Little Big Man (1970) poster
1970 · western · drama

Little Big Man

Directed by Arthur Penn2h 19m1970
ElsewhereIMDb7.539kRT91%Metacritic63TMDB7.4721
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Neutral, measured, measured western / drama, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.

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Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and fighting with General Custer.

Our read · Little Big Man (1970) reads as a neutral, measured, inventive western · drama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.

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You want a revisionist Western epic told with sly humor and moral weight.

ends bittersweetit stays with youa slow buildgrips by minute 22attention 4/5feels its length
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upgraphic violence

Skip it tonightSkip if a long, meandering frontier saga feels too slow tonight.

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Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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