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.
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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
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.6 / 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?
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Little Giants?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Duwayne Dunham
Written by
James Ferguson · Tommy Swerdlow · Robert Shallcross · Michael Goldberg
Rick Moranis
Danny O'Shea
Ed O'Neill
Kevin O'Shea
Devon Sawa
Junior Floyd
Shawna Waldron
Becky 'Icebox' O'Shea
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 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.