TIPTOES - A Bad Movie In Which Gary Oldman Plays A Dwarf | Cynical Reviews

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[@eliasbarrasa7320]

Cynical Reviews Global warming is a Scam. We will not be taken down by the Chinese or Limeys like you. I thought you were on our side but you betrayed us Lila Dog. Sad

[@Alejandro-te2nt]

your voice sounds skinny again

[@Stroheim333]

Stop your ugly, hateful political bashing, and people like you. I stopped the video a few minutes in, and I will not return to your channel.

[@SalohcinQE]

1) Buying this movie on Amazon - $2.99 2) Watching this review - Free 3) Hearing Kate Beckinsdale ask Matthew McConaughey if he had a circle jerk with dwarves while he was twelve? - PRICELESS.

[@AnonEyeMouse]

Just a tip at 15:45 you wanted to make a point about the music in the film. If you do that again, fade out the God awful background crap you've been using during the entire video. I'd pretty much tuned it out, but when you draw attention to it and play the two together... man I just really wanted to slap you. Not in a good way. No way we could judge what you were talking about there.

[@jellyfishjones4741]

Obviously the biggest miss was not casting Dinklage as an average-sized person.

[@zombieguy4444]

Like Infinity War

[@davidaston5773]

He has proven he's no average actor. Size doesn't make for a great actor. Passion and respect for the material and willing to work with fellow actors to create something new.

[@metalxner5411]

@@davidaston5773 yes

[@commycasty]

​​@@panzerdriver The studio said no and that he isn't even half the man Robert Downey junior is.

[@gokuxsephiroth4505]

Put him on stilts

[@plantemor]

Peter Dinklage's French accent sounds like Arnold Schwarzenegger sperging out about his wife's cookies

[@CynicalReviews]

PUT THAT CAPITALISM DOWN! NOOOOOOOOOOW!

[@Theelectroarcheologist]

Lol most accurate description of an accent ever 😂

[@nunpho]

Sounds like Sebastian the crab in the little mermaid

[@mr.a1827]

I can hear it bro😅

[@MakarovFox]

new terminator incoming

[@infiniteflame2374]

Peter Dinklage playing a hedonistic, sexist, French, radical communist? Sold!

[@mennograafmans1595]

And he sounds more german than french.

[@raycearcher5794]

Dinklage is like Christopher Walken, he's in a lot of trash but as long as he's on the screen you're gonna have a good time.

[@tomboz777]

This felt more '93 rather than '03.

[@bruh666]

looks like a 90's movie too

[@cartooncritique6625]

I know right?!

[@animedude34]

I thought it was 70's myself!

[@axeld2150]

03? I thought it was from the 90's

[@LaPimpernelle]

The trailer especially so

[@CaptainAhab117]

Imagine explaining to that child that Mommy is married to Uncle Rolfe because Daddy rejected him over his physical disability. The therapy bills alone would cost a fortune.

[@fightingmedialounge519]

Wouldn't child even know that without telling them.

[@JustASammy12345]

The girlfriend: *tries to assure him she wouldn’t care if his family is dwarves* Also her: *continually calls them midgets, and even when he tries to correct her from using what is an actually offensive word, she says she doesn’t care*

[@Kelmire1]

Pushing your morals on others and expecting people to not say things that you deem as offensive or unacceptable is actually nothing more than fascism.cloaked as common decency.

[@killerpi22a]

Beeech the Bitxh the subject matter is inherently political

[@throwawaybabie8943]

@@killerpi22a not really. it's less about being politically correct and more of a "probably don't use a word that comes from a word that is given to a sand fly." i don't really care for your political opinions or standing but, like, let's, maybe, not relate anyone to a word that compares them to an animal (unless they deserve it.)

[@killerpi22a]

mochi. I suppose everything’s political these days if you spin it right also I agree we shouldn’t call people shit they don’t want to be called but I don’t understand why they prefer little people over midget

[@throwawaybabie8943]

@@killerpi22a i've mostly come across people who just prefer their name and no like fancy titles. they just refer to conditions as dwarfism. i don't understand the little people thing, but people find their comfort in what they hear from others.

