We’ve just had the news that Little Men is getting a UK Cinemas release date, which is fantastic as we’ve been really looking forward to seeing the movie since we first saw the trailer.
The film starring Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Ehle and two young actors, Michael Barbieri and Theo Taplitz, making their film debut, premiered at Sundance in January and tells the story of the friendship of two teenagers.
Little Men has been receiving some great reviews and the Guardian (5 stars) and Time Out (4 stars), the film is set in Brooklyn and it also the issues of gentrification (a process of renovation and revival of deteriorated urban neighbourhoods).
Directed by Ira Sachs (Love is Strange, Keep the Lights on, Forty Shades of Blue) and written by Ira Sachs & Mauricio Zacharias, Little Men has a great cast of actors including Greg Kinnear (The Kennedys), Jennifer Ehle (Zero Dark Thirty), Alfred Molina, Paulina Garcia and not forgetting the two upcoming young American actors Michael Barbieri and Theo Taplitz.
Little Men Synopsis
When 13-year-old Jake’s (Theo Taplitz) grandfather dies, his family moves from Manhattan back into his father’s old Brooklyn home. There, Jake befriends the charismatic Tony (Michael Barbieri), whose single mother Leonor (Paulina Garcia), a dressmaker from Chile, runs the shop downstairs. Soon, Jake’s parents Brian (Greg Kinnear) and Kathy (Jennifer Ehle) — one, a struggling actor, the other, a psychotherapist — ask Leonor to sign a new, steeper lease on her store. For Leonor, the proposed new rent is untenable, and a feud ignites between the adults.
At first, Jake and Tony don’t seem to notice; the two boys, so different on the surface, begin to develop a formative kinship as they discover the pleasures of being young in Brooklyn. Jake aspires to be an artist, while Tony wants to be an actor, and they have dreams of going to the same prestigious arts high school together. But the children can’t avoid the problems of their parents forever, and soon enough, the adult conflict intrudes upon the borders of their friendship.
Little Men will be getting its UK Cinema release on September 23rd, it certainly looks a lovely movie and one that you may not want to miss, check your local listings to see if the film is being shown at a cinema near you.
Karen Woodham is the founder and owner of the Blazing Minds. She is also a Cinema reviewer and works with RealD 3D reviewing the latest 3D releases and IMAX, she has also had several articles published in various publications including the first edition of SFW Magazine. In 2015 she became an Award Winning Blogger and also has her website listed as one of the UK’s Top 10 Film Blogs.
