burnaby Hospital, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$64,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$21,613,176, 16 July 2006, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$58,645,052

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$101,595,121

Company Credits

Production Co:

Revolution Studios, Wayans Bros. Entertainment, Wayans Alvarez Productions

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

SDDS Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The scenes with Calvin were filmed twice: once with dwarf actors Linden Porco and Gabriel Pimentel together with the other actors, and once with Marlon Wayans alone wearing a green bodysuit against a green screen. In post-production, Porco's and Pimental's heads were replaced with Marlon's. Their bodies were also painted brown in order to match Marlon's face.

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Goofs

The number of cookies on the plate next to Pops changes between shots from about four cookies to five or six.

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Quotes

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

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Alternate Versions

When aired on TV the scene where Little Man is giving the middle finger instead of being blurred out or recording the scene again like most TV edits it is digitally omitted to look like he is giving Grandpa the fist.

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Connections

Referenced in Nostalgia Critic: The Boss Baby (2018)

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Soundtracks

The Message
Written by Sylvia Robinson, Melle Mel (as Melvin Glover), Ed Fletcher and Clifton Chase

User Reviews

People in IMDb need a sense of humor.

Why is it that everyone downs comedies so much. This movie was ***king funny as f*ck! Are you kidding me? 3.7 rating only? Im glad all you losers didn't enjoy this, because while you were wasting 90 minutes of your life, me my wife and some buddies were laughing our asses off. The movie was way predictable, and unrealistic, but isn't everything you watch on TV like that? Take it for what it is, a movie. Bad acting? I honestly don't think it was that bad on that part. The wayans brothers did a pretty good job. I think the people who didn't like this movie were people who got offended from it. All i have to say for people who voted a 1 star to this movie is, go watch brokeback mountain or something. I highly recommend this movie if your having your friends over for a good laugh. (And cry)