Little Giants (1994)
Average Rating: 4.4/10
Reviews Counted: 10
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 6
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Movie Info
A successful retired jock and his geeky younger brother play out their sibling rivalry by coaching rival little league football teams in this family comedy. Ed O'Neill plays the older brother, Kevin O'Shea, a former Heisman Trophy winner whose gridiron exploits have made him a local hero in his small Illinois hometown. Kevin is the almost unanimous choice to head up the town's Pop Warner football team, and he happily builds an imposing team from the best local players. One of the few objectors
Oct 14, 1994 Wide
Jul 8, 2003
Warner Home Video
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Cast
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Rick Moranis
Danny O'Shea -
Ed O'Neill
Kevin O'Shea -
John Madden (II)
Himself -
Shawna Waldron
Becky O'Shea -
Mary Ellen Trainor
Karen O'Shea -
Matthew McCurley
Nubie -
Susanna Thompson
Patty -
Brian Haley
Mike Hammersmith -
Sam Horrigan
Spike Hammersmith -
Todd Bosley
Jake Berman -
Eddie Derham
Fast Eddie -
Danny Pritchett
Tad Simpson -
Devon Sawa
Junior -
Troy Simmons
Hanon -
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Marcus Toji
Marcus -
Christopher Walberg
Timmy Moore -
Michael Zwiener
Rudy Zolteck -
Michael Blackburn
Mr. Vennaro -
Pat Crawford Brown
Louise -
Timothy Brown
Himself -
Willie C. Carpenter
Ref #1 -
Dabbs Greer
Wilbur -
DeJuan Guy
Hoyt -
Myron Healey
Doctor -
Bonnie Hellman
Mrs. Zolteck -
Mark Holton
Mr. Zolteck -
Rance Howard
Priest -
Michael Monks
Mr. Moore -
F. William Parker
Mayor Kelly -
Courtney Peldon
Debbie O'Shea -
Joey Simmrin
Murphy -
Gene Whittington
Mr. Hanon -
Harry Shearer
Announcer -
Frank Welker
Animation Vocal Soun... -
Richard E. Butler
Ref #2 -
Michael P. Byrne
Mr. Simpson -
Janna Michaels
Young Patty -
Joe Bays
Butz -
Harry Fleer
Orville -
Bruce Smith
Himself -
Justin Jon Ross
Young Danny
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All Critics (14) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (6) | DVD (4)
The little guy wins in this rote comedy.
One of the worst movies ever made.
Moranis and O'Neill make a good double-act but the script's as thin as a wafer
Unoriginal kids sports movie. Been there, done that. This is no Mighty Ducks.
A weak Bad News Bears-style rip-off. Totally unoriginal.
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- Tad Simpson: I should've gone to summer school!
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- Tad Simpson: [to the referee while being chased by Kevin's Cowboys] Blow the whistle! Blow the whistle! Blow it, blow it! Blow the whistle! Blow the- [gets pummeled offscreen as the referee finally blows the whistle]
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- Tad Simpson: [being chased by Kevin's Cowboys] I'm gonna die! I'm gonna die!
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- Jake Berman: [about his helmet] I can't see with this thing on!
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- Timmy Moore: [after getting knocked down and ran over by Spike] Did I pass the spelling test, Mrs. Greeley?
- Rudy Zolteck: Wow, Spike knocked him all the way back to second grade!
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- Danny O'Shea: [disguising his voice as an old lady] State police? Oh, thank God! My name is Thelma Mae Rogers. I'm 86 years old. I live in Urbania. There are two men down the bridge from the Shell station spying on some kids! [passes the phone to Timmy, who feign cries] We're all really scared. I just don't think it's right for men their age to be parading around in their underwear!
- Timmy Moore: Please hurry!
- Danny O'Shea: Oh, no! [hangs up the phone] Nice job. [high fives Timmy]
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In Urbania, Ohio, snobby ex-football star Kevin O'Shea conducts try-outs for the town's Peewee football team, the Urbania Cowboys, which will compete for a chance at the state Peewee football playoffs. Kevin slights his younger brother Danny O'Shea by rejecting Danny's daughter Becky "Icebox" O'Shea, who is a good player. Kevin rejected her simply because she's a girl. Becky and some of her friends, boys who were also rejected, get the idea to start up their own team, to be coached by Danny. After Kevin tries to put a stop to that plan, Danny gets Kevin to agree to a game to decide which team will represent Urbania, because each town is allowed only one team. Danny and Becky scour the town in search of willing players, and they gather a crew of kids who have limited skills and no team spirit. They luck out when Becky discovers Junior Floyd expertly passing rolls of toilet paper right into a shopping cart at the supermarket, as though he's passing a football. With Becky and Junior on board, the new team, the Giants, has a chance to make a good showing, and they begin their training. But low morale continually threatens to break up the team. A chance visit by former NFL football coach John Madden and four NFL football stars -- Steve Entman, Bruce Smith, Emmitt Smith, and Tim Brown -- leaves the team with several tips on how to create an advantage. Becky develops a crush on Junior Floyd, and she's jealous when her cheerleader cousin Debbie flirts with Junior. Becky decides to compete for Junior on equal terms, so she puts on make-up and a cheerleader outfit, joining the cheerleaders and abandoning the team. But the Cowboys will be coming into the game with a vicious new player named Spike Hammersmith. Will Becky be there for the team if they need her?