Director Arthur Penn's adaptation of Thomas Berger's novel Little Big Man is one of the first Western films to properly portray Native Americans and have a poor view on the U.S. Military.
As serious and distressing as the subject matter is the film manages to fit in some great humor at all the right moments making for one of the better and more entertaining "epic" films ever produced. Dustin Hoffman is magnificent as the pint-sized protagonist who just can't seem to catch a break and when he does it's short-lived. It might be based on historical facts but the story itself is purely fictional so with that in mind, it's easier to not take quite as seriously as many might be fooled into.
It's an impressive job at taken a touchy subject then blending it with humor that hasn't outdated it self to this very day.
4 Soda Pop Kids out of 5
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