[@Darkrose517]

They hired a bunch of people with dwarfism as side characters and cast Gary Oldman as the main Dwarf character.....I just...

[@CrazyPangolinLady]

If anyone is wondering, this is why people have issues with white washing. Fewer main characters are Asian, for example. It’s hard for Asians to get main roles. So it’s a big bummer when Hollywood makes a movie featuring what is supposed to be an Asian character... and they cast a white person.

[@motionoftheocean7524]

Actually, me just did too.

[@aliince9372]

...so, they should hire someone because of physical attributes, over acting ability? That's actually disgusting that you can be so openly sexist/racist/ablest. Please be better than this.

[@CrazyPangolinLady]

Ali Ince There are plenty of dwarf actors who are great at what they do. Peter Dinklage himself could have played the lead. (Can Warwick Davis do an American accent?). I’m 100% certain they hired Gary Oldman for name recognition, as opposed to a dwarf actor. Plus the effects to make him look short look terrible.

[@bo64625]

@@CrazyPangolinLady not disagreeing with you, but isnt the whole point of acting to become someone who you aren't? Like the person who played the elephant man didnt have deformities. I think if its done respectfully its a different thing

[@robertjohnkemp]

"In the role of a lifetime" Gary Oldman... With shoes on his knees!

[@bird2034]

Rob K Reminds me of how my school played farquad in our production of Shrek

[@rae4624]

@@bird2034 I was thinking the same thing- years ago, I saw Shrek: The Musical and was so confused about why Farquaad's feet looked so weird

[@GenericProtagonist118]

THEY TOOK MY SHINS!!!

[@Plasticplas1]

Guys there are other dwarf actors besides Peter Dinklage. Lots of them can act and probably could do this piece justice.

[@Plasticplas1]

Obviously he would be excellent in any role but still.

[@Astyanaz]

Peter is a great actor. Few actors of any height can match him.

[@CaitlinxDavis]

i think he's just mentioned as a possible lead because he's one of the most know dwarf actors and he's also literally in the movie. warwick davis would've been good as well

[@Master_Yoda1990]

You don't need dwarf actors to play roles of a dwarf as long as it's done tastefully and well. Not saying Gary was bad, but the fault lies with the production and writing.

[@tylersmith9868]

@@Master_Yoda1990 sure, and with that let's just say midgets can now play full size people. A human is a human, right?

[@StewartT0420]

It absolutely melts my brain that this film was even funded, much less actually filmed and published.

[@RacinZilla003]

And distributed

[@CommissarMitch]

It reminds me of that skyskraper movie where The Rock play a disabled man. Like... Why not get a disabled man and make the script around that? The only movie I feel did that right was "After you".

[@yakuza01]

@@CommissarMitch "Why not get a disabled man and make the script around that?" Simple.... $$$$$$. However, I don't know how much longer that will remain true if the Rock keeps being in crap films.

[@melodi996]

@@passive101 and people with disabilities also can be actors, of course it would be cruel to cast someone with anything that would make a person unable to act or acting would be painful, but in most cases it's just about money someone's name provides even in a bad movie.

[@themarquess]

You haven't mentioned the fact that in real life the most common type of dwarfism is inherited in a dominant manner, which means that if Matthew McConaughey doesn't have dwarfism, he can't pass the gene to his children, because he doesn't have it. On top of that, it maybe becomes understandable that Matthew McConaughey's character is a knobhead once you realize no one in his family was able to carry him before he was old enough to walk. That must have been a pretty sad childhood.

