Tiptoes

January 1, 2004 0 By Fans
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Matthew McConaughey and Dana Sessen in Tiptoes

Plot

Two brothers – a dwarf (Rolfe) and one normal-sized (Steve). When Steve's girlfriend Carol becomes pregnant…

Release Year: 2003

Rating: 5.0/10 (2,457 voted)

Director:
Matthew Bright

Stars: Gary Oldman, Peter Dinklage, Kate Beckinsale

Storyline
Two brothers – a dwarf (Rolfe) and one normal-sized (Steve). When Steve's girlfriend Carol becomes pregnant, the pair are fearful that the baby will inherit the dwarfism gene. Matters are complicated still further when she finds herself falling in love with Rolfe.

Cast:

Gary Oldman

Rolfe


Peter Dinklage

Maurice


Kate Beckinsale

Carol


Matthew McConaughey

Steven Bedalia


Patricia Arquette

Lucy


Debbie Lee Carrington

Kitty Katz


Ed Gale

Bobby Barry


David Alan Grier

Jerry Robin Jr.


Marcia de Rousse

Kathleen


Kacie Borrowman

Margaret


Michael J. Anderson

Bruno


Cherub Freed

Tiffany

(as Cherub Fried)


Alexa Nikolas

Susan Barry


Brittney Guzman

Janice


Santiago Segura

Motel Manager

Taglines:
It's the Little Things in Life that Matter.

Release Date: January 2004

Filming Locations: Los Angeles, California, USA



Technical Specs

Runtime:

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Goofs:

Plot holes:
Steve is worried that his son might inherit the gene for dwarfism and become a dwarf himself. For the overwhelmingly most common form of dwarfism (known as "achondroplasia"), it is only possible to inherit the gene if either parent is a dwarf, which is obviously not the case. For the less common forms of heritable dwarfism, it is only possible to have a dwarf child if BOTH parents' families have a history of dwarfism, and the film does not show Carol's family to have such a history. In fact, Steve being the only average-sized individual from a family of dwarfs makes it overwhelmingly likely that he did NOT inherit any genes for dwarfism and therefore has a next-to-nothing chance of having a dwarf child.

Quotes:

Carol:
So you had a circle jerk with a bunch of little people? I would love to see that!



User Review

Disappointing

Rating: 4/10

This film premiered at Sundance and I was happy to have the opportunity to
see it. I am a big fan of Gary Oldman and was looking forward to seeing him
play a dwarf. The storyline was interesting; however the movie fell flat.
Strangely enough, I was distracted by Oldman's portrayal of a dwarf…I kept
wondering how they made him look so small instead of concentrating on the
story. I never did figure out what Peter Dinklage and Patricia Arquette's
characters had to do with the story; perhaps just to show that little people
have relationships with "normal" size people…I don't know. I thought
Dinklage, Arquette, Oldman and Kate Beckinsale all turned in good
performances, but somehow all of them couldn't save this
movie.