Little Boy

When a short-statured, bullied, 8-year-old boy (Jakob Salvati), who lives with his mom (Emily Watson) and older brother (David Henrie), in California, watches his beloved mechanic father (Michael Rapaport) go off to war in the 1940s in this heartbreaking, heartwarming, well-acted, family-friendly, star-studded (Kevin James, Ben Chaplin, Ted Levine, Ali Landry, and Abraham Benrubi), 100-minute film dotted with striking cinematography, he is desperate to have his father return home and methodically and with fierce determination begins checking off a list of items, including befriending a Japanese widow (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa), given to him by the compassionate local priest (Tom Wilkinson) as a way to direct his energies and give him hope.
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