Giant Little Ones

Franky and Ballas have been close friends since childhood, and as standout members of their high school swim team they are well known and well liked. Franky has a girlfriend, and the two boys seem to have an easy, charmed life ahead of them. That changes on the night of Franky's seventeenth birthday party, when something happens between them that neither is prepared for. In the aftermath, Ballas pulls away, rumors spread through the school, and Franky has to deal with hostility from classmates while rethinking his relationships with his family, including his father, and with himself.

Giant Little Ones is a 2019 Canadian-American drama written and directed by Keith Behrman, and it runs 93 minutes. Josh Wiggins plays Franky and Darren Mann plays Ballas, with Taylor Hickson as Natasha, Maria Bello as Franky's mother Carly, Kyle MacLachlan as his father Ray, and Carson MacCormac as Michael.

The film's ratings are steady across platforms. It holds a 7.2 out of 10 on IMDb from around 11,000 votes and a 7.1 out of 10 on TMDB, while critics gave it 7.5 out of 10 across 61 reviews, so reviewers rated it somewhat more favorably than the wider viewing public.