Dave Sheridan, John Witherspoon, Kerry Washington

After several years in prison, a recently paroled tough-as-nails--though not-quite-three-foot-tall -- jewel thief Calvin Sims decides it's time to retire from a life of crime, but not before pulling o...( read more  read more... )ff one last big heist. A notorious crime boss has offered Calvin and his former partner Percy P $100,000 to steal the famous Queen Diamond. The heist goes bad, and Calvin is forced to drop the jewel into Vanessa Edwards' purse. Vanessa and her husband Darryl then return to their suburban Chicago neighborhood unaware that they have become pawns in a high-stakes crime. Darryl and Vanessa are having problems of their own. Darryl is dying to assume the responsibilities of parenthood. But Vanessa, who has just been promoted to vice president at an advertising firm, is worried that having a baby will limit her ability to climb higher up the corporate ladder. Percy and Calvin devise a plan to exploit their insecurities in order to recover the stolen gem. Calvin will masquerade as a 'baby,' infiltrate their home and sneak away with the diamond. He deposits himself in a baby basket on Darryl and Vanessa's doorstep. Darryl leaps at the opportunity to prove he's ready for fatherhood by caring for the abandoned child for the weekend. Once inside the Edwards home, the tough, cynical Calvin finds life as a 'baby' to be a living hell and retrieving the diamond much tougher than he'd imagined.

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86 critics

PG-13, 1 hr. 30 min.

Directed by: Keenen Ivory Wayans

Release Date: July 14, 2006

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DVD Release Date: November 7, 2006

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  • October 9, 2008
    It was funny enough to watch once.
  • February 23, 2008
    As a Wayans brothers fan, I was totally pleased with this film. It is so funny and hilarious that I couldn't stop laughing throuout all the movie. So clever and well made that everyone must watch it
  • February 4, 2008
    not as funny as I thought it was going to be.
  • September 4, 2007
    Like having your eyes raped out of their sockets. Absolute shit. I wish this film had a counter in the bottom left hand corner that dictated the amount of people that died during this film so I could envy them. The Wayans are to comedy what Fred and Rosemary West are to gardening.
  • August 26, 2007
    Standard film, mediocre, nothing further, worth one watch or two.
  • November 2, 2009
    Must be stupid but cool !
  • October 30, 2009
    Why are the Wayans guys still allowed to make movies?!
  • October 29, 2009
    Way better then what I was expecting & WAY better then White Chicks
  • October 29, 2009
    Funny, cute and heartwarming...
  • October 18, 2009
    Yet another brain dead comedy. Nothing original here. Almost insulting to watch ... If the movie makers had simply printed "we've screwed you over" on the screen it might have got more laughs. - Wow, that was bitchy.

Critic Reviews


July 14, 2006
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

Buried under all this is a rather sweet story about families, but it's hard to see it amongst all the tastelessness. full review

July 13, 2006
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune

Viewers who seek out this film will get just what they deserve and exactly what they want. Crass as it is, Little Man will have a special place in the right sort of heart. full review

July 13, 2006
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine

An outlandishly crude farce that crossbreeds Chuck Jones's classic Baby Bugs Bunny with In Living Color's absurd "The Head Detective" to dismally predictable results. full review

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  • JohnnyDfan4ever
    September 30, 2007
    this is not a most seee !!
    im sorry but this movie suck big time
    the special effects were like sooo fake && bad
    it was not even that funny...like probaly in the whole movie i laught two times,the rest was just dumb
  • jake221994
    August 9, 2007
    must c
  • kylethomas735
    July 6, 2007
    this movie was ok but i have seen alot funnier
  • FreedomPrince
    June 4, 2007
    haha a very funny movie that chill me up =)
  • ammar1988
    May 21, 2007
    hhhhhhhhhhhhh cool movie i love it very much
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  • pcpoile
    April 4, 2007
    i fucking luv dis film has 2 b 1 of da funniest films ive sin
  • angelicatn
    February 14, 2007
    this is one of the funniest move i ever have seen :) i was laughing so much when i saw at for the first time!
  • adhash2006
    January 5, 2007
    it's the funniest movie i have ever seen.
    it's extremely cool. i hope to see movies like this one.
  • MCBurnit
    December 23, 2006
    People actually like this Movie?

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