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Little Man is a 2006 American film starring Wayans brothers Marlon Wayans, and Shawn Wayans, with Kerry Washington, and Tracy Morgan. It is directed by the older Wayans brother Keenen Ivory Wayans and also written by the three brothers. Little Man was released on DVD, November 7 2006.
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The scenes with Calvin Sims were played twice: once by nine-year-old 75 cm (2'6") tall dwarf actor Linden Porco together with the other actors, and once by Marlon Wayans alone, using a "bluescreen" technique with a green background and green clothes. In post-production, Porco's head on the images was replaced by that of Marlon. Porco's body has been painted brown in order to match Marlon's face. Shawn Wayan's face was also superimposed in one scene. During filming, dwarf actor Linden Porco narrowly avoided serious injury when a large lighting fixture nearly fell on top of him, but he was pushed out of the way by Shawn Wayans. SynopsisSpoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
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 “baby,” infiltrate their home and sneak away with the diamond. He deposits himself in a baby basket on Darryl and Vanessa’s doorstep. Darryl leaps at the opportunity to prove he’s ready for fatherhood by caring for the abandoned child for the weekend. To his surprise, Vanessa agrees. Once inside the Edwards home, the tough, cynical Calvin finds life as a “baby” to be a living hell and retrieving the diamond much tougher than he’d imagined. The Edwards’ best friends - Greg & Brittany (Lochlyn Munro & Brittany Daniel) and Richard & Janet (Fred Stoller & Alex Borstein) – shower gifts and advice on the new parents, while Vanessa’s suspicious father Pops (John Witherspoon) is determined to expose Calvin as a fraud. Calvin’s toughest obstacle, however, turns out to be Darryl, who in his eagerness to prove what a great father he can be, inadvertently sabotages Calvin’s plan. The father/son events Darryl schedules are laden with booby traps. A day in the park ends in a high-speed car chase. “Baby’s” first hockey game descends into a drunken brawl. With each disaster, Darryl becomes increasingly worried that he is a failure as a parent, despite assurances from Vanessa. In a final attempt to do something good for the “baby,” Darryl vows to throw the best birthday party a kid has ever had. And the elusive diamond slips dangerously away from Calvin when Vanessa finds the jewel and assumes it is the engagement ring Darryl had promised her years ago. While Darryl and Vanessa are out, Pops confronts “baby” Calvin. When they return, Pops has the “baby” in a headlock and he is quickly shipped off to an old-folks home. However, a stuffed bear containing a secret “nanny-cam,” reveals the truth, but not before Calvin makes his escape, the diamond safely in hand. Vanessa leaves the house to retrieve her father, Pops, while her husband searches for Calvin. He finds him still within the house, but he also found their boss as well. Nonetheless, they managed to outsmart him and have him arrested. Calvin returns the diamond to the police, still in the disguise of a baby. In the end, Darryl discovers that fatherhood may be hard work but it’s the greatest job a guy could have, while Calvin finds out what it’s like to have someone who will look out for him no matter what. After a short credits break, the film shows the newest addition to Edwards' household . . . another baby that looks remarkably like Calvin. Spoilers end here.
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ReceptionThe critics' reviews are extremely negative. British film critic Mark Kermode described the film as "the most retrograde, horrible, nauseating, inward-looking, smug, repulsive, grotesque, ill-advised, badly-judged film", "pure evil" and (perhaps jokingly) as "possessed by the devil". It currently holds a 14% on Rotten Tomatoes [1]. Although Little Man holds the fastest record to ever drop to IMDb's bottom 100 movies list, other users on other websites hold this movie on a slightly more positive note. On Movies.com, viewers voted this a B-, on E! Online, viewers voted this an B+, on Yahoo!, viewers voted this a C+, and on Google, viewers voted this a 1.5/5. As of August 4, 2006, the film has grossed $58,255,287 domestically [2] and a total $101,589,216 worldwide. Production of the film cost in the area of 60 million.[citation needed] It was nominated for seven 2006 Golden Raspberry Awards[1]: Worst Picture, Worst Actor (Marlon Wayans & Shawn Wayans), Worst Actor (Rob Schneider, also nominated for his performance in The Benchwarmers), Worst Director (Keenen Ivory Wayans), Worst Screen Couple (Shawn Wayans & EITHER Kerry Washington OR Marlon Wayans), Worst Screenplay and Worst Remake or Rip-off (Rip-off of the 1954 Bugs Bunny cartoon Baby Buggy Bunny). Baby Buggy BunnyMany have noted on the fact that the film's basic plot is taken from the classic 1954 Bugs Bunny cartoon Baby Buggy Bunny. Aside from the obvious, the plot-line about a diminutive gangster who attempts to get his loot back by posing as a baby. There are several moments in the movie that seem to have been taken directly from the cartoon itself:
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