Little Man

I went to see this movie knowing deep down in the darkest recess of my heart that I was going to hate it. But in the spirit of trying to get in as many top ten movies as I can, I went to see it anyway, against my own will. Let's recap: this movie hovered in the number two spot and to date has grossed more than 50 million dollars. The only insight I gained from watching it is now I know that there are at least 7 million people willing to spend $7.00 on average to see flicks that they know are going to suck.

The movie is like the Dyson no-bag vacuum cleaner, it never loses its sucking power. The movie tried to sucker punch the audience with sophmorphic shock humor, but since we've all been desensatized by the Fararly Brothers, nut-crushing blows on American's Funniest Home Videos and the non-stop episodic adventures of South Park, this tactic no longer works.

My theory is that the Wayan brothers have found the magical Hollywood formula for making money off movies. Spend as little as you can in the production, like hiring Saturday Night Live rejects for actors (keep it cheap), keeping the movie short (always less than 1.5 hours), and then spend a small part of your budget on ads showing the best part of the film. And like magic, you spend 1 million, you pull in 50 million, and now you've got enough to make 49 more films with the same formula until you retire next door to Bill Gates.

Let me be perfectly clear, there is no reason to see this film.

Rating: 2 out of 10