Little Giants (1994)

Release date: 1994-10-14
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: Duwayne Dunham
Production Co: Warner Bros., Amblin Entertainment, Warner Bros. Family Entertainment
Genre: Comedy, Family
Rating: 6.4/10
Length: 1h 47min

Storyline

In Urbania, Ohio, snobby ex-football star Kevin O'Shea conducts try-outs for the town's Peewee football team, the Urbania Cowboys, which will compete for a chance at the state Peewee football playoffs. Kevin slights his younger brother Danny O'Shea by rejecting Danny's daughter Becky "Icebox" O'Shea, who is a good player. Kevin rejected her simply because she's a girl. Becky and some of her friends, boys who were also rejected, get the idea to start up their own team, to be coached by Danny. After Kevin tries to put a stop to that plan, Danny gets Kevin to agree to a game to decide which team will represent Urbania, because each town is allowed only one team. Danny and Becky scour the town in search of willing players, and they gather a crew of kids who have limited skills and no team spirit. They luck out when Becky discovers Junior Floyd expertly passing rolls of toilet paper right into a shopping cart at the supermarket, as though he's passing a football. With Becky and Junior on ...

Plot Keywords

coach, kiss on the lips, kiss, football movie, crush, football team, cheerleader, father daughter relationship, father daughter hug, playing chess, reference to albert einstein, falling off a bicycle, chase, football practice, car wash, binoculars, high five, falling from a tree, jumping through a window, underdog

Short Review

Working in two platoons, [the four screenwriters] have skillfully removed all vestiges of originality from this story, and turned in a perfectly-honed retread of every other movie about how a team of losers wins the big game.