Foster’s sense of camera placement is both original and highly functional throughout.

Despite quirky, fresh moments and a watchful, touching performance from Hann-Byrd, the movie lurches unsteadily from scene to scene, punctuated by odd bursts of irrelevant melodrama and culminating in an ending that is frankly baffling.

Little Man Tate is the kind of movie you enjoy watching; it's about interesting people finding out about themselves.

Little Man Tate is an extremist film of opposing poles. [Full review in Spanish]