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Little Boy

Name: Little Boy
Released: 2015-04-23T00:00:00.000000Z
Rating: 7.2

Believe the impossible.

2015 • 106 min • ★ 7.2 (569) • Released

Comedy Drama War

An eight-year-old boy is willing to do whatever it takes to end World War II so he can bring his father home. The story reveals the indescribable love a father has for his little boy and the love a son has for his father.

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Original title: Little Boy
Language: EN
Country: MX,US
Budget: $20,000,000
Revenue: $6,500,000

Reviews & Ratings 1

Reno

Nov 4, 2015 · via TMDB

★ 8.0

> About a little boy who believed he can change the world. I was two minded after seeing its trailer. Because I'm pretty much convinced it is a B movie. But that's not the issue, I usually put my faith on them and take my chances. So what bothered me was the film contents, because the trailed roughly reveals what kind of movie it is, from that I reckoned it should have been a big production house's product. Hence, I believed the visuals could be disastrous, but that was not the case. In fact, it was a remarkable standard, one of the reasons for the movie's success, despite there are no list-A actors in the full fledged roles. The boy was much better in the movie than I judged his performance in the trailer. He might have appeared in a few television episodes, but this was his silver-screen debut. A wonderful display and I believe he would bag more projects for this. It was a family film, an emotional drama set during the United States entry into the World War II. Takes place in a small western coastal town called O'Hare about a 7 year old boy Pepper, nicknamed Little Boy who's willing to do anything to bring back his father alive from the war. On the effort he takes up a series of task which later stuns his town and the whole country. > "Do you believe you can do this?" The Fascinating thing was, the blend between the real occurrence with the fictitious attachment. People might believe it was based on the real, but it is not. Like I said the graphics were very crucial that matched to any big budget films, unfortunately it was a small portion, but definitely a big deal. It talks about lots of interesting stuff which is inspiring, partially funny and also a children friendly film. Especially it explains quite clearly the difference between religious beliefs and magics which is obviously little kids never understood. So it could help to learn something from other than the textbooks. The plus points were the consequences of war (any war), how the people can get affected by the war, bullying, racism and misbelief. On the other hand the minus was too much ingredient in a little movie, fortunately clicked so well. As usual, it was knocked down by the critics who never recognised the art of sentimental works. If you are not one of them or their followers, you are going to enjoy it. If it had some big names in the main cast, especially for the father and brother characters, then it would have been roared louder and helped the international markets. As being one of the finest storied movie that highlighted our past mistakes, sadly terribly failed at the box office, but very much could get a cult status because particularly families loved this one so far. Not highly, but simply I recommend it and one of the must see from year 2015. 8/10

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Cast 61

Jakob Salvati

Pepper Flynt Busbee / Little Boy

Emily Watson

Emma Busbee

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

Hashimoto

Michael Rapaport

James Busbee

David Henrie

London Busbee

Ben Chaplin

Ben Eagle

Eduardo Verástegui

Fr. Crispin

Ted Levine

Sam

Ali Landry

Ava

Abraham Benrubi

Teacup

Kevin James

Dr. Fox

Tom Wilkinson

Fr. Oliver

Toby Huss

Colonel Bob

Kelly Greyson

Tyra

Candice Azzara

Bertha

Rick Mora

Kid Falcon

James DuMont

Harvey

Travis T. Flory

Soda Fountain Clerk

Sam Kindseth

Ronnie (Bully 2)

David Ury

Sir Pent

James MacDonald

Recruitment Sergeant

Winston James Francis

Bukha

Lorna Scott

Nurse Barbara

Lukas Behnken

Leonard Rice

Montserrat Espadalé

Sister Paulette

Mary Stein

Martha

Masashi Odate

Japanese Colonel

Theodora Greece

Eliza the Girl on Beach

Ric Sarabia

Mike the Gambler

Eijiro Ozaki

Masao Kume

Jennifer Cadena

Army Nurse

Masami Kosaka

Commander Tokyo Joe

Matthew J. Cates

Scott Subiono

Dr. Hesley

Aaron Leddick

Red Cross Soldier

J. Skylar Testa

Army Medic

Alex Trevino

Wounded Soldier at Hospital

C.K. McFarland

Doris

Michael D. Nye

Gilliam

Matthew Scott Miller

Freddy Fox

Eddie Driscoll

Newsreel Narrator (voice)

Jill Kelly

Spider Lady

Eiji Inoue

Japanese Soldier

Keisuke Akizawa

Japanese Soldier

Tokio Sasaki

Young Japanese Soldier

Tommy Lamey

Fisherman #1

Kenny Davis

Fisherman #2

Fernando Sur

Kid at Ben Eagle show

Barry Ford

The Narrator (voice)

Ike Kawaguchi

Samurai Warrior in Dojo

Americus Abesamis

Giant Tokyo Joe

Robert Noble

Lou the Bartender

Chuck Lines

Prisoner of War

Jon Bangle

Prisoner of War

Zero Kazama

Wild Tokyo Joe (uncredited)

Kaiser Johnson

Col. Peter Stouff (uncredited)

Luke Custer

Prisoner of War (uncredited)

Brian Takahashi

Japanese Soldier #2

Pietro Schito

Prisoner of War

Brian Hatch

Man in Church

Carsen Warner

voice actor

Crew 12

Laura Jean Shannon

Costume Design

Garrett Warren

Stunt Coordinator

Andrey Pishalnikov

Stunts

Alejandro Monteverde

Director

Garrett Warren

Second Unit Director

Ricardo Del Río

Co-Executive Producer

Eduardo Verástegui

Executive Producer

Emilio Azcarraga Jean

Executive Producer

Roma Downey

Executive Producer

Alejandro Monteverde

Producer

Mark Foster

Original Music Composer

Alejandro Monteverde

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US Release Dates 1

Apr 23, 2015

PG-13 Theatrical