# "Little Man," The New Worst Movie of All Time **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 7, 2006, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-man-the-new-worst-movie-of-all-time/363537 "2006-07-07T19:03:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-man-the-new-worst-movie-of-all-time/363537/1 "2006-07-07T19:03:16Z")
Last night we saw trailer on TV for a new movie called [“Little Man.”](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0430304/) Move over, Battlefield Earth. Take a seat, Manos. Step aside, Highlander II. We have a new all-time champion for the Worst Movie Ever Made. I challenge anyone with an IQ over 60 to watch that trailer and NOT immediately pray for an asteroid to strike the Earth. ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-man-the-new-worst-movie-of-all-time/363537/2 "2006-07-07T19:06:47Z")
I can’t wait to see this. It’s going to be sooooo bad! ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-man-the-new-worst-movie-of-all-time/363537/3 "2006-07-07T19:07:08Z")
I too saw this trailer. Worst worst ever ever…in oh so many ways. However it looked interesting/funny to my (normally fine) 14-year old daughter (who, I must admit also liked white chicks). I’m afraid this will find an audience. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-man-the-new-worst-movie-of-all-time/363537/4 "2006-07-07T19:34:00Z")
I just don’t think a comedy can qualify for worst ever. A truly worst ever movie must have some pretention of greatness or even goodness. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-man-the-new-worst-movie-of-all-time/363537/5 "2006-07-07T20:02:26Z")
I was really sad to see that Kerry Washington is part of this mess. ---
**Author:** ![DaddyTimesTwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@DaddyTimesTwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaddyTimesTwo)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-man-the-new-worst-movie-of-all-time/363537/6 "2006-07-07T20:26:34Z")
Didn’t the Family Wayans at one point show some kind of talent? Some kind of promise? What, O WHAT happened to it all? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-man-the-new-worst-movie-of-all-time/363537/7 "2006-07-07T20:32:44Z")
Every time that commerical comes on, all I can think is _“Finster! Ohhhh, Finster-baby!”_ ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-man-the-new-worst-movie-of-all-time/363537/8 "2006-07-07T20:34:27Z")
As bad as it looks, it still plays like Ibsen compared to the absolutely horrible trailers for _White Chicks_. A step up for the Wayans clan (as if any other direction was possible). ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-man-the-new-worst-movie-of-all-time/363537/9 "2006-07-07T20:41:31Z")
> [@Gangster Octopus](#): > > I just don’t think a comedy can qualify for worst ever. A truly worst ever movie must have some pretention of greatness or even goodness. I think I agree. If I can judge from the trailer, this thing isn’t even pretending that it won’t suck. It doesn’t have that “effort gone wrong” quality, it just seems like a **well he’s back** already covered my first thought: what makes this worse than _White Chicks_? This might compete with _Baby Geniuses 2_ in the execrable comedy field, but let’s not go throwing out the Manoses and Monster a-Go-Gos of the world just yet. It’s not like Coleman Francis is directing this one. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-man-the-new-worst-movie-of-all-time/363537/10 "2006-07-07T20:44:03Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I think I agree. If I can judge from the trailer, this thing isn’t even pretending that it won’t suck. It doesn’t have that “effort gone wrong” quality, it just seems like a :smack: the rest of that sentence should be “piece of intentionally-lowbrow crap that will be what it is trying to be.” I mean, the Wayanses also gave us the Scary Movie franchise, so can this movie really shock people with its badness anyhow? ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-man-the-new-worst-movie-of-all-time/363537/11 "2006-07-07T22:58:49Z")
> [@DaddyTimesTwo](#): > > Didn’t the Family Wayans at one point show some kind of talent? Some kind of promise? > > What, O WHAT happened to it all? In Living Color siphoned it all out (thankfully). ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-man-the-new-worst-movie-of-all-time/363537/12 "2006-07-07T23:03:50Z")
This all reminds me of how, 15+ years ago, when **In Living Color** started and it was all the rage. When I finally got around to seeing an episode it was, um, terrible. Maybe one sketch out of ten was actually funny. The rest were incredibly lame, one-joke, laugh-track laiden, filler material. Even the first two Scary Movies were pretty uneven, though overall they were funny. And it was very obvious how 3 was just a pale imitation (4 looks that way too). I think their best film was **Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood** , their parody of all the oh-so serious black ghetto movies of the 90s. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-man-the-new-worst-movie-of-all-time/363537/13 "2006-07-07T23:14:31Z")
