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Little Man

Little Man

Comedy · Crime · 2006

After leaving prison, dwarf criminal Calvin Sims joins his moron brother Percy in stealing an expensive huge diamond from a jewelry store for the mobster Walken. They are chased by the police, and Calvin hides the stone in the purse of 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' 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.

Movie details

Little Man

“Big things come in small packages.”

2006 Comedy · Crime 1h 38m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

5.9 / 10

Community rating

After leaving prison, dwarf criminal Calvin Sims joins his moron brother Percy in stealing an expensive huge diamond from a jewelry store for the mobster Walken. They are chased by the police, and Calvin hides the stone in the purse of 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' 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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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Keenen Ivory Wayans

Written by

Shawn Wayans · Marlon Wayans · Keenen Ivory Wayans

Marlon Wayans

Marlon Wayans

Calvin

Shawn Wayans

Shawn Wayans

Darryl

Kerry Washington

Kerry Washington

Vanessa

John Witherspoon

John Witherspoon

Pops

Tracy Morgan

Tracy Morgan

Percy

Lochlyn Munro

Lochlyn Munro

Greg

Rob Schneider

Rob Schneider

Dinosaur Rex

Court is in session

Put Little Man on trial.

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

The defence The Popcorn Loyalist

“It owes the canon nothing.”

The movie pursues immediacy and audience pleasure without begging institutions to certify its worth.

The prosecution The Prestige Tourist

“Easy pleasure, short half-life.”

It moves efficiently through the moment but offers little reason to keep arguing once the credits end.