Stars of the comedic flick 'Little Man', from left: Marlon Wayans as Baby Calvin Sims; Ken Kramer as Dr. Murphy; Kerry Washington as Vanessa Edwards and Shawn Wayans as Darryl Edwards. - Contributed
In Little Man, Marlon Wayans stars as Calvin Sims, a recently paroled tough-as-nails - though not-quite-three-foot-tall- jewel thief who, after several years in prison, decides to retire from a life of crime, but not before pulling off one last big heist.
A notorious crime boss - Walken (Chazz Palminteri) - offers Calvin and his former partner Percy P (Tracy Morgan) US$100,000 to steal the famous Queen Diamond. Because there's a glitch in the jewellery store's security system, Calvin assumes the job will be child's play.
But the heist goes bad, forcing Calvin to drop the jewel into Vanessa Edwards' (Kerry Washington) purse. Vanessa and her husband Darryl (Shawn Wayans) then return to their suburban Chicago neighbourhood unaware that they have become pawns in a high-stakes crime.
Darryl and Vanessa are having problems of their own. Darryl is anxious to become a parent. But Vanessa, who has just been promoted to vice-president at an advertising firm, is worried that having a baby will limit her ability to climb higher up the corporate
ladder.
When they overhear this, Percy and Calvin devise a plan to recover the stolen gem from the couple. Calvin will masquerade as a 'baby', infiltrate their home and sneak away with the diamond. Once inside the Edwards' home, the tough, cynical Calvin finds life as a 'baby' to be a living hell and retrieving the diamond much tougher than he'd imagined.
Little Man, which also stars John Witherspoon, Brittany Daniel and Lochlyn Munro, was directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans who co-wrote the screenplay with brothers, Marlon and Shawn.
