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Little Boy
Eight-year-old Piper Flint Bosby, holding his face, beating his eyes, screaming with all his might, hitting his body and doing all this to master a magic trick. But it is certain that, through the power of magic, deception, or a good seismic shift at a given time, he will achieve his goal. In the end, he tries to use this 'ability' to bring his beloved father from World War II. By this point, his patented movement, which was only a courageous and disturbing movement for his father's return.
1 February 1972, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
9 December 1966, Marshalltown, Iowa, USA
21 May 1974, Xicoténcatl, Tamaulipas, Mexico
21 July 1973, Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, USA
27 September 1950, Tokyo, Japan
18 May 1945, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
31 July 1970, London, England, UK
18 April 1971, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
1 February 1975, Los Angeles, California, USA
29 May 1957, Bellaire, Ohio, USA
March 09, 2016
A shamefully miscalculated tale of whimsy and come-to-Jesus inspiration with a bizarrely inappropriate haze of Norman Rockwell-esque nostalgia.
May 30, 2015
The movie lumbers on for 100 minutes with hardly a believable frame to show for it.
September 02, 2015
While its religious context may prove off putting for some viewers, it's a heart-warming tear jerker for the family, or those who just want to see a boy fight for his dad to come home.
September 20, 2016
I need to take a shower.
November 05, 2015
The twists and turns may feel a little forced, and a few moments might even be shocking. But Little Boy squeezes the most it can from a quality cast and the best of intentions.
April 23, 2015
Tolerance, World War II history and faith are served up with a sticky sentimental gloss in the family film "Little Boy."
April 11, 2016
The audience at which Little Boy is aimed will have no problem assimilating the film's themes of faith and miracles. But there's also plenty to admire here for those less inclined to buy into the filmmakers' worldview.
November 10, 2015
The movie seems utterly and sincerely well-intentioned -- which is why what happens in it is so jaw-dropping.
April 23, 2015
A movie that has the haranguing inspirational tone of a marathon Sunday-school lesson.
April 23, 2015
I just wish the filmmakers didn't feel like they had to hit us over the head with all the moral pontificating to get their point across.
April 24, 2015
It's meant to be a tale of uplift for faith-based audiences, but instead wears viewers down with a heavy-handed narrative, an overbearing score and voiceover that spells out everything in cringe-inducing, folksy tones.
April 24, 2015
Despite boasting several important moral lessons, the period piece is more artificial than a polyester teddy bear stuffed with Splenda and Cheez Whiz - and about as appealing

