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22 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63USA TodayUSA TodayAlmost 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.
- 40L.A. WeeklyScott FoundasL.A. WeeklyScott FoundasThere's no question, though, that the Wayanses have dialed down the outrageousness to nearly sub-PG-13 levels.
- 40Chicago ReaderAndrea GronvallChicago ReaderAndrea GronvallThe slapstick is funnier for the nifty CGI, and the script gets in some sly digs at racist cops and multitasking soccer moms.
- 38Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonI'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.
- 38PremierePremiereLittle 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.
- 33The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThe A.V. ClubKeith PhippsIt'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.
- 33Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle Post-IntelligencerYes, 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.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenThe Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenOnce 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.
- 30VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangThere are probably some moviegoers who can laugh at the sight of a groin-punching, breast-grabbing baby, possibly even find it cute. Everyone else should steer clear of Little Man, which welds Marlon Wayans' head to a diminutive body double, offering up the creepiest bigscreen dwarf since the last David Lynch movie.
- Somewhere within all the crude slapstick and crass stereotypes, Little Man operates as a vulgar burlesque on the crisis of African-American manhood, particularly the relationships, or lack thereof, between fathers and sons.