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When “Black-ish” star Marsai Martin watched the Tom Hanks film “Big,” she wondered how the story would work if the characters were of a different race, gender, and age. As an alternative to a white male middle-schooler Josh Baskin wishing to be big and waking up in an adult male body, how about a 38-year-old black woman wishing to be big and waking up in an adult female body? It could be referred to as “Little”! As a result, Martin became the youngest person ever to receive a producing credit on a major Hollywood studio film, and he now stars as the younger version of an ultra-mean female boss named Jordan, who is played by Regina Hall in the adult version of the film.
Jordan’s motivation for becoming mean is revealed in a flashback: after being bullied and humiliated in middle school, she determined that the only way to protect herself was to become meaner than everyone else. “No one is allowed to bully the boss,” she asserts.
Present-day Jordan is a successful businessman who also happens to be a bully. Although she runs a successful software company adorned with huge blow-up versions of magazine covers touting her accomplishments, her CEO-ship consists mostly of barking orders and insults at her long-suffering assistant April (Issa Rae), shrieking at her because when she woke up, her slippers were more than 53 centimeters from the bed and she had to stretch her legs to get them to fit. What a nightmare! Jordan berates the staff in the manner of Meryl Streep in “The Devil Wears Prada,” and she tosses her coat at April in the manner of R. Lee Ermey in “Full Metal Jacket.”
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Adults are too frightened to confront her in person. But not the young girl who happens to be an amateur magician and who isn’t afraid to confront Jordan about why she is being so cruel. “I became well-known and wealthy. “Who’s going to check me, boo?” you might wonder. Jordan is the object of the girl’s wish, which she makes with her wand. And the next day, she awakens in the body of her middle school self, which is a shock (Martin). This provides April with the opportunity to make some changes at the company – as well as to rock some of Jordan’s clothes, including an animal-print blouse and gold skirt outfit that Jordan correctly informs her makes her look like Cookie from “Empire,” among other things. Jordan must return to school as a result of the intervention of a representative from Child Protective Services while April is at the office dealing with the threatened departure of a significant client (Rachel Dratch).
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The concept of body switching between young and old has been used as the basis for numerous films, with “Big” being the most successful, followed by other crowd-pleasing films such as “13 Going on 30,” “Vice Versa,” “17 Again,” and four different versions of “Freaky Friday.” On this subject, there is still much to be explored, but “Little” overlooks the majority of those opportunities in favor of obvious and borderline skeevy jokes about young Jordan falling for her attractive hunk of a middle school teacher (Justin Hartley), singing tipsily in a restaurant, and being spanked by April. When it comes to Middle School, the underwritten scenes are simply mean girl versus uncool table in cafeteria, though Martin does show off some cool ’90s dance moves during the school talent show.
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Hall and Martin put forth their best efforts, but Rae’s April is by far the more interesting of the two characters. Rae makes the most of the comedy as well as the more contemplative exploration of April’s growing confidence in her own voice, which Rae masterfully executes. The real story in “Little” is not about the mean girl who gets younger, but about the assistant who grows older.
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