[@Terminalsanity]

Yeah its kind of weird how you have a film that ostensibly is trying inform its audience about dwarfism even acknowledging that parents with dwarfism can have a 1 in 4 chance of having a child without the condition, just kind of forgets how the genetics would work with McConaughey's character for the sake of ham fisted melodrama. Basically his child would of had to have just happened to have the gene mutation for dwarfism occur at conception which would be the exact same 1 in a million chance every other normal size parent has of happening to their kid. It could happen but it would be one hell of a coincidence

[@DuggyDarko]

@@Terminalsanity plot twist. His girlfriend fucked a dwarf.

[@awesomegaymer5786]

they wouldnt be able to pick him up past 3 but most people with dwarfism could pretty easily lift a toddler

[@ge2719]

@@Terminalsanity thats the thing about fears and the thing speople worry about, they arent always rational. you have dwarf parents and a mostly dwarf family it doesnt matter what scientist tells you about genes its perfectly likely that person may worry about their child having the condition.

[@killerpi22a]

Graeme Evans it does make the characters look like fucking morons though

[@nickirkland1347]

Ok but putting gary oldman in the same frame as peter dinklage really shows how he definitely doesn't have a real dwarfism like look at those proportion bro this is driving me mad

[@angrynoodletwentyfive6463]

the only time it is ok for a normal heighted person to be playing a "Dwarf" while walking around on their knee's is when it is supposed to be stupid... like in Shrek the musical, it was supposed to be obvious and stupid that the actor playing farquad was walking on his knees and it made for some good visual humor because of how stupid and obvious it was... not an actual attept to represent a person with dwarfism.

[@zombieguy4444]

In Shrek the Musical, they made Farquad half dwarf

[@GamePlayMetal]

Peter Dinklage's fake french accent sounds like an Arnold impersonation

[@bird2034]

GamePlayMetal It’s like German too lmao

[@braxbonner5506]

I can totally hear Dinklage yelling “Get to the choppa!”

[@seeteasea5497]

Why though?

[@pitinhabitant]

@@seeteasea5497 his accent sounds rather German, like Schwarzenegger's since he is from Austria.

[@cecillbill]

Those aren't dreadlocs, they're braids, lol.

[@KelechiOgbonnaya]

cecillbill every time he said dreadlocks I wanted to correct him so bad

[@Mr2BonClay]

I came looking for this comment

[@courtneyfuller8549]

Those aren't braids. They are twists because they only have two strands.

[@aduzzz3322]

@@courtneyfuller8549 no those are braids Edit: the ones the guy had were twists hers were braids

[@CynicalReviews]

Ah. So they are. My bad.

[@sophielauren7821]

I really really truly want a romcom with Peter Dinklage as the love interest... SO BAD. If it never happens I'm going to be severely disappointed. I love Peter Dinklage so much. If they do they better pick a spectacular leading lady to match.

[@ErinJeanette]

He's really the best

[@m.merritt310]

Oddly, I think there’s a film this year or coming that does fit that bill. He’s an opera composer torn between his girlfriend and an insane fan? Don’t remember the name

[@joshuawestfall9982]

Does "Cyrano" fit the bill for you?

[@ScorpionFlower95]

Me seeing the thumbnail: WTF, was Dinklage busy at the time this was filmed? Me seeing he's in the movie but plays a character whose presence isn't necessary: Oh dear.... Plus, am I the only one who finds creepy how Oldman manages to walk with his legs tied up on his ass this whole time? I tried to do it for a second and my whole right thigh hurts.

[@bird2034]

Scorpion Flower Deadass it’s the most impressive thing about the film. Like not that it was done well or anything just the fact that Gary can do that for extended periods of time.

[@bubblezxallxaroundx]

i do appreciate the scientific study you went thru for this comment xD

[@marcelgardner8497]

If Tiptoes was more about Peter dinklage and Patricia arquette relationship. It would have probably been better

[@steel8231]

It's mind blowing to me that one of the few movies to have a disabled actor play a disabled character, AND have their disability not be a personality trait is Mac & Me.

