A little less than what they expected

Rating: 7/10 (2 May 2015)

I expected the movie to pull all the right strings and hit all the right buttons to make me laugh in the right places and get me teary in all the right places, but it did not do it for me. It just did not click like that.
I did not find the little boy who played Little Boy all the appealing, just winning and not inspiring. Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, I did find appealing. I liked his character, the Japanese man living In a small town during World War 2 was worth watching.
I like how the story played out as the town folks hated his presence, and the relationship between him and the Priest of the town, played by Tom Wilkerson.
Also like Kevin James, who had a small part as Dr. Fox who attempts to weasel his way into a war widow's life. Although I just like Kevin James in general so that helps
Michael Rapport's small but important part as Little Boy's father a drafted solder who becomes a prisoner of war.
The movie had some lightly dark moments about a kid dealing with his father fighting overseas that is very relatable, but I really feel the movie suffers cause I found the little boy uninteresting, especially compared to the more seasoned actors around him.
He's cute but that was not enough to watch for 2 hours