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Cast

Rick Moranis
as Danny O'Shea

Ed O'Neill
as Kevin O'Shea

Shawna Waldron
as Becky O'Shea

Devon Sawa
as Junior Floyd

Todd Bosley
as Jake Berman

John Madden (II)
as Himself

Mary Ellen Trainor
as Karen

Matthew McCurley
as Nubie

Susanna Thompson
as Patty

Brian Haley
as Mike

Michael Zwiener
as Rudy Zolteck

Danny Pritchett
as Tad Simpson

Troy Simmons
as Hanon

Sam Horrigan
as Spike

Joe Paul Steuer

Joey Simmrin
as Murphy

Marcus Toji
as Marcus

Christopher Walberg
as Timmy Moore

Steve Entman
as Himself

Bruce Smith
as Himself

Gene Whittington
as Mr. Hanon

Emmitt Smith
as Himself

Mark Holton
as Mr. Zolteck

Tim Brown
as Himself

Courtney Peldon
as Debbie

Bonnie Hellman
as Mrs. Zolteck

Michael P. Byrne
as Mr. Simpson

Tad Simpson
as Danny Pritchett

Michael Monks
as Mr. Moore

John Paul Steuer
as Johnny Vennar

F. William Parker
as Mayor Kelly

Eddie Derham
as Bobby Tasker

Alexa PenaVega
as Priscilla O'Shea

Michael Blackburn
as Mr. Vennaro

Joe Bays
as Harold Butz

Harry Shearer
as Announcer

Rickey D'Shon Collins
as Briggs

Harry Fleer
as Orville

Frank Carl Fisher II
as Billy Patterson

Dabbs Greer
as Wilbur

Willie C. Carpenter
as Ref #1

Richard E. Butler
as Ref #2

Justin Jon Ross
as Young Danny

Janna Michaels
as Young Patty

Myron Healey
as Doctor

Rance Howard
as Priest

DeJuan Guy
as Hoyt

Pat Crawford Brown
as Louise

Frank Welker
as Animation Vocal Sound Effects

Timothy Brown
as Himself

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Critic Reviews for Little Giants

Audience Reviews for Little Giants

• Jun 26, 2017

  Ah the old cliched sports movie, a veritable treasure trove of...cliches. I mean what can I possibly say here that everyone doesn't already know about? It doesn't matter that this is a kids movie, in fact that makes it even worse for the cringeworthy cliches. So the little all American town of Urbania (sounds like a small eastern European country) has a pee-wee football team called the Cowboys. Said team is coached by the local hero Kevin O'Shea (Ed O'Niell). After try outs for the team various useless kids are cut including local girl Becky who is daughter of Kevin's brother Danny (Rick Moranis). Upset by being cut Becky convinces her dad to create another team for all the kids who didn't make the grade for the Cowboys. Unfortunately this goes against the rules of one town, one team which is pointed out with much glee from Kevin. So Danny and his ragtag team of inept kids challenge Kevin and his well oiled machine of kids, to a playoff. Which team will represent the town Valkenvania...Castlevania...Transylvania...Urbania!! Yeah so you should know what to expect here, we've seen this type of thing a million times in various movies for kids. The bumbling cack-handed kids of the Little Giants team are a stereotypical bunch. You've got the fat kid who's funny because he's fat, clearly very unfit and unhealthy...funny huh! The scrawny weedy kid who's half the size of everyone else, wears glasses, has a basin haircut and is a mummy's boy. The token black kid...who also can't catch. The token Asian kid...who's also mega fat and wears glasses. One kid who cries all the time, one kid who gets injured all the time, and of course the one good looking blonde kid who's kinda good. On the other hand the fitter and better trained kids of the Cowboys team are also a stereotypical bunch. Stereotypical in the sense that they all look pretty uniform in appearance from physique to haircuts. One team is an uncouth messy mishmash of nerds; the other a highly organised, well trained team of young jocks. Each teams coach also represents those stereotypes in the sense that Danny (Moranis) is more of a laid back, spectacle wearing academic type who wants the kids to just have fun. Where as Kevin (O'Niell) is more of a no nonsense coach with a slick haircut, fancy sports car and likes (has) to win big. Danny coaches his unruly Giants with creative methods that involve no funds. Kevin has his own assistant, the team have expensive proper kits and equipment, and they use pro training methods within proper facilities. The movie certainly does seem to push the old negative stereotype that anyone who wears spectacles must be some sort of weedy nerd who is more academic than sporty. Vice versa it also pushes the daft stereotype that anyone who is sporty must be large, muscular and have a buzz cut. The thing is the movie never really addresses those stereotypes. I mean yeah sure the Giants win in the end (unsurprising spoiler alert!) and the Cowboys do recognise and applaud their opponents, but the stereotypes are still there, the movie doesn't really attempt to rectify them. Being a sports movie about American (pee-wee) football mixed with elements from 'Home Alone' does offer up some nice ideas, but its still a by the numbers movie really. Lots of silly training montages from both teams, lots of silliness from the kids, heartfelt moments from the adults yadda yadda yadda. There is a painfully slow car chase sequence in the movie which was so obviously staged I dunno why they kept it in. I do like Ed O'Niell but yet again he's basically giving us Al Bundy with his performance, he seems completely unable to break away from that persona. Where as Rick Moranis just does what he's always done really, play a spectacle wearing geek with a heart. As for the kid actors, well they do OK. They all do a good job in playing disgusting or wimpy nerds that's for sure, they all looked their parts. Obviously this movie is the typical underdog tale, unashamedly so, and that's not a bad thing because it is supposed to be for young kids. And while the movie is a feel good flick which kids I'm sure will enjoy, I can't help but feel the overall message is somewhat mixed (if you wear glasses you're a nerd!). Its definitely a well made movie, very colourful, cheerful and chock full of cheekiness, just don't expect anything original. But I think we all know and expect this.
  Phil H Super Reviewer
• Jan 07, 2012

  If I remember right the very 1st time I saw this movie I didn't like it but after seeing it again so many years later I think it was a good movie.Now I wonder what it was that I didn't like about it.I enjoyed it from the start.Ed O' Neil was great as the local football hero who was a bit of a douchebag & when he did that Heisman trophy pose I thought of Al Bundy & Ric Moranis was good as his younger brother.Little Giants also has a decent ending which everybody can enjoy but what family movie doesn't?
  Brody M Super Reviewer
• May 25, 2011

  Same old plot, but much funnier than other movies of its kind
  

  Jackson W Super Reviewer
• Jun 26, 2010

  A typical and predictable underdog tale about a group of boys who were not picked for a football team and so they formed their own with the nerdy Danny O'Shea's (Rick Moranis) as their team's captain. His brother Kevin O'Shea (Ed O'Neill of Married with children) is a former NFL star and town hero, has all the best athletes but Danny has a secret weapon in the form of his daughter (The Icebox) who is of course a better player than most of the boys on the opposing side and while his team doesn't boast the brawn of his brother's, his little players have big hearts and a lot of will. Cute, funny and overall entertaining!
  Deb S Super Reviewer

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