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By Matthew Monagle (156) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 28 Jan 2021

Whatever points The Little Things scores for a morally ambiguous ending are washed away in the hours it takes to get there…

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By Valerie Complex (58) for Consequence of Sound (1,431) on 28 Jan 2021

It’s a miserable experience — a dull, dated copy of something we’ve seen before — and takes way too long to ever get moving…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 27 Jan 2021

Malek and Washington are electric together in this atmospheric, moody thriller that will keep you guessing and on the edge of the proverbial…

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By Michael O'sullivan (1,712) for Washington Post (9,851) on 27 Jan 2021

It boasts a sterling main cast — Denzel Washington, Rami Malek, Jared Leto — as well as open-endedness that is simultaneously pleasurable…

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By Jake Coyle (526) for The Associated Press (882) on 27 Jan 2021

An almost sturdy, often gripping genre exercise that ultimately doesn’t find enough fresh material in the serial killer procedural to warrant…

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By Liam Lacey (1,725) for Original-Cin (1,156) on 27 Jan 2021

The parts of The Little Things that are good aren’t original, and the parts that are original aren’t good…

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By James Mottram (656) for Total Film (3,532) on 26 Jan 2021

Led by a trio of Oscar winners knocking it out of the park, The Little Things is a murky must-see…

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By Rodrigo Perez (382) for The Playlist (3,871) on 26 Jan 2021

Especially in its upending, pivoting-away-from-crime norms, morally ambiguous ending, Hancock’s picture reveals itself to have much more…

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By Leah Greenblatt (734) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 26 Jan 2021

In the absence of a clean ending, then, what's left is the familiar intrigue of smart men squinting dolefully at distant horizons and bloodied…

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By David Ehrlich (1,229) for IndieWire (3,631) on 26 Jan 2021

The Little Things is pulpy and ridiculous and requires some major suspension of belief, but — if you didn’t know any better — you might…

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By David Rooney (943) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 26 Jan 2021

If the director's generally taut original screenplay settles on an ending too cryptic to be fully satisfying, the performances of Denzel Washington…

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By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 26 Jan 2021

It’s got an interesting structure — it’s not just about catching a killer but also about revealing Deke’s story…

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By A.a. Dowd (854) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 26 Jan 2021

To enjoy the film on its own cookie-cutter terms depends on finding pleasure, guilty or otherwise, in tropes recycled with total straight-faced…

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By Robert Daniels (336) for Polygon (677) on 26 Jan 2021

Hancock, in what might be his best film, grazes with greatness by constructing an enthralling thriller that relies on the talent of its three…

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By Chris Evangelista (306) for Slashfilm (971) on 26 Jan 2021

As entertaining as it may be to revel in the 1990s setting of it all, not updating the script makes The Little Things feel stale…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 26 Jan 2021

Its the pleasure of this cast’s company — grounded, detailed performances with a flourish here and there — that make this otherwise routine…

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By Barry Hertz (792) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 26 Jan 2021

Hancock (The Blind Side, The Founder) keeps the action moving briskly and with little tonal confusion, highlighting just what a polished studio-favoured…

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By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen Daily (1,021) on 26 Jan 2021

Because The Little Things is so indebted to the tenets of its genre, it can only succeed by bringing originality and a fresh perspective to…

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By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 26 Jan 2021

The movie's exploration of obsession and a sliding scale of what’s right vs…

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By Chuck Bowen (756) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 26 Jan 2021

John Lee Hancock’s The Little Things blends two modes of the serial killer film, both of which have been shepherded by David Fincher…

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