“The Litte Things” is a neo-noir crime thriller by writer, director John Lee Hancock. It premiered on HBO Max on January 29, 2021.
So let’s dive into some trivia and facts about the film.
- The Little Things is a 2021 American neo-noir crime thriller film
- It is written and directed by John Lee Hancock
- It is produced by Hancock and Mark Johnson
- The plot follows two police officers (Denzel Washington and Rami Malek) who try to catch a serial killer in 1990s Los Angeles
- Then they find a strange man (Jared Leto) who may or may not be the top suspect
- The Little Things was released in the United States on January 29, 2021 by Warner Bros. Pictures
- As well as a month-long simultaneous release on the HBO Max streaming service
- The film received mixed reviews from critics
- Critics praised the performances, direction, and atmosphere
- But noted the film as familiar and criticized the screenplay, with some comparing it unfavorably to Seven (1995)
- The first draft was written by Hancock in 1993 for Steven Spielberg to direct
- Spielberg passed because he felt the story was too dark
- Clint Eastwood, Warren Beatty, and Danny DeVito were all separately attached to direct before Hancock decided to helm his own screenplay
- In March 2019, Denzel Washington signed on to star in the film
- In May, Rami Malek joined the cast
- In August, Jared Leto entered into talks for the role of the serial killer, Albert Sparma
- Natalie Morales, Joris Jarsky, Sheila Houlahan and Sofia Vassilieva were cast in September
- In October, Michael Hyatt, Kerry O’Malley, Jason James Richter, Isabel Arraiza and John Harlan Kim joined the cast of the film
- In November, Chris Bauer joined the cast
- Principal photography began on September 2, 2019, in Los Angeles, California
- Principal photography wrapped in December 2019
- The film’s score was composed by Thomas Newman
- The film was released on January 29, 2021 in theaters by Warner Bros. Pictures
- The film also had a simultaneous release on the HBO Max streaming service for 31 days
- This is part of Warner Bros.’ plans for all of its 2021 films
- On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes it has a 48% rating
- Based on 153 critics
- With an average rating of 5.6/10
- The website’s critics consensus reads: “An exceptionally well-cast throwback thriller, The Little Things will feel deeply familiar to genre fans — for better and for worse”
- According to Metacritic, which assigned it a weighted average score of 54 out of 100
- Based on 43 critics
- The film received “mixed or average reviews”.
- Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of “B–” on an A+ to F scale
