The Little Things is a neo-noir crime thriller released on January 29, 2021. It was written and directed by John Lee Hancock.
Summary: Kern County Deputy Sheriff Joe Deacon is sent to Los Angeles for what should have been a quick evidence-gathering assignment. Instead, he becomes embroiled in the search for a serial killer who is terrorizing the city.
Notable Cast Members:
Denzel Washington – Joe ‘Deke’ Deacon
Rami Malek – Jim Baxter
Jared Leto – Albert Sparma
Review: You know when you see a movie and you’re like, I’m interested, it’s got a few good actors, and with the plot summary you get, it hooks you a little bit. But with all of that, you haven’t heard too many people talk about it. You’re in the mood to watch a movie so you hit that play button not knowing if you decided to waste two hours of your life or if this is going one of those gold nuggets, you think you may discover on accident. Well, this is one of those gold nuggets. The name of the movie, The Little Things, is exactly what this movie is. It’s not the big blockbuster or the movie anyone is talking about but this movie is surprisingly good.
I don’t know why it should be surprising because it has Washington, Leto, and Malek. Some people claim this movie is trying to be Seven but I don’t get how since it shows you the possible killer quickly and it doesn’t try to hide it. I also feel the movie was clever in how it gave you just enough clues to think the killer was who he is, but it also gave you not enough to show you for sure. It leaves you feeling doubtful but also feeling sure he is it.
Look, as someone who likes this style of movies, I think the three actors did very well here and played their parts beautifully. They were very subtle but sometimes I think that gets wrongly aligned with phoning it in, but for this movie, I think it fits. Sometimes a great piece of art doesn’t have to be the most colorful. In this particular movie, I feel like it really brings everything to feel like real life. The characters feel real and not overdramatic this isn’t very gruesome. By the way, I feel like someone who doesn’t normally like horror movies or movies aligned with horror could watch this as a good mystery movie.
Hancock is the director of the film, and I will keep my eye on him to see what he does next. He has done a few movies already such as The Rookie and Saving Mr. Banks, which aren’t movies on my radar. But this one now I may even go watch a couple of his films to get a better feel of him after watching this movie.
On Letterboxd, I rated this one a four out of five stars and I obviously liked it. Is it perfect like I feel Seven is? No, but it was good enough. I’m still thinking about what I saw and how I feel. When does a movie do that to you, then it sticks with you and to me that is a good film.
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