Best Little Movies

  • Juno

    Juno (PG-13, 2007)

    Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Jason Bateman, Jennifer Garner, Allison Janney
    When a teenage girl is faced with an unexpected pregnancy, she enlists the aid of her best friend in... read more finding the unborn child a suitable home in this coming-of-age comedy drama from Thank You for Smoking director Jason Reitman. Juno (Ellen Page) may seem wise beyond her years, but after sleeping with classmate Bleeker (Michael Cera), the pregnant teen quickly realizes how little she really knows about life. Thankfully, Juno has been blessed with parents (J.K. Simmons and Allison Janney) who trust their daughter's judgment, and a best friend named Leah (Olivia Thirlby), who's always willing to help out in a pinch. With a little help from Leah, Juno soon comes into contact with Mark (Jason Bateman) and Vanessa (Jennifer Garner) -- an affluent suburban couple who have been unable to conceive a child of their own. Mark and Vanessa seem like they would make great parents, and are eager to adopt Juno's unborn child. Now, as adolescent Juno is faced with a series of very adult decisions, she will draw on the support of her family and friends in order to discover who she truly is, and discover that one bad choice can have a lifetime of consequences. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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      fb593303864: . Perfectly cast; it could've been so great, but Juno's a little too snappity snap to let you forget that you're watching an indie flick written for her. Is M
      Reviewed 3 months days ago
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      fb197105157: A wonderful little comedy, Juno is only marred by a few inaccurate pop-culture references. Diablo Cody got her 1
      Reviewed 15 months days ago
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      fb1054755587: .. Acting was great, a little awkward seeing it with my 12 year old son!
      Reviewed 11 months days ago
  • Once

    Once (R, 2007)

    Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová, Hugh Walsh, Gerard Hendrick, Alastair Foley
    A Dublin-based busker and vacuum-cleaner repairman enters into a fruitful relationship with a piano ... read moreplaying florist in a toe-tapping "video album" directed by John Carney and featuring a cast comprised entirely of professional musicians. He (Glen Hansard of the Frames) was a six-stringed street musician. She (Markéta Irglová) was a flower woman who couldn't afford to purchase a piano of her own. One day, after admiring the musician's songs and asking if he would take a look at her broken vacuum, the flower-pushing piano player discovers that she shares a remarkable sonic rapport with the mechanically savvy guitarist. As their musical sensibilities quickly converge to striking effect, the talented pair soon determines to record an album together. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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      fb767289767: . I fell in love with this "little" film, that was made with less than 150000 euros, and it's much better than hundreds of films
      Reviewed 8 months days ago
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      fb4910665: Cherished every second of this impressive, little movie. Obviously, the music is the main attraction but these two are such a natural and irres
      Reviewed 9 months days ago
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      fb598917253: Smashing little film with some beautiful music and a well deserved Oscar for best song.
      Best musical in... ev
      Reviewed 2 years days ago
  • Little Miss Sunshine

    Little Miss Sunshine (R, 2006)

    Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, Abigail Breslin
    When a pudgy, bespectacled seven-year-old, Olive (Abigail Breslin), voices her desire to take home t... read morehe coveted Little Miss Sunshine crown at an upcoming beauty pageant, her wildly dysfunctional family sets out on an interstate road trip to ensure her a clear shot at realizing her dreams in former music video directorial team Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris' quirky feature debut, starring Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, and Toni Collette. Despite early career success as an outspoken motivational speaker, family patriarch Richard (Kinnear) continues to cling to his "Refuse to Lose" philosophy, much to the chagrin of his increasingly annoyed spouse, Sheryl (Collette). Add into the mix a Nietzsche-reading teenage son (Paul Dano) who has taken a vow of silence until he finds his fate as a fighter pilot; a horny, heroin-happy grandfather (Alan Arkin) with a penchant for creative profanity; and a suicidal genius (Carell) and Proust scholar still reeling about losing both his male lover and his MacArthur Foundation genius grant -- and the stage is set for a road trip in which sanity is sure to take the back seat. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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      fb767979697: . What could have been just another lame indie road movie turns out to be something a little more special. I thought it deserved best picture that year. It's ending is one of the most en
      Reviewed 3 months days ago
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      fb100001537274859: Very cute comedy. Every family member had a problem, which was funny. Some parts made me laugh very
      Reviewed 7 days days ago
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      fb821880446: wonderfully made, Little Miss Sunshine is a glorious film, with superb acting from all (especially little Abigail Breslin) and some very smart humour, this is a movie that succeeds in avoiding the ty
      Reviewed 8 months days ago
  • Waitress

    Waitress (PG-13, 2007)

    Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion, Cheryl Hines, Adrienne Shelly, Jeremy Sisto
    Trapped in a miserable marriage and blessed with the ability to transform her misery into delicious ... read moredesserts, a small-town waitress finds her life forever changed by an unplanned pregnancy. Every day, Jenna (Keri Russell) ties on her apron and serves her customers with a smile, and every night she goes to bed knowing that she is one step closer to the day that she can kiss her scarily domineering husband (Jeremy Sisto) goodbye forever. A smart and sassy baker whose extraordinary pies are inspired by her daily trials and tribulations, Jenna fears that her dreams are all but dead when handsome Dr. Pomatter (Nathan Fillion) reveals that she is soon to become a mother. As Jenna begins penning a series of letters to her unborn baby, her life starts to change for the better in ways she never could have imagined. The final film from actress/filmmaker Adrienne Shelly, Waitress debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah just months after the director was discovered dead in her New York City apartment -- the victim of a homicide. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
    • JennabGreat
      JennabGreat: . Cheryl Hines, I think you are an angel sent from Heaven just to make everything a little better.

      RIP Adrienne Shelly.
      Reviewed 2 years days ago
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      fb802620460: A fun film about the search for happiness in relationships -- touching a little on the line between right and wrong. This film will leave you craving pie.
      Reviewed 2 years days ago
    • osvetlik
      osvetlik: Surprisingly good for a chick flick, although a little odd.
      Reviewed 3 years days ago
  • Be Kind Rewind

    Be Kind Rewind (PG-13, 2008)

    Jack Black, Mos Def, Danny Glover, Mia Farrow, Melonie Diaz
    When a bumbling movie lover becomes magnetized while attempting to sabotage a local power plant and ... read moreaccidentally erases all of the videotapes in the small video store where his best friend works, the pair attempt to keep the store's loyal customer base by remaking as many of the top-renting movies as possible. Mike (Mos Def) is an employee at Be Kind Rewind, a modest mom and pop video store that is owned by Mr. Fletcher (Danny Glover). Mike's best friend Jerry (Jack Black) works in an auto garage/junkyard directly adjacent to a local power plant. Lately Jerry has become increasingly paranoid about the effects that the power plant is having on his health. Convinced that he has developed a brain tumor from working in such close proximity to the power plant, Jerry attempts to sabotage the plant. Unfortunately for Jerry, his brain is magnetized in the process. The next time Jerry goes to visit Mike at Be Kind Rewind, the powerful magnetization emanating from his brain erases every videotape in the store. Now the only way for Mike and Jerry to be sure that Be Kind Rewind stays in business is to remake every film on the shelves before the customers notice. But when word gets out that Mike and Jerry have remade such Hollywood classics as Back to the Future, Robocop, The Lion King, and Rush Hour without permission, the store is threatened with copyright violations and forced to close its doors. In the aftermath of the closing, Mr. Fletcher and his employees discover just how loyal their customers really are when the entire neighborhood pools their resources to transform the junkyard into a legitimate movie studio and produce an entirely original film detailing the incredible adventures of a local jazz legend. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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      fb727413932: 75% lovely and inspirational but exaggerated a little in the comedy
      Reviewed 15 months days ago
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      fb1577323886: munity togetherness and how the movies can bring people together but the rest of the flick had very little laughs or story.
      Reviewed 13 months days ago
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      fb727580377: . The script while funny just isn't relayed in the directing or the acting. It all seemed a little too flat. After an hour, I turned the film off finally getting bored with watching it. Disapo
      Reviewed 3 years days ago
  • Lars and the Real Girl

    Lars and the Real Girl (PG-13, 2007)

    Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, Paul Schneider, Patricia Clarkson, Kelli Garner
    Lars (Ryan Gosling) and Gus (Paul Schneider) are the grown children of a father who died recently an... read mored a mother who died giving birth to Lars. But as brothers, they couldn't be more different. While Gus lives in the family home and has a loving wife (Emily Mortimer) and a child on the way, Lars leads a more reclusive existence in the family's garage, hiding in plain sight of his small, wintry hometown. Painfully shy and eccentric, Lars fails to recognize that his co-worker Margo (Kelli Garner) has a major crush on him, and he picks up on a casual reference made by his cubicle mate, who mentions a website where you can order life-sized, anatomically correct sex dolls. But instead of seeing a sex object, Lars sees in this doll a potential life partner and the only kind of social "peer" he can relate to. So Lars orders a doll, whom he names Bianca, and begins treating her with utmost gentlemanly respect -- and as though she's his real-life, flesh-and-blood girlfriend. As he begins bringing Bianca with him everywhere he goes, the townspeople have to find just the right balance between supporting Lars' unusual romance and trying to introduce him to a more conventional partner. Lars and the Real Girl was written by Six Feet Under scribe Nancy Oliver and directed by Mr. Woodcock's Craig Gillespie. ~ Derek Armstrong, Rovi
  • In Bruges

    In Bruges (R, 2008)

    Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes, Clémence Poésy, Jérémie Renier
    Having just carried out a particularly difficult hit in London, two hitmen seek shelter in Bruges, B... read moreelgium, only to find their views on life and death permanently altered by their interactions with the locals, the tourists, and a film crew. Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, and Ralph Fiennes star in an action comedy from director Martin McDonagh. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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      fb516314239: . Smart, funny, a little violent but it works out. Definitely a "must see" lol.
      Reviewed 4 months days ago
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      fb710455200: . It is extremely well-written, witty and a little dramatic. Very nice story.
      Reviewed 13 months days ago
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      fb100002166899054: . A great tourist advert for Bruges as well! Three stars is a little harsh, but not quite a four.
      Reviewed 13 months days ago
  • Slumdog Millionaire

    Slumdog Millionaire (R, 2008)

    Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Madhur Mittal, Anil Kapoor, Irfan Khan
    Accused of cheating and desperate to prove his innocence, an eighteen-year-old orphan from the slums... read more of Mumbai reflects back on his tumultuous life while competing to win 20 million rupees on India's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire in Danny Boyle's inspirational drama. Jamal Malik (Dev Patel) may not have a penny to his name, but that could all change in a matter of hours. He's one question away from taking the top prize on India's most popular television game show, but as with everything else in Jamal's life, it isn't going to be easy. Arrested by police under suspicion of cheating, Jamal is interrogated by the authorities. The police simply can't believe that a common "slumdog" could possibly possess the knowledge to get this far in the game, and in order to convince them of how he gained such knowledge, Jamal begins reflecting back on his childhood. As young boys, Jamal and his older brother, Salim, lived in squalor, and lost their mother in a mob attack on Muslims. Subsequently forced to rely on their own wits to survive, the desperate siblings fell back on petty crime, eventually befriending adorable yet feisty young Latika as they sought out food and shelter on the unforgiving streets of Mumbai. Though life on the streets was never easy, Jamal's experiences ultimately instilled in him the knowledge he needed to answer the tough questions posed to him on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. And though Jamal makes a convincing case for himself, one question still remains: why would a young man with no apparent desire for wealth or fame be so determined to win big on a national game show? Of course, it won't be long until everyone finds out the answer to this burning question, because as Jamal sits down to find out whether he will be rich beyond his wildest dreams, 60 million viewers remain transfixed to their televisions eager to see if he'll correctly answer the final question. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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      fb760335129: What a great story, the brother was unforgettable and the children were perfect little actors! A must see!!
      Reviewed 13 months days ago
    • jim222001us
      jim222001us: All the hype and Oscar wins annoyed me a little. I had to see Slumdog Millionaire to see what was so great about it. It was so good that I go
      Reviewed 2 years days ago
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      fb100000025305704: . The little kids do an amazing job and actually carry the film. The film was deserving of the best pictur
      Reviewed 2 years days ago
  • Dan in Real Life

    Dan in Real Life (PG-13, 2007)

    Steve Carell, Juliette Binoche, Dane Cook, Alison Pill, Brittany Robertson
    A widower and father of three who also writes a parenting advice column for his local newspaper fall... read mores for the girlfriend of his younger brother during a family vacation in director Peter Hedges' offbeat love-triangle laugher. Steve Carell stars as the writer who finds his widely known convictions put to the ultimate test, with Dane Cook and Juliette Binoche respectively assuming the roles of the younger sibling and his radiant girlfriend. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
    • serverempire
      serverempire: . The ending was a little contrived I think though.
      Reviewed 16 months days ago
    • fb822840370
      fb822840370: its seemed a little like that crappy sarah jessica parker movie which i cant remember the mname right now but a l
      Reviewed 12 months days ago
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      fb1532277942: A nice little drama/comedy. Not Carell's usual stuff but still enjoyable and worth seeing.
      Reviewed 15 months days ago
  • Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

    Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (PG-13, 2008)

    Michael Cera, Kat Dennings, Alexis Dziena, Ari Graynor, Aaron Yoo
    Michael Cera and Kat Dennings star as two lonesome teens who make a love connection as they prowl th... read moree streets of New York looking for their favorite band's secret show, as well as for their drunk friend Caroline. Norah is sick of being the doormat for her catty friend Tris, so rather than look like she's arrived at yet another concert without her unreliable ex-boyfriend-with-benefits Tal, she grabs a stranger and pretends he's her date. Unfortunately, that stranger is Nick -- whom Tris just dumped. Oddly enough, though, Nick and Norah seem to have a real connection. But is Nick still too hung up on the princess? The only way to find out is to spend all night combing Manhattan in a yellow Yugo. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi
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      fb509096183: . So, what? He just fingered her? She had her first orgasm because he kind of tickled her snizz a little bit? That's . . . gay.

      Speaking of gay: I was very thankful that this film incorporated th
      Reviewed 38 days days ago
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      fb749920450: . I probably wouldn't watch it again, however...I kind of expected it to be a little bit better than what it was.
      Reviewed 2 years days ago
    • fb563458206
      fb563458206: . It was cute at times but I felt like it dragged on a little. The whole "sex scene" (if that's what you call it) was unnecessary. It didn't really suit th
      Reviewed 3 years days ago

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