Little Man
2006 · Directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans
Original language: English
- comedy
- crime
The story
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.
What it’s like
Bright, flat, sitcom-style daylight fills the suburban rooms, with pastel nursery decor, glossy sunlit lawns, and a crisp, saturated palette that makes every set feel like a cheerful toy house. The camera stays mostly conventional, with straight-on medium shots that leave room for broad physical gags and quick cuts to the chase sequences. The score is bouncy and synth-driven, with cartoonish stings that mark every pratfall. The pace is brisk and loose, moving from one slapstick set piece to the next, with a gentle, warm undercurrent as a childless couple's domestic life softens around an unexpected houseguest. Violence is mild and cartoonish: scuffles, falls, threats from a menacing mobster, and a few brief gunshots, with no gore. Crude jokes and innuendo appear regularly, but the sexual content stays comic and non-explicit. It is light, silly, and warm-hearted, best suited to a lazy weekend afternoon or a comfort watch when you want something goofy and easy to laugh along with. It suits viewers who enjoy the Wayans brothers' high-energy, silly-broad humor and don't mind juvenile jokes.
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