Little Boy (2015)

I created an account just so I could review this movie. This a wonderful movie that made me smile and cry! The negative reviews of this movie are what is wrong with this world. There are so many people filled with hatred and bitterness that they can't see what a heartwarming film this is! Why can't these people just accept this movie for what it is??...a lovely film! Movies are meant to entertain; that's it! I have rented it twice and just watched it for the second time. I love it so much that I am going to buy the DVD. Even my 6 year old loved it. The acting in this movie is outstanding and I don't mind the cliché ending. This movie touches on many things, but the part I liked the most was about faith and believing in yourself. And I like movies that also make me cry buckets of tears. The people who gave this movie a negative review should have their pulse checked! Bottom line is that I highly recommend this movie and wish it got more recognition.

A must see movie if you love wholesome content, inspiring messages, great performances delivered by actors and appealing cinematography. I absolutely loved this film on so many levels. I wasn't the least bit surprised that the New York Times and Washington Post literally poked fun at it, as the message of faith is rarely embraced by mainstream media. But, don't let that stop you from giving this film a chance. I sat and watched it by myself, just looking for something heart warming before bedtime. I got so much more. Cried like a baby and slept like one too. This is truly one of the best films I have seen in a very, very long time. Jakob Salvati delivered an excellent performance and the supporting cast sealed the deal. This film will not disappoint.

This isn't a perfect movie - but it's a very, very good one. I hardly ever write reviews, but after seeing the really terrible critic reviews this movie has received, I thought I owed it to any potential watchers to let you know that I believe the Metascore is very misleading.This movie really has no fatal flaws - the story is well-built, the acting is very good (much better than I expected), and the filming is beautiful. The tone of it really gives the right feeling of the time that the movie is set. The involvement of religious themes is only objective, and is viewed from different perspectives.The only thing I'm missing is a bit more development in a few of the supporting characters, but that didn't really take much away from the overall impression i was left with. Pretty much everything else works really well in my opinion.So if you're considering watching it, please do! It's a beautiful movie that is guaranteed to make you smile (:

I started to watch this for something to have on while waiting for football to start. I stayed to finish it because I was fascinated at just how awful the story was and wondered if, at any point there was going to be an attempt at elevation of the story, but no, nothing, never. It's been quite some time since I felt compelled to write a review on IMDb, but when I saw the overwhelmingly positive reviews of this film, I felt duty bound to add balance. Apparently, the director/writer of this film is of the opinion that complete ignorance of a topic shouldn't stand in the way of you making a story about it; not ignorance of the history of WWII or feudal Japan, ignorance of Catholic catechism, or even ignorance of human nature and cognition. None of these things stood in the way of the creation of this truly unbelievable story; and by unbelievable, I mean literally not-believable. Had I desired to suspend disbelief for the sake of the story, which should be the desire of the film maker, this movie continually destroys that suspense through one glaring display of ignorance after another.In addition to the flaming historical ignorance that composes the plot elements of this movie, there is a complete lack of character development and a story line so facile I must believe that it was conceived by an eight-grader. The most amazing element of this film is that so many high-quality actors devoted the minutes it took them to phone in a basic performance. The child actors were actually better than one often gets, but with such facile material to work with, it's difficult to credit their performances with any redeeming value.