Classic Kermode: Little Man

"If you go see Little Man, shame on you."

[@josephhowell2059]

"If you go see "Little Man", shame on you" This made me laugh my ass off.

[@DirtBlockGames]

it’s rather incredible that Pirates of the Caribbean, Little Man and The Wickerman were all reviewed one after another haha

[@lewisb9226]

'That's one night in your house' lol Simon

[@RockBottomRiser21]

Reviewing Little Man and The Wicker Man Remake on the same show. I feel for him.

[@hassanilahi909]

this is hilarious! Love the ending of this review, knowing how much Kermode despises the "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies.

[@steveman1236]

"Evil-minded, bad, profoundly depressing, retrograde, horrible, nauseating, inward-looking, smug, repulsive, grotesque, ill-advised, badly-judged, wretched, rancid..." Some of the finest adjective usage in the history of ever.

[@sweetsalvation7143]

Seems like he didn't like it

[@Geidi174]

My father bought a copy of Little Man for me on DVD while I was eight years old and sick with the flu and at the time I loved it. I feel such retroactive SHAME now

[@laughingachilles]

I have a regular movie screening night with friends and every now and then we all bring the worst movie we can think of for a night of bad films. The entire point is to laugh at how shit they are, point out the mistakes, poor camera work, shit acting and all that stuff while drinking a lot of alcohol in order to make it entertaining. With that context given, someone bought this and we didn't finish it.

[@Rita-re3wx]

Best Rant Ever!

[@billlawry64]

I cracked up when he said it was possessed by the devil

[@silobandnj3967]

“That’s one night in your house” lmao

[@xmikerx666]

This review cheers me up no end. The only way it could have been better is a Danny Dyer (admit it you're doing the wooo) cameo.

[@TheSuperintendant]

"Dead man's chest is the fourth highest grossing ... " "Is It?"

[@TheConciseStatement]

Little Man and Wicker Man. Oh man!

[@KajiCarson]

I wasn't aware of this movie's existence. Good lord.

[@lw3646]

Wow, never heard him so upset. I saw the reaction Siskel and Ebert had to I Spit on your Grave in 1978 which was equal disgust.

[@gaggle64]

I had no idea this movie even existed until now. Ignorance was bliss.

[@chwenhoou]

Ultimately, thank Christ for Jordan Peele.

[@somanytakennames]

Sooooo, he didn't like it then?

[@thomaswolf2233]

I sat through this thinking it was the review for Little Men. I was thinking dam he's tough this film.

[@goldifying]

Mark Kermode sure does reference Stanley Kubrick films a lot.

[@hersce]

Does anyone know where I can find the "Sex Lives of the Potato Men" review?

[@jacobbirdy128]

I've been looking for it for ages!

[@ghostofgralton6859]

@@jacobbirdy128 legends speak of it, but no man has seen it

[@NoStyleDutch]

Evil lives in the celluloid!

[@jamesluby6705]

Confused, so, worth a look then...

[@justlikeheaven336]

Thanks so much for uploading these. I miss having them on the BBC website. Are there any more in store?

[@jamesgreen1166]

*CONTEXT HAS BEEN SUPPLIED*

[@johnphilbill]

shame on you

[@filmbuff2777]

Stephen King thinks Little Man is a greater cinematic achievement than The Shining, or just about anything directed by Stanley Kubrick.

[@trickykid73]

4 dislikes ......shame on you !

[@Goochbot]

"shame on you"

[@enisijzer]

@TulseLuper I normally don't respond to a comment that's already 2 months old, but I just have to because I barely see anyone mentioning Arrested Development. AD is one of the funniest things I've ever seen. The problem is that stupid comedies generally make more money than smart comedies. Especially if it's a smart tv-serie you have to follow to completely get it (like AD).. people don't seem to have the patience for it, which is a damn shame.

[@TulseLuper]

I may post Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait soon. Beyond that, I'll mostly just do requests or the odd new release that outsiders can't access thanks to the BBC's bullshit rules.

[@lukeeadie6922]

Sex lives of the Potato Men?

[@TrippleH655321]

the big lebowski.

[@allaboutdmagic]

The Ludovitec technique? Vitejc? Vitech? I didn't know it had a name...just thought it was known as "holding subjects eyes open with patented harness device".

[@tomwright4969]

How about this, I am given a random film to watch not knowing what it is, and it's Little man. Shame on me?

[@tobyhart]

How about Little Wicker Man? A little person from Harlem disguises himself as a Scottish baby in order to investigate the disappearance of a script writer in the outer Hebrides, and ends up discovering real family values and the true meaning of sacrifice.

[@Studio4474]

Er...shame on me...

[@jd899]

Does it have more potential to deprave and corrupt than the video nasties were supposed to?

[@robmoore1341]

he loves it. It is just that he's married to it.

[@sweetsalvation7143]

😂

[@danmann861]

Im an Aussie...i lookedat the poster and trailer and thought it looked wretched SHIT

[@BOMBheadDOM]

Seriously, depressingly shite...What happened to the Wayans? Don't Be A Menace was amazing.

[@blokey8]

Any chance you've got Eastern Promises?

[@jacktalbot]

@TulseLuper really wish you would of used "coming of age" instead of Little Britian as your example. Thats not to say little britain isn't shit

[@sweetsalvation7143]

Lol

[@kemp10]

I haven't seen this and likely never will, but if the midget had been played by an actual midget would it have been nearly as bad?

[@ewanoliphant9448]

Hate when Kermode sits on the fence like this.

[@sweetsalvation7143]

Come on it wasn't that bad

[@garageofnonsense]

I do find Kermode a bit pompous, but little man is a disgustingly bad film and I have to agree with everything he says about the film.

[@sulijoo]

Hasn't American comedy become an oxymoron? Their comedy these days is simply not intrinsically funny, on any level. What it *has* become though, as Little Man, demonstrated, is sick, mean, vindictive, offensive, biggotted shite. I say this with a heavy heart since I was always a fan of Fraiser, Cheers, and Seinfeld.

[@lw3646]

The Haunting of Sharon Tate is equally badly made and grotesque.

[@basquat76]

I actually like little man. It was so stupid it was funny. I just amazed that somebody in this case the Wayans came up with this idea for a film.

[@sweetsalvation7143]

Same

[@purplenurps]

Forget this guy, like kermode he probably gets offended at anything(sulijoo not you)

[@reuben8856]

"If you're a woman, please quit your job immediately and go back to having children because that's what you're meant to do." Yes. This, but unironically. Yes.

[@relinquis]

film was alright. kermonde is so PC.

[@ClownenJac73]

You're evil and posessed by the devil!

[@somanytakennames]

No. Believe it or not, there are times when something is genuinely bad and having issue with it does not make you "PC".

[@catrionacolville2192]

relinquis No, he just has a moral compass.

[@killboggins]

You have no brain