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ACTOR
Melanie LynskeyNelsan EllisArmani JacksonOona Laurence
DIRECTOR
Rob Meyer
SYNOPSICS
Little Boxes (2016) is a English movie. Rob Meyer has directed this movie. Melanie Lynskey,Nelsan Ellis,Armani Jackson,Oona Laurence are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2016. Little Boxes (2016) is considered one of the best Comedy,Drama movie in India and around the world.
An interracial family struggles to adjust when they move from New York City to a small, predominately white town in Washington State.
Little Boxes (2016) Reviews
Rave reviews for this poignant film!
If you're looking for a thoughtful (and totally realistic) drama about an interracial family's transition from New York City to suburbia, look no further than this film. The expert storytelling delicately—and, at times, quite humorously—tackles the racial tensions that occur as they struggle to acclimate after their move, resulting in a timely and sensitive film that, at the core, is about a family just trying to do their best. I felt completely attached to every character in the film right off the bat. (A major credit to the nimble writing, directing and editing.) And while the story takes on a rather topical issue, it's the family narrative that will totally capture your heart. A must-watch!
Charming film!
Wonderful film...full of realistic, thought-provoking scenes. Very relatable to our everyday experiences. The film explores themes of moving to a new home, racial challenges, coming of age and confronting one's weaknesses. It offers a nice balance between drama, humor and reality. Recommend it for any age, including young adults, who can relate to the young actors and their characters. The music choices are great; the music enhances the story and the visual. The acting--young and old--was spot on! The characters were so believable, that i fell into the story and wholeheartedly went along for the ride! I highly recommend this film!
Makes for a great Family picture.
Little Boxes made of ticky tacky Little boxes moving to a small town, where they don't look the same. There's a black one and a white one and the one they made that's in-between and these boxes from Brooklyn are having a hard time adjusting to a vastly different way of life. So the idea of Little Boxes is that Clark Burns, an eleven year old kid from liberated New York, moves to Rome...Washington, were he's one of two black people living there. The other being his father Mack who is also feeling the awkwardness of being in a place where it seems for a lot of them he's the only black person they ever met, which brings us to Gina, the White woman pretty much responsible for bringing them there do to her job and is feeling the pressure of not fully understanding the situation. The social commentary is very subtle, but ringing loud and clear. I actually loved the contrast of Mack hanging with his boys back in Brooklyn (one black one white), and being comfortable to be politically incorrect, then coming to Rome where the slightest miss use of words has the white folks questioning themselves. Although as the movie brings up, Mack also can't help but to be sensitive to what the town folks think of him. But if I'm selling this to you as a comedy I want to point out that the funniest parts of the movie have nothing to do with any political issue, and everything to do with just very basic family matters type stuff. Moving to a new territory is difficult and the best hi jinks come from the new family in town just trying to deal. Nice little movie parading some big topics in a light hearted way. http://cinemagardens.com
doesn't quite get there
Little Boxes attempts to explore and unearth these certain racial frictions and casual racism that something like the film Get Out has done amazingly. The efforts are appreciated, and there are certainly good scenes (Mack's interactions with that 'writer') but the film never quite knows what to do with the things it brings up. It just lets them hang there uncomfortably, something that an ignorant audience can just brush past quickly.
Hits home
My wife and I are both mixed race with her looking more black than anything else between us 2 and our children look ethnically ambitious with our son rocking the afro like Clark.We get the assumptions and the awkward questions and conversations that make us laugh or feel offended.I like this realistic portrayal of mixed race family in the present time that shows there's still racism no matter how subtle and people try to act like it doesn't exist