Monday 6 April 2015

Little Manhattan (2005) 8/10

Starring : Josh Hutcherson, Charlie Day, Bradley Whitford, Cynthia Nixon
Director : Mark Levin
Running Time : 91 mins

Pre-teen Gabe (Hutcherson) finds himself falling in love with his one-time kindergarten classmate Rosemary (Day) when they start attending karate class together, but he soon learns that love isn’t as simple an emotion as he thought it was when he finds himself faced with competition for her affections. Also having to deal with the impending divorce of his parents Adam (Whitford) and Leslie (Nixon) leads Gabe to question if love is even worth while...

This is a cute movie that, because it is taken from a child’s point of view, manages to remain innocent and childlike from beginning to end, even when Gabe is faced with the separation of his parents. The climax of the movie isn’t as strong as I’d like it to have been, but thankfully that didn’t detract too much from what had come before – a purely virtuous love story for the ages.

You’ll like this if you liked : The Spectacular Now



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