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From: Chicago Sun-Times
Date: 19980508
Author:Roger Ebert

LITTLE MEN (STAR) 1/2 Nat Blake Michael Caloz Jo Bhaer Mariel Hemingway Dan Ben Cook Tommy Bangs Ricky Mabe Fritz Bhaer Chris Sarandon Directed by Rodney Gibbons. Written by Mark Evan Schwartz. Based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott. Running time: 98 minutes. Rated PG (for mild thematic elements and brief language). Opening today at local theaters.

In my review of "Little Women" (1994), I wrote, "The very title summons up preconceptions of treacly do-gooders in a smarmy children's story." I was relieved to report that the movie itself was nothing of the sort; it was a spirited ...

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