Fresh
Quiet but engrossing.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Overview
Jake is a quiet, sensitive middle schooler with dreams of being an artist. He meets the affably brash Tony at his grandfather's funeral, and the unlikely pair soon hit it off. The budding friendship is put at risk, however, when a rent dispute between Jake's father, Brian, and Tony's mother, Leonor, threatens to become contentious.
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97%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Shoring together small moments from the lives of believable characters, in a manner free of special effects and fluky plotting, and with the same dramatic and visual gusto one would apply to an epic is what independent filmmaking should be all about.
Scott Marks, San Diego Reader
Fresh
As in the films of the French New Wave's Eric Rohmer, nothing cloying happens here, nothing plainly engineered to elicit emotions. But emotions are elicited - moral and ethical concerns are addressed, examined, defined.
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Fresh
Sachs is a wonderfully humane filmmaker. There are never out and out saints or demons in his films, but richly detailed, relatable lives offered for us to understand.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Fresh
Sachs doesn't push the tragic aspects of "Little Men," but they're there, looming behind the life-goes-on vibe of the final scenes and waiting for you to work it out on the way home.
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
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