Synopsis
Two popular teen boys, best friends since childhood, discover their lives, families, and girlfriends dramatically upended after an unexpected incident occurs on the night of a 17th birthday party.
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Cast
- Josh WigginsFranky Winter
- Darren MannBallas Kohl
- Taylor HicksonNatasha Kohl
- Maria BelloCarly Winter
- Kyle MacLachlanRay Winter
- Olivia ScrivenDeanne Winter
- Niamh WilsonMouse
- Hailey KittlePriscilla
- Peter OuterbridgeNic Kohl
- Stephanie MooreAngie Kohl
Recommendations
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The Film Stage
Writer/director Keith Behrman knows exactly what he’s doing when introducing a variety of people along the sexuality spectrum in his latest film Giant Little Ones. He’s intentionally flooding his canvas so that we have no choice but to accept them all rather than turn our focus onto just one. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
This is a confidently shot and beautifully acted story that manages to transcend quite a few — if clearly not all — of the coming-of-age genre’s cliches by delving into how the Millennial generation experiences sexuality, ostracism and growing up and how they try to relate to their parents and peers. - 75
Slant Magazine
Keith Behrman’s film comprehends the malleable, often inscrutable nature of desire. - 75
Observer
Sensitive performances, mature and self-assured direction, and understated writing make Keith Behrman’s Giant Little Ones an emotionally involving, above-average coming-of-age story with a profound impact and mercifully few clichés. - 75
Movie Nation
It’s all a bit on-the-nose, but writer-director Keith Behrman keeps it topical and touching, even if he never quite transcends prioritizing that topicality. - 75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
[A] tender but untimid drama. - 70
The New York Times
Where many coming-of-age films build their stories around the discovery of a fixed selfhood, “Giant Little Ones” succeeds when it chooses to treat youthful identity as open to shift with accumulated experience. - 70
Film Threat
Behrman sidesteps overt sentimentality, captures some heartrending moments and most importantly, doesn’t resolve everything with a neat “happily ever after” conclusion. The lasting impression Giant Little Ones casts may not be “giant” – but it’s certainly not “little” either.
