LITTLE MEN: 2016, (Included in Prime) First, the movie is not an answer to Little Women! It’s more modern than that. It has to do with gentrification and market and social forces that accompany it. Leonor (Paulina Garcia) rents a store from Jake’s grandfather, and they have become good friends. The grandfather lives in an apartment above the store.so they see each other every day. He has kept the rent low because he thinks the store is good for the neighborhood. But when he dies, and his son, Brian (Greg Kinnear), moves in with his wife, Kathy (Jennifer Ehle), and son, Jake (Theo Taplitz) everything is fine at first. Jake and Tony (Michael Barbierni), Leonor’s son, become fast friends. Brian is an actor and Kathy is a psychotherapist. But, Brian has a sister who wants him to raise the rent on the store so she will get something monetary, because Brian is getting the apartment. This causes a feud between the families. Market value of the store is such that Leonor should be paying triple the rent she is paying now, and she can’t afford it. When Jake and Tony hear about the feud they decide to remain silent against their parents in protest. Ultimately the feud tears apart the boys. Ty Burr, in his review said, “the movie wonders what — and who — New York City and our surrounding society are giving up as we move further into the new millennium.” He gave it 3-1/2 stars  The critics on RT gave it 97%. Audiences were less enthusiastic, giving it only 63%. Gary and I are more with the audiences on this movie. Normally, we are partial to independent films but this one was soporific. GRADE C