Little Big Man (1970)

A western adventure film that I would compare to Forrest Gump . Starring Dustin Hoffman as Jack Crabb, the film starts with an old man recanting his entire life. Raised by Indians,  taken in by a town major as a teenager [and Faye Dunaway as Mrs. Pendrake, the major's wife], fighting with General Custard, and back and forth between the cowboys and Indians over and over.

The film is too silly to consider a drama, some parts come out as a comedy, but there are also very chilling scenes were Indians are massacred. I have mixed emotions about the film, part of me really like it for what it was... a tall tale. Another part of me really disliked it for bouncing between a comedy and a serious drama. I ended up giving it a pretty decent score, because if this was a story being retold by a very old man he probably would remember both humorous and sad things about his life.

Although it was funny to make General Custer look like a lunatic and silly because committed so many horrible murders on innocent people, I just don't see his character as being realistic. Good, not great.

Vote: 7/10

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065988/

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