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Little Boxes
Directed by
Rob Meyer
2017
84m
Not Rated
Comedy
,
Drama
5.9
67%
49%
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An interracial family struggles to adjust when they move from New York City to a small, predominately white town in Washington State.
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Cast of Little Boxes
Melanie Lynskey
Gina
Nelsan Ellis
Mack
Armani Jackson
Clark
Oona Laurence
Ambrosia
Janeane Garofalo
Helena
Nadia Dajani
Maya
Veanne Cox
Sarita
Miranda McKeon
Julie
Julie Hays
Dean Maureen
David Ebert
Tom
Christine Taylor
Joan Reed
Colin Critchley
Nigel Fishponds Kid
Little Boxes Reviews
indieWire
David Ehrlich
As perceptive as it is precious and predictable.
RogerEbert.com
Susan Wloszczyna
What keeps their movie watchable is that Lynskey, Ellis and Jackson are completely believable as a loving family unit going through a rough patch concerning their sense of identity and place.
Movie Nation
Roger Moore
Instantly forgettable.
Blu-ray.com
Brian Orndorf
I'd like to know what the heck suburbia personally did to screenwriter Annie J. Howell and director Rob Meyer to make them so mad at it.
The Young Folks
Jon Winkler
The greatest error in Little Boxes is that, despite dealing with a very serious and resonant topic, it's essentially harmless. It says nothing new and it's not funny enough to distract from how toothless it reveals itself to be.
Slant Magazine
Wes Greene
The film's default mode is to lazily skewer suburbanites as cartoonishly privileged yuppies.
Paste Magazine
Kenji Fujishima
Little Boxes at least acknowledges that messiness in a manner that feels like the filmmakers honestly, if at times clumsily, wrestling with an agonizingly complex issue.
The Film Stage
Jordan Raup
Despite the contrived drama surrounding it, this is a refreshingly uncynical portrait of familial strife.
Reel Talk Online
Candice Frederick
Jackson, Lynskey and Ellis all deliver effortless performances that further illuminate an essential narrative.
Common Sense Media
S. Jhoanna Robledo
Interesting, edgy indie drama tackles racism, fitting in.
Andscape
Soraya Nadia McDonald
In Little Boxes, there's cause for optimism because Meyer and Howell are doing interesting work that's absolutely necessary and not always easy: interrogating whiteness and the ways it shapes the people of color who encounter it.
Los Angeles Times
Katie Walsh
"Little Boxes" offers tame social commentary in a pleasant package.
TheWrap
Tricia Olszewski
Has good intentions if not the subtlest delivery. Coming in at merely 84 minutes, the film had plenty of room to include more shading of its characters.
New York Times
Neil Genzlinger
Countless movies have examined what happens when a country mouse goes to the city; this one shows that leaving a gentrified urban oasis for a small-town world can be just as jolting.
Film Journal International
Tomris Laffly
Rob Meyer's satisfying coming-of-age dramedy examines race relations through the story of an interracial family relocated to Washington State from multicultural Brooklyn.
Village Voice
Abbey Bender
While racist slights remain unfortunately common, Little Boxes doesn't exactly use them to illuminate the nuances of suburban life.
Flavorwire
Jason Bailey
Writer Annie J. Howell and director Rob Meyer stack up their woes without making them feel contrived, so when the breakdown comes, it's real, and it's heartbreaking.
Hollywood Reporter
David Rooney
A tonally wishy-washy movie with conflicts that feel too constructed to ring true and humor that ranges from ineffectually low-key to forced.
Variety
Geoff Berkshire
Even as some of the supporting players and subplots veer toward caricature, the family dynamics at the film's center remain entirely relatable.
We Got This Covered
Zachary Shevich
Failing to puncture the tension with consistent humor, the self-seriousness of each scene grows increasingly tedious as Little Boxes runs out of stimulating material.
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