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Little Giants

Little Giants

Comedy · Family · 1994

When Danny O'Shea's daughter is cut from the Peewee football team just for being a girl, he decides to form his own team, composed of other ragtag players who were also cut. Can his team really learn enough to beat the elite team, coached by his brother, a former pro player?

Movie details

Little Giants

“For everyone who's waited to be chosen, and wasn't... your day has come.”

1994 Comedy · Family 1h 47m

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TMDB

6.5 / 10

Community rating

When Danny O'Shea's daughter is cut from the Peewee football team just for being a girl, he decides to form his own team, composed of other ragtag players who were also cut. Can his team really learn enough to beat the elite team, coached by his brother, a former pro player?

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What this film says about your taste.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Duwayne Dunham

Written by

Robert Shallcross · Michael Goldberg · Tommy Swerdlow · James Ferguson

Rick Moranis

Rick Moranis

Danny O'Shea

Ed O'Neill

Ed O'Neill

Kevin O'Shea

Devon Sawa

Devon Sawa

Junior Floyd

Shawna Waldron

Shawna Waldron

Becky 'Icebox' O'Shea

Todd Bosley

Todd Bosley

Jake Berman

M

Michael Zwiener

Rudy Zolteck

D

Danny Pritchett

Tad Simpson

Court is in session

Put Little Giants on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

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.