• Little Boxes (2017)

    It's the summer before sixth grade, and Clark (Armani Jackson) is the new-in-town biracial kid in a sea of white kids. Discovering that to be cool he needs to act more black, he fumbles to meet expectations, while his parents, Mack (Nelsan Ellis) and Gina (Melanie Lynskey), also strive to adjust to small-town living. Equipped for the many inherent challenges of New York, the members...

    NetflixVUDUiTunes StoreAmazon.comYouTubeWatch Online
Little Boxes
52
metacriticBased on 12 Critics

Release Date: April 14th, 2017

Not Yet Rated |1 hr 24 min

Plot Summary

It's the summer before sixth grade, and Clark (Armani Jackson) is the new-in-town biracial kid in a sea of white kids. Discovering that to be cool he needs to act more black, he fumbles to meet expectations, while his parents, Mack (Nelsan Ellis) and Gina (Melanie Lynskey), also strive to adjust to small-town living. Equipped for the many inherent challenges of New York, the members of the tight-knit family are ill prepared for the different set of obstacles that their new community presents.

Cast: Melanie Lynskey, Nelsan Ellis, Armani Jackson, Oona Laurence, Janeane Garofalo, Nadia Dajani, Veanne Cox, Julie Hays

Director: Rob Meyer

Genres: Comedy drama

Production Co: Gilbert Films, Related Pictures, Mighty Engine

Keywords: Small town, Mother, Hilarious, Growing up, Rivalry, Father, Love, Amusing, House

More on Wikipedia

Stream and Watch Online

Cast & Crew

view all

Ratings & Reviews

  • 63
    Susan WloszczynaRogerEbert.com

    Little Boxes doesn’t manage to summon as much unique insight into prejudice as screenwriter Annie Howell and director Ron Meyer probably expected to achieve. But what keeps their movie watchable is that Lynskey, Ellis and Jackson are completely believable as a loving family unit. show more

  • 50
    David RooneyThe Hollywood Reporter

    Meyer aims to emulate the jagged freeform jazz that permeates his soundtrack, but this wan indie is strictly middle-of-the-road background music. show more

  • 65
    Tricia OlszewskiTheWrap

    Little Boxes has good intentions if not the subtlest delivery. show more

See all critic reviews on metacritic.com

Similar Movies

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

When Joanna Drayton (Katharine Houghton), a free-thinking white woman, and black doctor John Prentice (Sidney Poitier) become engaged, they travel to San Francisco to meet her parents. Matt Drayton (S...

Stream Online
Get Out
Get Out

Now that Chris (Daniel Kaluuya) and his girlfriend, Rose (Allison Williams), have reached the meet-the-parents milestone of dating, she invites him for a weekend getaway upstate with Missy and Dean. A...

Stream OnlineWatch Trailer
Do the Right Thing
Do the Right Thing

Salvatore "Sal" Fragione (Danny Aiello) is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out (Giancarlo Esposito), becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria's Wall of F...

Stream Online