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Little Giants

1994 · 107 min

A warm, goofy underdog sports comedy that's easy to watch with family, full of slapstick and heart.

Tagline: For everyone who's waited to be chosen, and wasn't... your day has come.
Overview: When Danny O'Shea's daughter is cut from the Peewee football team just for being a girl, he decides to form his own team, composed of other ragtag players who were also cut. Can his team really learn enough to beat the elite team, coached by his brother, a former pro player?

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Tone: warmstrength 3 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
friendship
coming-of-age
identity
sport
Places: small town
school
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	5
Horror	0
Humour	7
Realism	6
Romance	3
Tension	4
Darkness	1
Complexity	2
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: comedy, family
Directed by: Duwayne Dunham
Written by: Tommy Swerdlow, Robert Shallcross, James Ferguson, Michael Goldberg
Starring: Rick Moranis, Ed O'Neill, Devon Sawa, Shawna Waldron, Todd Bosley, Michael Zwiener, Danny Pritchett, Troy Simmons
Music: John Debney
Cinematography: Janusz Kamiński
Runtime: 107 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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