In a clever allegory promoting nuclear warfare . . .

Rating: 8/10 (16 May 2015)

. . . the title character LITTLE BOY is conflated with the real-life bomb bearing that code name, which instantly vaporized some 80,000 mostly civilian Japanese folks on August 6, 1945. (Note that if Sony Corporation had its hooks into ALL U.S. theater chains, this flick would have been seen by even FEWER people than was THE INTERVIEW.) One hour, 13 minutes, and 45 seconds into LITTLE BOY, this film's soundtrack joyfully blares the Sunday School standard "This Little Light of Mine" while archival footage of Hiroshima's apocalyptic Death Cloud brightens the screen! (This may be the first documented and totally overt "Nukes for Jesus" message EVER conveyed by American mass media.) To hammer this point home, 39-inch-small LITTLE BOY next pictures HIMSELF as his namesake Nuclear Holocaust Capsule, standing as the ONLY human alive deep in Hiroshima's Ground Zero Crater! The not-so-subtle main message here is that LITTLE BOY's daddy only survives WWII because of the A-Bombs. LITTLE BOY's implicit argument is that America has lost Her way since 1945, and MUST revert to nuclear Revenge & Deterrence forays into world trouble spots such as Iran, Russia, North Korea, and China to regain Her stature as God's Annointed Holy Nation. The rest of this movie is carefully constructed to teach LEGAL immigrants about the proper way to live in America. Mr. Yashimoto is NOT accepted until ALL of his cultural keepsakes (and traditions) are stomped to bits in the dust. LITTLE BOY is yelling to the barrio, "Forget May 5, Quincineras, and piñatas--gorge on Fourth of July hot dogs instead!