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JustWatch Little Boy 2015

Directed by Alejandro Monteverde

Synopsis

Believe the impossible.

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.

Cast

Jakob Salvati Emily Watson Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Michael Rapaport David Henrie Ben Chaplin Eduardo Verástegui Ted Levine Ali Landry Abraham Benrubi Kevin James Tom Wilkinson Toby Huss Kelly Greyson Candice Azzara Rick Mora James DuMont Travis T. Flory Sam Kindseth David Ury James MacDonald Winston James Francis Lorna Scott Lukas Behnken Montserrat Espadalé Mary Stein Masashi Odate Theodora Greece Ric Sarabia Show All… Eijiro Ozaki Jennifer Cadena Masami Kosaka Matthew J. Cates Scott Subiono Aaron Leddick J. Skylar Testa Alex Trevino Eduardo Gomez Monteverde C.K. McFarland Michael D. Nye Matthew Scott Miller Eddie Driscoll Jill Kelly Eiji Inoue Keisuke Akizawa Tokio Sasaki Tommy Lamey Kenny Davis Fernando Sur Barry Ford Yoshio Iizuka Ike Kawaguchi Americus Abesamis Kenji Nakamura Robert Noble Chuck Lines Jon Bangle Zero Kazama Kaiser Johnson Luke Custer Brian Takahashi Andy Geller Lawrence Thomas Jared Jacobsen Mitchell Hesley Peter T. Mai Pietro Schito Logan Ludwig Larry Dean Raquel Vázquez Gutiérrez Elijah Villegas Janet Worner Janice Matthews Bruce Morningstar Kate Shalander Cole Hurst Craig Strawn Tim Staples Rene Flores Michael Coates Brian Hatch Miguel Angel Varela Fimbres Carsen Warner

Director Director

Alejandro Monteverde

Producers Producers

Alejandro Monteverde Leo Severino

Writers Writers

Alejandro Monteverde Pepe Portillo

Casting Casting

Dianne Crittenden Karen Rea

Editors Editors

Meg Ramsay Joan Sobel Fernando Villena

Cinematography Cinematography

Andrew Cadelago

Additional Directing Add. Directing

Garrett Warren

Executive Producers Exec. Producers

Mark Burnett Ricardo Del Río Roma Downey Emilio Azcarraga Jean Kallan Kagan Bernardo Gomez Martinez Mickey O'Hare Eduardo Verástegui Sean Wolfington Jeff Young

Production Design Production Design

Bernardo Trujillo

Art Direction Art Direction

Carlos Benassini Francisco Blanc Marco Niro

Set Decoration Set Decoration

Jay Aroesty Jorge Barba

Visual Effects Visual Effects

Bret Culp

Stunts Stunts

Garrett Warren Andrey Pishalnikov

Composers Composers

Stephan Altman Mark Foster

Costume Design Costume Design

Rebecca Gregg Laura Jean Shannon

Studios

Santa Fe Films Metanoia Films

Countries

USA Mexico

Language

English

Alternative Titles

El Gran Pequeño, Малко момче, Малыш, Little Boy - Além do Impossível, El gran pequeño, 小男孩, 리틀 보이, Băiețelul, ילד קטן, Ufaklık, Kicsi fiú, 小夢想家, Mažylis, มหัศจรรย์ พลังฝันบันลือโลก, الولد الصغير

Genres

War Drama Comedy

Themes

Faith and religion Religious faith, sin, and forgiveness Emotional and touching family dramas Touching and sentimental family stories Heartbreaking and moving family drama Emotional and captivating fantasy storytelling Show All…

Theatrical

23 Apr 2015

• Mexico

23 Jul 2015

• Peru

17 Sep 2015

• Spain

10 Dec 2015

• Brazil12

27 Aug 2016

• France

Digital

20 Jan 2017

• France

08 Oct 2022

• Denmark15

17 Oct 2017

• Netherlands12

Argentina

23 Jul 2015

• Theatrical

Brazil

10 Mar 2016

• Theatrical12

Chile

17 Sep 2015

• Theatrical

Denmark

18 Aug 2015

• Physical15

France

10 May 2017

• Theatrical

17 Oct 2017

• Physical DVD

01 Mar 2020

• Digital VOD

08 Oct 2022

• Digital12 Prime Video

Germany

20 Jan 2017

• Digital6

Japan

27 Aug 2016

• Theatrical

Mexico

15 May 2015

• Theatrical

Netherlands

19 Apr 2018

• Physical12 DVD

Peru

13 Aug 2015

• Theatrical

South Korea

10 Dec 2015

• Theatrical12

Spain

30 Oct 2015

• Theatrical

USA

23 Apr 2015

• TheatricalPG-13

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More Review by Jônatas Iwata ★½ 4

A movie about a little boy who wishes really hard for the Little Boy nuclear bomb to fall on Hiroshima... Ok.

Translate Translated from by Review by Esteban Gonzalez ★★ 8

"Do you believe you can do this?”

