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Released Year: 2017
Runtime: 84 minutes
Directors: Rob Meyer
Writers: Annie J. Howell
Casts: Janeane Garofalo, Nelsan Ellis, Veanne Cox, Christine Taylor, Melanie Lynskey, Oona Laurence, Armani Jackson, Nadia Dajani, Miranda McKeon, Julie Hays, David Ebert
IMDB: Little Boxes (2016)
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(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)
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The New York Times -
It avoids the big confrontation or grand statement; doing so allows it to be an effective, if somewhat uneventful, study of the Brooklyn bubble effect.
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RogerEbert.com -
Little Boxes doesn’t manage to summon as much unique insight into prejudice as screenwriter Annie Howell and director Ron Meyer probably expected to achieve. But what keeps their movie watchable is that Lynskey, Ellis and Jackson are completely believable as a loving family unit.
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Variety -
Even as some of the supporting players and subplots veer toward caricature, the family dynamics at the film’s center remain entirely relatable.
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Los Angeles Times -
Lynskey, Ellis, and Jackson are charming enough to buoy this lightly dramatic tale, but with a laid-back energy the stakes are never quite high enough. “Little Boxes” offers tame social commentary in a pleasant package.
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The Film Stage -
Despite the contrived drama surrounding it, this is a refreshingly uncynical portrait of familial strife.
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Little Boxes (2016)
It's the summer before 6th grade, and Clark is the new-in-town biracial kid in a sea of white. Discovering that to be cool he needs to act 'more black,' he fumbles to meet expectations, while his urban intellectual parents Mack and Gina also strive to adjust to small-town living. Equipped for the many inherent challenges of New York, the tight-knit family are ill prepared for the drastically different set of obstacles that their new community presents, and soon find themselves struggling to understand themselves and each other in this new suburban context.
Little Boxes (2016)
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)Loading...
Information
Released Year: 2017
Runtime: 84 minutes
Directors: Rob Meyer
Writers: Annie J. Howell
Casts: Janeane Garofalo, Nelsan Ellis, Veanne Cox, Christine Taylor, Melanie Lynskey, Oona Laurence, Armani Jackson, Nadia Dajani, Miranda McKeon, Julie Hays, David Ebert
IMDB: Little Boxes (2016)
Storyline
It's the summer before 6th grade, and Clark is the new-in-town biracial kid in a sea of white. Discovering that to be cool he needs to act 'more black,' he fumbles to meet expectations, while his urban intellectual parents Mack and Gina also strive to adjust to small-town living. Equipped for the many inherent challenges of New York, the tight-knit family are ill prepared for the drastically different set of obstacles that their new community presents, and soon find themselves struggling to understand themselves and each other in this new suburban context.
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Reviews
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The New York Times -
It avoids the big confrontation or grand statement; doing so allows it to be an effective, if somewhat uneventful, study of the Brooklyn bubble effect.
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RogerEbert.com -
Little Boxes doesn’t manage to summon as much unique insight into prejudice as screenwriter Annie Howell and director Ron Meyer probably expected to achieve. But what keeps their movie watchable is that Lynskey, Ellis and Jackson are completely believable as a loving family unit.
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Variety -
Even as some of the supporting players and subplots veer toward caricature, the family dynamics at the film’s center remain entirely relatable.
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Los Angeles Times -
Lynskey, Ellis, and Jackson are charming enough to buoy this lightly dramatic tale, but with a laid-back energy the stakes are never quite high enough. “Little Boxes” offers tame social commentary in a pleasant package.
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The Film Stage -
Despite the contrived drama surrounding it, this is a refreshingly uncynical portrait of familial strife.
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It's the summer before 6th grade, and Clark is the new-in-town biracial kid in a sea of white. Discovering that to be cool he needs to act 'more black,' he fumbles to meet expectations, while his urban intellectual parents Mack and Gina also strive to adjust to small-town living. Equipped for the many inherent challenges of New York, the tight-knit family are ill prepared for the drastically different set of obstacles that their new community presents, and soon find themselves struggling to understand themselves and each other in this new suburban context.
It's the summer before 6th grade, and Clark is the new-in-town biracial kid in a sea of white. Discovering that to be cool he needs to act 'more black,' he fumbles to meet expectations, while his urban intellectual parents Mack and Gina also strive to adjust to small-town living. Equipped for the many inherent challenges of New York, the tight-knit family are ill prepared for the drastically different set of obstacles that their new community presents, and soon find themselves struggling to understand themselves and each other in this new suburban context.
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It's the summer before 6th grade, and Clark is the new-in-town biracial kid in a sea of white. Discovering that to be cool he needs to act 'more black,' he fumbles to meet expectations, while his urban intellectual parents Mack and Gina also strive to adjust to small-town living. Equipped for the many inherent challenges of New York, the tight-knit family are ill prepared for the drastically different set of obstacles that their new community presents, and soon find themselves struggling to understand themselves and each other in this new suburban context.