[@justkittensbeingkittens5892]

💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@TheTonyMcD]

What a missed opportunity with Peter Dinklage. He should have been made the lead, without question. I want to watch the film as it is purely for Dinklage. Too bad this was before Game of Thrones, before Dinklage became a world renowned actor. He was still great back then though. I can't recall any serious roles he had before GoT, but I'm sure he would have performed them amazingly. Also, love the channel dude. I just found it yesterday and have been going through your library. I couldn't believe when I found out you only have a few thousand subscribers. The quality is superb and the content hilarious. I totally expected you to have at least several hundred thousand subscribers. Keep at it though. Keep up this quality and you'll get there eventually.

[@CynicalReviews]

Thanks!

[@DarthPoyner]

Look for "The Station Agent". A great little film he did just before this one. I loved the whole thing.

[@arnekrug939]

I really liked Dinklage in his role as Tyrion, too bad the show is so far from the books now.

[@rebbekahcannons9805]

@Vic Viquor That's the only thing I recall him from too :/

[@nolives]

Eh his french accent is pretty bad here....

[@clown-cult96]

All the fantastic actors with dwarfism about there: *am I a joke to you?*

[@RHatcherMD]

"Matthew McConaughey is alright." Well there's your problem. He was just alright. Not (•_•) ( •_•)>⌐■-■ (⌐■_■) Alright! Alright! Alright!

[@kmienfoli]

Peter Dinklage's accent sounds nothing like a French accent...

[@bird2034]

Ikr? Almost sounds German lmao. Still the best role in the movie tho

[@Tinymoezzy]

Quebec person trying a Dutch accent lol

[@schlieffenska]

I thought it was supposed to be Russian. Lol

[@brunneng38]

The "lucky hat" fact made me lol.

[@BarelloSmith]

I can see why they can't cast people with actual mental disabilites for a character with said disabilities but there are so many actors with dwarfism out there, why don't just cast one of them?

[@AnAverageGoblin]

because then they couldn't advertise Gary as the lead actor.

[@JaynaeMarieXIV]

There are a lot of actors with mental disabilities that are good. I know what you were trying to say, but that sounded somewhat discriminatory and ableist. There are a lot of actors with cerebral palsy, downs syndrome, autism, etc. that don't get chances because people assume their disabilities would get in the way.

[@BarelloSmith]

@@JaynaeMarieXIV You are totally right! I was referring to a severe kind of disability that wouldn't even allow you to even consent to being an actor. Thank you for pointing out my poor phrasing!

[@ultgamercw6759]

What were the producers smoking when they felt "Yes this is good" ?

[@CynicalReviews]

Whatever it was, I want some. Especially after watching this.

[@MrGeorgeFlorcus]

Classic, privileged-producer think tank product created with somewhat well-meaning intentions and doing absolutely none of the work and research needed to make the end result work.

[@davidjames579]

@@MrGeorgeFlorcus Like Sia's film, Music

[@MrAspiringactor]

So it's like The Greatest Showman if it didn't have songs in it?

[@sammygreen066]

MrAspiringactor you’re so right

[@critically.panned]

Apparently I'm wildly misinformed as to what The Greatest Showman is about.

[@Impiedoo]

Wait, wtf is the plot of greatest showman then lmao

[@fitzwilliamdarcy2845]

it's pretty difficult to make it to The Greatest Showman level low.

[@kurinthekitty6842]

Yeah pretty much

[@l3m0nfl00rwax]

WHYYYY is Kate's character dressed like a teenager from the 90's who is going to a rave party for the entire movie?

[@hammydammy123]

You could see how much regret was in Peter Dinklage’s eyes when he was acting as the French dude lol

[@BaphometBunny99]

Seeing Gary Oldman waddle made me wheeze like a dying asthmatic grandpa

[@BimmieJames]

I want to know if they would just have moments of bursting out laughing on set while filming.

[@CynicalReviews]

They must have. I don't know how they could get through it with a straight face.

