Product Details

• Actors: Gary Oldman, Peter Dinklage, Kate Beckinsale, Matthew McConaughey, Patricia Arquette
• Directors: Matthew Bright
• Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
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• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Sony Pictures
• DVD Release Date: August 3, 2004
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000286S1U
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #39,440 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Tiptoes" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

An unusual and heartfelt drama about prejudice and the bonds of family, Tiptoes centers around Steven (Matthew McConaughey, EDtv), a firefighter whose artist girlfriend Carol (Kate Beckinsale, Laurel Canyon) gets pregnant. When Steven reacts with unexpected dismay, Carol is perplexed--until she learns that the rest of Steven's family are dwarves, including Steven's twin brother Rolfe (Gary Oldman, Sid & Nancy, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban). Though it's initially hard to take Oldman as a dwarf (the special effects are limited), his performance is so rich and remarkable that you become engaged with Rolfe as a person. Tiptoes occasionally veers into plaintive "dwarves are people too" territory, but most of the movie is strikingly honest and undidactic about the complex emotional and social terrain that dwarves inhabit. McConaughey and Beckinsale are excellent, as are Patricia Arquette (Flirting with Disaster) and Peter Dinklage (The Station Agent). --Bret Fetzer

Product Description

No couple could be more in love than steven & carol. But steven has a secret-he has a twin brother who just happens to be a dwarf. In fact except for steven his whole family are dwarfs. So when carol becomes pregnant he is forced to tell her the truth. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 04/25/2006 Starring: Kate Beckinsale Goary Oldman Run time: 90 minutes Rating: R

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Atrocious, November 8, 2005

By	T. Snyder "TS" (AZ) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

After reading the case, I rented this at Blockbuster based on the top-notch cast and what sounded like a good, cute, funny plot. Tiptoes is none of those things.

The acting was bad and that was surprising given the cast. I could not feel any sort of connection between Matthew McConaughey and Kate Beckinsale - much less that they could be living together and expecting a child.

Gary Oldman is painful to watch - he hobbles around cramped into a dwarf outfit. Very Dorf-ish.

And I have no idea what Peter Dinklage and Patricia Arquette added to the movie. They seem like they are from a completely different movie.

The acting seems like it was done in one take. It was very painful trying to make it through 90 minutes of this trainwreck. All and all, a total disaster.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What is wrong with you, people?, April 10, 2005

By	lyeri (California) - See all my reviews

I have to say I LOVED this movie. It was very refreshing. I am someone who has spent 15 years working with children with special needs and has seen the problems regarding acceptance of the situation (having an "atypical" child) - especially from fathers -, which was accurately depicted in this movie. I enjoyed seeing the culture of "little people" as a minority group in our "oh-so-obsessed-with-our-looks" society. Yes, the characters were somewhat over-simplified in some instances but it didn't take away from the charm of this nice little movie. I felt that the actors made the best out of their roles (especially Gary Oldman, oh, man!). I would highly recommend this movie to anyone looking for something different from the usual "mainstream" movies.

13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars So much potential, so little running time., August 10, 2004

By	D. Knouse (vancouver, washington United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This started off as a fairly unique film with many characters portrayed by "little people" with some fairly decent acting. Then the script segues into the troubles Matthew and Kate are having while trying to raise a newborn dwarf. They eventually seperate, then they meet to see where they stand, then the movie ends. I was shaking my head as the credits rolled, "What happened to that other character?" "Is that last scene supposed to be some sort of vague resolution?" It was baffling. The whole side-story with Patricia Arquette in love with one of the dwarves is completely forgotten. Also, we are led to believe the two main characters have careers as a painter(Kate Beckinsale) and a Navy man(Matthew McConaughey) who now trains firefighters with one scene having her painting and only a couple scenes showing him shouting/speaking to his trainees. At no time did I believe they were these characters. Also, Kate Beckinsale, while talented and gorgeous, simply needs better dialogue. She seems to be forcing the words out while ignoring any or all emotional conotation therein. In fact, the only performance of any special note here is Matthew McConaughey. He has a few splendid scenes in which he buries all the other actors attempting to steal the scene from him. There are a couple of scenes where he is sincerely emotional and the other actors look like deer caught in the headlights of a Mac truck. There are so many scenes left unexplained, so many characters that are chucked aside for a potentially engrossing story that never comes to fruition, that I cannot recommend buying this film. An original idea, a single standout performance, but not much else here is at all noteworthy. Sorry.