Little Boy is a family friendly faith-based film, and that usually means it’s going to be overly sentimental and manipulative, which proved to be the case once again here. These films aim so hard at being inspirational, that they end up accomplishing the opposite. Alejandro Monteverde’s film is completely generic and it follows the same beats other movies in this genre tend to hit. From the overbearing narrative which spells out everything that you are about to see and allows you to see the twists coming a mile away, to the cute child actor performance who is impossible not to sympathize with, and the overly heavy handed preachy message that is repeated throughout…

Translate Translated from by Review by Scott Renshaw ★★ 3

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

First, here's my Salt Lake City Weekly capsule review. And now, on with the problems.

Caveat: I do not claim to be a theologian. I'm sure Catholics of good conscience may question my interpretations here, and that's fine. But digging into what pissed me off about this movie requires some detailed plot exploration and spoilers. So here we go.

Early in the film, after our diminutive protagonist Pepper's father has gone to war, his parish priest (Tom Wilkinson) hands him a card indicating some of the things one must do to build faith: "Visit the sick;" "Clothe the naked;" etc., to which the priest adds "Befriend Hashimoto" (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa). That growing friendship becomes a potent part of the narrative, because…

Translate Translated from by Review by friendofhagrid ★★½

i regret to inform you that justin russo is a racist

Translate Translated from by Review by kevintporter 1

This is by far my favorite Kevin James movie in which a kid prays so hard that Hiroshima happens.

Translate Translated from by Review by Toing ½

Potentially the cruelest film ever made through sheer force of apathy for its own cruelty. Although superficially religious, this is more nihilistic than basically any movie that intentionally espouses that worldview. Respect for suffering is an alien concept here. Every bit of sympathy is feigned so perfunctorily that it's almost like a joke. Some sort of nightmarish intersection of Rockwell, Capra and Solondz where Rockwell got final cut.

Translate Translated from by Review by Yami Pantsu ½

In the grand tradition of ‘every horrible thing the US does is right’ and ‘praying solves all problems’ comes Little Boy. An exhausting, offensive and ludicrous piece of filmmaking that not only seeks to condone the atomic bombs being dropped on Japanese civilians during World War 2, but that a single child’s prayers were instrumental in the deaths of millions of innocents in exchange for the safe return home of said child’s father. How anybody associated with this picture could think this was a good idea boggles the mind and makes you question the sanity and moral caliber of the otherwise decent quality actors involved.

2/100

Translate Translated from by Review by Tim Brayton ★ 5

Literally the only thing I knew about the film was the scene where we *ahem* learn what the title is in reference to, so to speak. Which is upsetting on the one hand because it meant that I didn't get to be surprised and delighted by one of the most excitingly wrong-headed decisions that was made in any film in the 2010s. And it's upsetting on the other hand because it meant I was entirely unprepared for the other 104 minutes of the movie, and they are buuuuulllllllshiiiiiiiitttttttt. (It's upsetting on the third hand because I thought that was how the film ended, and there's still like an entire half-hour to go). This is an attempt at childlike whimsy and…

Translate Translated from by Review by Travis Lytle ★★★★ Liked 1

A family-friendly charmer with a big heart and an engaging story, "Little Boy" is a sweet and enjoyable drama. The tale of a young boy whose only wish is to bring his father home from World War II, the film mixes familial conflicts, ugly history, and the power of hope for an experience that is enjoyably endearing.

Unfolding in a coastal California burgh in the 1940s, "Little Boy" tells the story of a boy, his family, and the lessons learned as war rages across the Pacific. Befriending a Japanese-American man while attempting the will his father home from the war, the film follows as the boy comes face-to-face with despicable behavior and the need for hope.

Alejandro Monteverde's film combines…

Translate Translated from by Review by TajLV ★★★½ 2

Thanks to the local AARP office and Regal Cinema, I got a couple of passes to see this dramedy tonight as a sneak preview a full week ahead of its official release in theaters. I really didn't know anything about it, nor did my guest, but based upon the name and the description mentioning World War II, we guessed the bombing of Hiroshima might play a part ... and it does, albeit obliquely.

The story takes place in the coastal California town of O'Hare in the mid-1940s and it is narrated as a reminisce by Pepper Flynt Busbee (Barry Ford). He remembers when he was eight years old, small for his age and nicknamed "Little Boy," a role played most…

Translate Translated from by Review by okjetaime 1

cute little film about a boy who was the cause of hiroshima atomic bomb.

Translate Translated from by Review by TylerVision ½

Too much racism, ableism, and tasteless imagery, not to mention plot points centered around the actual bombing of Hiroshima. The titular character is directly connected to the infamous nuclear weapon that killed tens of thousands of civilians. The results are so misguided to the point where it’s just offensive. As a bonus, for a Christian faith based film, it makes a better case to not believe in God since prayer doesn’t work... only in another twist, it does, albeit in the dumbest way. Titular character’s father survives, albeit without his legs intact, so now they’re the same height. I guess that’s the movie’s definition of a win?

...also, this movie features too many scenes of Kevin James in a bad…

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