Little Boy (2015)

An eight-year-old boy is willing to do whatever it takes to end World War II so he can bring his father home. The story reveals the indescribable love a father has for his little boy and the love a son has for his father.

Director:

Alejandro Monteverde

Writers:

Alejandro Monteverde, Pepe Portillo

Stars:

Jakob Salvati, Emily Watson, David Henrie

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jakob Salvati	...	Pepper Flynt Busbee / Little Boy
Emily Watson	...	Emma Busbee
David Henrie	...	London Busbee
Michael Rapaport	...	James Busbee
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa	...	Hashimoto
Tom Wilkinson	...	Fr. Oliver
Ben Chaplin	...	Ben Eagle
Ted Levine	...	Sam
Kevin James	...	Dr. Fox
Ali Landry	...	Ava
Abraham Benrubi	...	Teacup
Eduardo Verástegui	...	Fr. Crispin
Aaron Leddick	...	Red Cross Soldier
Americus Abesamis	...	Giant Tokyo Joe
Andy Geller	...	Dr. Foley (as Andrew Geller)

Storyline

An eight-year-old boy is willing to do whatever it takes to end World War II so he can bring his father home. The story reveals the indescribable love a father has for his little boy and the love a son has for his father.

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Plot Keywords:

faith | racial discrimination | world war two | spirituality | father son relationship | 

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Taglines:

Believe the impossible

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Genres:

Drama | History | War

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some mature thematic material and violence

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

Mexico USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 April 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

El gran pequeño

Filming Locations:

Baja Film Studios, Rosarito Beach, Baja California, Mexico

Box Office

Budget:

$20,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$2,750,356, 26 April 2015, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$6,420,319, 7 June 2015

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metanoia Films,Santa Fé Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

106 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Kevin James met Eduardo Verástegui during the filming of this movie. The two got along so well that James wrote a character in Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (2015) specifically for Verástegui.

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Goofs

The Army bus that takes James Busbee away to boot camp is a Crown Coach Co. bus built in the mid 1970s.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Ben Eagle Narrator: [narrating] This is O'Hare, California. Back then it was nothing more than a sleepy fishing village, with a hill at the end of Main Street. Like you see in postcards. My story takes place on the home front, in the midst of World War II. That's me, the little fella.
Photographer: [motioning to the youngest]
Little Boy: Closer?
Freddy Fox: [ribbing him] Stop causing trouble, you midget.
Ben Eagle Narrator: Nobody in that town liked me much.
Photographer: One, two, three.
[flash]
Ben Eagle Narrator: I was eight years old. But the story really starts the day I met my dad. My only...
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Connections

Referenced in Midnight Screenings: Little Boy (2015)

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Soundtracks

Funeral
by Stephan Altman and Mark Foster
© 2015 Milan Records

User Reviews

Don't let the critic reviews decide on this one

This isn't a perfect movie - but it's a very, very good one. I hardly ever write reviews, but after seeing the really terrible critic reviews this movie has received, I thought I owed it to any potential watchers to let you know that I believe the Metascore is very misleading.

This movie really has no fatal flaws - the story is well-built, the acting is very good (much better than I expected), and the filming is beautiful. The tone of it really gives the right feeling of the time that the movie is set. The involvement of religious themes is only objective, and is viewed from different perspectives.

The only thing I'm missing is a bit more development in a few of the supporting characters, but that didn't really take much away from the overall impression i was left with. Pretty much everything else works really well in my opinion.

So if you're considering watching it, please do! It's a beautiful movie that is guaranteed to make you smile (: