Filmmaker Ira Sachs follows up critical darling Love is Strange with another New York-set tale following the new friendship of...
Filmmaker Ira Sachs follows up critical darling Love is Strange with another New York-set tale following the new friendship of two boys who can't avoid their parents' problems.
When 13-year-old Jake’s (Theo Taplitz) grandfather dies, his family moves from Manhattan back into his father’s old Brooklyn home. There, Jake befriends the charismatic Tony (Michael Barbieri), whose single mother Leonor (Paulina García), a dressmaker from Chile, runs the shop downstairs. Soon, Jake’s parents Brian (Greg Kinnear) and Kathy (Jennifer Ehle) — one a struggling actor, the other a psychotherapist — ask Leonor to sign a new, steeper, lease on her store. For Leonor, the proposed new rent is untenable, and a feud ignites between the adults.
At first, Jake and Tony don’t seem to notice; the two boys, so different on the surface, begin to develop a formative kinship as they discover the pleasures of being young in Brooklyn. Jake aspires to be an artist, while Tony wants to be an actor, and they have dreams of going to the same prestigious arts high school together. But the children can’t avoid the problems of their parents forever, and soon enough, the adult conflict intrudes upon the borders of their friendship.
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"A little movie brimming with little truths about modern life. It won’t change the world, but it does understand it."
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Variety
Variety"If [it] doesn't feel quite as revelatory as Keep the Lights On (2012) or the heartbreaking Love Is Strange (2014), it still impresses you with its quiet, confident maturity."
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Time Out
Time Out"Sachs’ approach is so humane, and his characters so fully rendered, that an agenda never announces itself..."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"There's nothing really memorable from a movie where the number of producers appear to dwarf the actors."
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Stuff
Stuff"It's time to realize that Ira Sachs is a modern master. Little Men, with its two boys racing at life with the brick wall of maturity still at a distance, is truly an exhilarating gift."
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Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone"A bittersweet charmer."
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New Zealand Herald
New Zealand Herald"The performances are impeccable. Sachs is a master of expressive understatement, and that applies both to the young actors playing the boys and to the adults."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"Following up Love Is Strange with another slice of urban bohemia, Sachs' latest is another gem that's full of heart and warmth."
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Empire Magazine
Empire MagazineLittle Men | Details
- Rating
- PG, Mild themes and coarse language
- Runtime
- 85
- Genre
- Drama
- Country of origin
- USA
