Review of The Little Things (2021) by Theredsky — 25 Feb 2021

As the title suggests, it’s the little things that tank this movie. Typically, I love Rami Malek’s performances but here, you could have gotten a wooden door to act better than him. Every line he gives comes across as bland and boring and he puts hardly any emotion into his performance which really sucks.

Denzel Washington did a decent job with what he was given and Jared Leto was pretty good. Leto stole the show in every scene he was in but it wasn’t enough to save the film. It’s a very confusing mess of a film.

Nothing really makes sense and events kinda just happen without a lot of buildup except the ending. The ending was different and I wasn’t expecting it but it left me feeling unsatisfied. The whole movie is around a string of murders and it seems like the movie is taking you in that direction but instead it doesn’t explain anything.

I’m okay with leaving a movie’s main killer ambiguous but it feels weird when the film builds up that we are gonna find out who it is and then doesn’t. The editing also was really choppy and pacing was all over the place.

The beginning is incredibly slow and then the ending comes at breakneck speed. There were some well shot scenes, interesting color choices, and music but it isn’t enough to keep this film afloat. If you enjoy these actors or like murder mysterious then you might get something out of it but it might leave you feeling unsatisfied.