Genre: Crime, Comedy
Tagline: Big things come in small packages.
Plot: After several years in prison, a recently paroled tough-as-nails — though not-quite-three-foot-tall — jewel thief CALVIN SIMS (Marlon Wayans) decides it’s time to retire from a life of crime, but not before pulling off one last big heist. A notorious crime boss has offered Calvin and his former partner PERCY P (Tracy Morgan) $100,000 to steal the famous Queen Diamond. Because there’s a glitch in the jewelry store’s security system, Calvin assumes the job will be child’s play. But the heist goes bad, and Calvin is forced to drop the jewel into VANESSA EDWARDS’ (Kerry Washington) purse. Vanessa and her husband DARRYL (Shawn Wayans) then return to their suburban Chicago neighborhood unaware that they have become pawns in a high-stakes crime.Darryl and Vanessa are having problems of their own. Darryl is dying to assume the responsibilities of parenthood. But Vanessa, who has just been promoted to vice president at an advertising firm, is worried that having a baby will limit her ability to climb higher up the corporate ladder. She is also concerned that, despite his enthusiasm, Darryl is not ready to be a father. When they overhear Darryl and Vanessa, Percy and Calvin devise a plan to exploit their insecurities in order to recover the stolen gem. Calvin will masquerade as a
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 It's really too bad. The Wayans were funny once upon a time, but their humor hasn't evolved much since their "In Living Color" days, and what was funny 15 years ago is a bit long in the tooth now. They do manage one stab at those glory days with an actually successful piece of satire about a black police officer (Damien Wayans) who incorporates all of the worst cop stereotypes. It's funny and it's got some teeth to it, but it's only about 1 minute out of 90, and the rest is just no good. 3/10--Joshua Starnes (ComingSoon.net)
There must be some reason Little Man exists. Perhaps as a form of karmic retribution for the past sins of anyone unfortunate enough to find themselves stranded in a multiplex where it is playing. Or maybe as a glimpse into what hell is really like. But the explanation is probably simpler than that. Some movie had to set the bar for comedy in Hollywood, circa 2006, and it seems that that job has fallen to Little Man: It is the cinematic equivalent of the limbo stick—as in, how low can you go?  --PAM GRADY (Reel.com)
While the suspension of disbelief is an entirely reasonable prerequisite for the enjoyment of any comedy, it's a transaction most satisfactorily made provided we get some laughs in exchange for the surrender of reason. No such payoff here. Unless you're of the temperament that derives boundless pleasure from the serial assault on the genitals of large people by a cut-and-paste little person, Little Man will likely prove about as bearable as diaper rash.  --Geoff Pevere
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| Okay, so at the end of the day don't see it. It's vapid, unfunny, and completely obvious. I guess if you are drunk or high it might get your goat or if you're getting some type of government assistance because you eat paste on accident. Or if you need those warning labels that tell you not to use the vacuum on your eyes then I'd say this is the film for you! D- --Laremy Legel
The Wayans clan's latest brings potty humor down to a fittingly infantile level.--Michael Rechtshaffen (Hollywod Reporter)
When a movie that you expected so little from delivers even less, you know it's a bad movie. With Little Man, I'm not sure it's possible to have expectations low enough to ever be pleasantly surprised.  --Scott Nash (TheMovieBuffs.com)
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