Synopsis
After leaving the prison, the dwarf criminal Calvin Sims joins to his moron brother Percy to steal an expensive huge diamond in a jewelry for the mobster Walken. They are chased by the police, and Calvin hides the stone in the purse of the 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's 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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Cast
- Marlon WayansCalvin
- Shawn WayansDarryl
- Kerry WashingtonVanessa
- John WitherspoonPops
- Tracy MorganPercy
- Lochlyn MunroGreg
- Rob SchneiderDinosaur Rex
- David Alan GrierJimmy
- Dave SheridanRosco
- Anthony HarrisonPoliceman
Recommendations
- 63
USA Today
Almost in spite of itself, Little Man manages to deliver big laughs. It's not enough to make it a consistently funny movie, but this one-trick pony from the Wayans brothers has flashes of humor and sincerity that almost save it from its disastrous ending. - 40
L.A. Weekly
There's no question, though, that the Wayanses have dialed down the outrageousness to nearly sub-PG-13 levels. - 40
Chicago Reader
The slapstick is funnier for the nifty CGI, and the script gets in some sly digs at racist cops and multitasking soccer moms. - 38
Chicago Tribune
I'd be lying if I said I didn't laugh at some of this--though it's not as funny as Laurel and Hardy as toddlers in "Brats." But I wanted to slap myself whenever I did. - 38
Premiere
Little Man only proves that some should just stick to the sketch comedy, and leave the big screen to "Big Daddys" like Adam Sandler who the critics tend to snub, but who know how to make an audience laugh. - 33
The A.V. Club
It's seldom a good sign when a Rob Schneider cameo elevates a comedy, but Little Man aims so low and fires so often that it can't miss all the time. - 33
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Yes, in this day and age, a tall man can pretend to be a very short man pretending to be a baby who uses his innocent disguise to molest women and whack men in the nuts. Isn't that funny? No, actually, not so much. - 30
The Hollywood Reporter
Once the initial round of breast-feeding and rectal thermometer bits is fired off, the picture starts to give off the funky whiff of unattended Pampers.
