Movie Review – Old Lodge Skins Makes “Little Big Man” a Perfect Blend of Comedy and Drama
Little Big Man – 3 Stars (Good)
You know that “Little Big Man” has the makings of a good film when an historian visits Jack Crabb (Dustin Hoffman), a forgotten, 100-plus-year-old centenarian in an assisted living facility, to ask about how Native Americans lived in the Old West. It is said that Crabb lived among the Cheyenne, and indeed he did.
Both young Crabb and his sister Caroline were the sole survivors among their family during an Indian attack while heading West and are rescued by a Cheyenne and taken to their leader, Old Lodge Skins (Chief Dan George), who raises young Jack as a son after Caroline escapes back to civilization.
Jack finds life as a Cheyenne to be good, and becomes important by saving the life of Younger Bear. He is named “Little Big Man” by Old Lodge Skins because while small in size, he has a big …