Product Details

• Directors: Nicole Conn
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Reel Indies
• DVD Release Date: April 24, 2007
• Run Time: 112 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000OQDSFY
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #83,361 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Without warning, a family is brought to its knees when they must choose between the destruction of their idyllic family and the life of their infant son. When Nicholas is born 100 days early, he weighs only one pound and faces unbelievable odds for survival. Exposing the rawest of human conditions by portraying her family with unflinching honesty, filmmaker Nicole Conn invites the viewer to probe the most private of questions with her: When does caring become cruelty and at what price, life?

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A moving and poignant story., May 24, 2007

By	Anonymous (USA) - See all my reviews

I saw the last part of this film one night while flipping channels and was immediately riveted and ordered the DVD in order to see the entire story. The reason I was so touched by it is that I am a grandmother of quadruplets born 10 weeks premature. "Little Man" is the only film I have ever seen that shows the reality of what a family goes through when a precious little one is born too soon. A lot of the film follows Nicholas as a premature newborn in the NICU - where Nicole quotes a medical resident as saying, "This isn't medicine, it's voodoo." The film shows the impact on Nicole and her family when Nicholas is discharged to home on oxygen, an apnea monitor, and breathing treatments, and what it's like to deal with running a mini-ICU in the home. I had never seen that portrayed in any film before. Nicholas had more problems come up in time and the film follows the changes that occur as he struggles. This is a compelling, beautiful, and poignant film and I highly recommend it.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unexpected, January 15, 2009

By	Irene M. Dudley - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I recorded the documentary off of Showtime mainly because Nicole Conn was the film maker. I thought it was an intense and moving film. I was surprised at the level of intimacy that was exposed by the filmaker of her family and herself. I do not have children but I do think if I faced a difficult situation in the period prior to birth, this film would supply a very stark view of what I could expect in the birth of a child born prematurely or with diabilities. A good film that passed extremely quickly considering it ran close to 2 hours.