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The Little Rascals

The Little Rascals

Romance · Comedy · Family · 1994

When nine-year-old Alfalfa falls for Darla, his "He-Man-Woman-Hating" friends attempt to sabotage their relationship.

Movie details

The Little Rascals

“Mischief loves company.”

1994 Romance · Comedy · Family 1h 22m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.3 / 10

58.5K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

21 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

45 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

6.8 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

When nine-year-old Alfalfa falls for Darla, his "He-Man-Woman-Hating" friends attempt to sabotage their relationship.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over The Little Rascals?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Penelope Spheeris

Written by

Penelope Spheeris · Paul Guay · Stephen Mazur · Robert Wolterstorff

Bug Hall

Bug Hall

Alfalfa

Brittany Ashton Holmes

Brittany Ashton Holmes

Darla

Travis Tedford

Travis Tedford

Spanky

Kevin Jamal Woods

Kevin Jamal Woods

Stymie

Jordan Warkol

Jordan Warkol

Froggy

Zachary Mabry

Zachary Mabry

Porky

Ross Bagley

Ross Bagley

Buckwheat

Court is in session

Put The Little Rascals on trial.

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The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.