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Little Giants

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Ever since childhood, nerdy Danny O'Shea (Rick Moranis) has felt inferior to his brother, Kevin (Ed O'Neill), a former college football star. Danny runs a gas station, while Kevin coaches the local youth football team. When Kevin's team rejects Danny's daughter, Becky (Shawna Waldron), because she's a girl, Becky convinces her dad to start a rival team, though the city can support only one. To prove himself against his brother, Danny begins coaching his team of misfits for a playoff game.
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Brant Bingamon Austin Chronicle Rated: 2.5/5 Mar 11, 2003 Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Working in two platoons, [the four screenwriters] have skillfully removed all vestiges of originality from this story, and turned in a perfectly-honed retread of every other movie about how a team of losers wins the big game. Rated: 1/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Danielle Solzman Solzy at the Movies Little Giants is still a fun watch as the film turns 30 years old, even if it never became a sports comedy classic. Rated: 3.5/5 Oct 14, 2024 Full Review Justin Brown Medium Popcorn I'm glad to have revisited this film. This is one of the few children's films of this time that has substance and that you can watch with multiple generations in your family. Rated: 5/5 Aug 19, 2024 Full Review Brandon Collins Medium Popcorn Very enjoyable and heartfelt. Ed O'Neil is fantastic in this. Rated: 4/5 Aug 19, 2024 Full Review Malcolm Johnson Hartford Courant ...dropping the ball at every turn. May 23, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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Tahira K A heartwarming movie with a lovely message for all kids playing sports. It was one of my favourite movies as a kid and I recently rewatched it (unexpectedly on a flight) with unmitigated joy. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/25/24 Full Review Joshua W If you grew up with this movie it holds up. I watched it with my seven year old in 2024 and he was quoting it for days. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/18/24 Full Review Brianna B I really enjoy this movie, great memory from childhood Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/12/24 Full Review Jacob B One of the better family-oriented sports comedies from this era, Little Giants by no means make any groundbreaking changes from the underdog formula and has its share of outdated humour but the sincere performances, the daughter's surprisingly compelling character arc, jokes that actually stick the landing when not dealing with flatulence and fat-shaming and storytelling that, by dealing with sibling rivalry, allows the film to have more of an identity of its own, make it a more underrated entry from the "Mighty Ducks wannabes" era. Hell, I think this is better, and stands out more, than they did. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/27/23 Full Review StephenPaul C LOL, the funniest 1.75 hours ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In memory of John Madden, who played himself!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/05/23 Full Review Braylon S This Movie would be a 100 but they Beat The Cowboys which is very unrealistic also this is the 90's So its very unrealistic here's one for example giants vs cowboys November 7th 94 the cowboys beat the giants 38-10 Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 05/03/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Ever since childhood, nerdy Danny O'Shea (Rick Moranis) has felt inferior to his brother, Kevin (Ed O'Neill), a former college football star. Danny runs a gas station, while Kevin coaches the local youth football team. When Kevin's team rejects Danny's daughter, Becky (Shawna Waldron), because she's a girl, Becky convinces her dad to start a rival team, though the city can support only one. To prove himself against his brother, Danny begins coaching his team of misfits for a playoff game.
Director
Duwayne Dunham
Producer
Arne Schmidt
Screenwriter
James Ferguson, Robert Shallcross, Tommy Swerdlow, Michael Goldberg
Distributor
Argentina Video Home, Warner Bros.
Production Co
Warner Brothers, Amblin Entertainment
Rating
PG
Genre
Kids & Family, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 14, 1994, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 1, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA)
$18.8M
Runtime
1h 45m
Sound Mix
Surround, DTS, Stereo, Dolby Digital
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