> [@Hail Ants](#): > > This all reminds me of how, 15+ years ago, when **In Living Color** started and it was all the rage. When I finally got around to seeing an episode it was, um, terrible. Maybe one sketch out of ten was actually funny. The rest were incredibly lame, one-joke, laugh-track laiden, filler material. > > Even the first two Scary Movies were pretty uneven, though overall they were funny. And it was very obvious how 3 was just a pale imitation (4 looks that way too). > > I think their best film was **Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood** , their parody of all the oh-so serious black ghetto movies of the 90s. I’ve never actually seen _Don’t Be a Menace_, but _I’m Gonna Get You, Sucka!_, their parody of '70s blaxploitation movies, was pretty funny too. Then again, Keenan and Damon Wayans were MUCH funnier than the less-talented younger brothers Marlon and Shaun, who are the ones that keep getting shoved on the moviegoing public. ---
**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-man-the-new-worst-movie-of-all-time/363537/14 "2006-07-07T23:53:03Z")
> [@DaddyTimesTwo](#): > > Didn’t the Family Wayans at one point show some kind of talent? Some kind of promise? > > What, O WHAT happened to it all? Apparently they chucked it for [stratospheric box office success](http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1207353_1_0_,00.html): > [@Entertainment Weekly](#): > > Consider the numbers. Over the past 20 years, Wayans sibs like Kim (Juwanna Mann) and Damon (ABC’s My Wife and Kids) have written, directed, produced, and/or starred in more than 45 movies and television shows. In Living Color, the Emmy-winning 1990s sketch show that Keenen Ivory created, is one of BET’s biggest syndication hits. And the family boasts a combined domestic box office of over a billion bucks — a hefty $331 million of which comes from the powerhouse trio at the forefront of the Wayans dynasty, Keenen, 48, and brothers Shawn, 35, and Marlon, 33. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2006, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-man-the-new-worst-movie-of-all-time/363537/15 "2006-07-08T00:27:52Z")
Not to mention, that their films are extrermely cheep to produce. They make huge profits. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2006, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-man-the-new-worst-movie-of-all-time/363537/16 "2006-07-08T01:09:23Z")
I’m still waiting to see if Warner Bros. sues them for stealing the basic plot of the old Looney Tune _Baby Buggy Bunny_ (midget criminal disguises himself as baby, gets adopted). ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2006, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-man-the-new-worst-movie-of-all-time/363537/17 "2006-07-08T01:33:18Z")
> [@Least Original User Name Ever](#): > > In Living Color siphoned it all out (thankfully). One of the Wayanses did quite a good job, actually, in **Requiem for a Dream** , in a very serious dramatic role. Too bad they’ve gone back to crap “comedies.” ---
**Author:** ![DxZero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@DxZero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DxZero)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2006, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-man-the-new-worst-movie-of-all-time/363537/18 "2006-07-08T01:41:54Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > One of the Wayanses did quite a good job, actually, in **Requiem for a Dream** , in a very serious dramatic role. > Too bad they’ve gone back to crap “comedies.” Yeah, that was Marlon, the “baby” in the flick in question. He did an excellent job in Requiem, which makes **White Chicks** and **Little Man** all the more egregious. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2006, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-man-the-new-worst-movie-of-all-time/363537/19 "2006-07-08T01:58:28Z")
Previous thread about this: [It's official: It's the end times, and humanity is doomed. - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=377318) It does look truly, truly hideous :X ---
**Author:** ![Mayo\_Speaks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mayo\_Speaks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mayo_Speaks)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2006, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-man-the-new-worst-movie-of-all-time/363537/20 "2006-07-08T02:10:11Z")
> [@DxZero](#): > > Yeah, that was Marlon, the “baby” in the flick in question. > > He did an excellent job in Requiem, which makes **White Chicks** and **Little Man** all the more egregious. How much did he make for **Requiem**? I’d venture that it was a lot less (and took a lot more effort) than \*\*White Chicks \*\*or **Little Man**. I’ll insult these movies right along with you, but I can understand the desire to make money instead of great films. If they call me for their next movie, I’ll pretend to be a stereotypical black guy and make racist, sexist jokes. I’m not too proud to make a bunch of money, and I can’t blame others for wanting to get rich. :shrug: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-man-the-new-worst-movie-of-all-time/363537.md?page=2)