Tiptoes
Contributors to Wikimedia projects
Article Images
Tiptoes (also known as Tiny Tiptoes) is a 2003 film starring Matthew McConaughey, Kate Beckinsale, Patricia Arquette, and Gary Oldman. The film was screened at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival.[1] Tiptoes was never released theatrically in the United States, as it instead went straight to DVD.
| Tiptoes | |
|---|---|
.jpg) DVD cover for Tiptoes | |
| Directed by | Matthew Bright |
| Written by | Bill Weiner |
| Produced by | Elie Cohn Chris Hanley Fernando Sulichin Douglas Urbanski Brad Wyman |
| Starring | Matthew McConaughey Kate Beckinsale Patricia Arquette Gary Oldman |
| Cinematography | Sonja Rom |
| Edited by | Paul Heiman |
| Music by | Curt Sobel |
| Distributed by | Reality Check Productions |
Release date | September 8, 2003 |
Running time | 90 minutes 91 minutes (France) |
| Countries | United States France |
| Language | English |
Plot
Carol (Beckinsale)—a talented painter and independent woman—falls in love with Steven (McConaughey) without knowing much about him other than he's the perfect man. But when Carol finds herself pregnant it forces Steven to expose his darkest secret—his family. Steven happens to be the only average-sized person in a family of dwarfs, including his twin brother Rolfe (Oldman). Carol and Steven are then forced to come to terms with the fact that the fetus she carries may be born a dwarf. This terrifies Steven, who does not want his child to suffer the same way Rolfe did as a child. As Carol decides to carry the child, she and Steven grow further apart, and she begins to rely on Rolfe to teach her about life as a dwarf.
Cast
- Matthew McConaughey as Steven Bedalia
- Kate Beckinsale as Carol
- Gary Oldman as Rolfe
- Patricia Arquette as Lucy
- Peter Dinklage as Maurice
- Debbie Lee Carrington as Kitty Katz
- Ed Gale as Bobby Barry
- David Alan Grier as Jerry Robin Jr.
- Marcia de Rousse as Kathleen
- Kacie Borrowman as Margaret
- Michael J. Anderson as Bruno
- Cherub Freed as Tiffany (as Cherub Fried)
- Alexa Nikolas as Susan Barry
- Brittney Guzman as Janice
- Bridget Powers as Sally
- Santiago Segura as Motel Manager
Reception
Based on 7 reviews, the film carries a "Rotten" rating of 29% on Rotten Tomatoes as of April 2011.[2]
References
- ^ Nathan Rabin. "It's Only The Size Of Your Heart That Counts Case File #154: Tiptoes". A.V. Club. Retrieved 09-10-2010.
- ^ rottentomatoes.com, "Tiptoes (Tiny Tiptoes) (2003)". Accessed 3 April 2011.