[@WalterLiddy]

The greatest question about this film will always be how they got these actors involved in the first place. It's such a bad idea on the face of it that it's really an amazing thing to get that cast. Incidentally, I Am Sam was preposterous and embarrassing as well - not as much so as this, but yeah I wouldn't mention it by way of contrast.

[@importantmancommenting9336]

If you described this movie with all these stars in it I would have never believed you. Mother of god

[@rebekanekolova1930]

😂😂😂

[@estudiopegasus7951]

Peter Dinklage is the Magneto of the dwarfs

[@GG-bj6uy]

Mister Fahrenheit more like wolverine because he is the most famous

[@oculttheexegaming2509]

@@GG-bj6uy Also fits because Wolverine is described as short.

[@babyblue_22]

Lol whenever it shows Gary Oldman "walking" in the movie, he looks EXACTLY like Cotton Hill, Hank's dad from King of the Hill. No shins!

[@ScherrHrenner]

Your video made me look up Bridget the Midget, just to find out that she got arrested for stabbing her boyfriend.

[@chimchimcharoo56]

i would be more impressed if the actor playing the dwarf was 6' or 7' tall

[@ivyg6178]

I remember watching this movie when I was 16/17 and it didn't seem that bad to me then. Now I'm not so sure. But still, Gary Oldman does here everything he can to save the film.

[@samjudge1240]

Gary Oldman as a dwarf...this is hilarious!

[@CynicalReviews]

I honestly couldn't believe it when I first heard about it. Just.... how?!

[@samjudge1240]

Cynical Reviews it happens, Patrick Stewart was voicover as a tree from a animated Wizard of Oz film.

[@MelissaM1798]

@@samjudge1240 He also was the poop in that shit Emoji Movie

[@killian9314]

@@MelissaM1798 no one will ever forget it

[@tylersmith9868]

@@MelissaM1798 with his resume how the fuck could you do the emoji movie

[@Tubisnella]

Father to a kid with dwarfism here. The very premise of the movie is wrong. Dwarfism is a chromosome issue that happens during pregnancy. Of you are born with this 'defect' chromosome you WILL have dwarfism. Given Mathews character doesnt have dwarfism, he doesnt have this chromosome 'defect'. This means her hans the exact same chance of getting a kid with dwarfism as any other person, which is roughly 1:25000.

[@antgto]

Patricia Arquette is gorgeous in this flick. She looks like every questionable decision I made in my late 20s.

[@kegsofvomitspit]

lol

[@MrAspiringactor]

The makers of Under the Rainbow are now sighing and saying "at least someone made a worse film about dwarfs".

[@awesomereesee7841]

The Minis is even worse

[@viperblitz11]

Gonna be honest. I have never heard of that movie, but the name sounds amazing and it's a shame it was wasted.

[@ingridstanko6886]

Worst film about little people is "The Terror of Tiny Town."

[@grimmm421]

“He is normal but he identifies as a dwarf” huH

[@WreckingWood]

@LoyalT1987 Just replace Matthew Mcconaughey with Shaun King and there you go.

[@tiaaaron3278]

I can't tell if that's true or if CR is joking.

[@rooksclown316]

@@tiaaaron3278 in the movie Mc Conaughey shouts he's a dwarf

[@rosejustice]

@carissa - it’s very typical if one is brought up by parents of one culture for the kids to feel a part of that culture, thus McConaughey’s character feels connected to his parents’ culture even though he doesn’t share the physical attributes.

[@hurngusmcdurngus9106]

Weird how terry pratchett used that same joke years earlier but it was actually funny and still handled the issue with more taste

[@yumikumi2]

Well, this 90s looking movie is trashy and offensive, you mean they had all those little people in the movie and couldn't get one to play the lead role? no wonder they tried to bury this movie, so much damage control. I think the only reason this movie was created was for Gary Oldman to compete for an Oscar.

[@darj617]

The fact that Kate Beckinsale would have a "lucky hat" as an adult is ridiculous enough, but to insist on wearing it in a movie? I can imagine her contract negotiations being something like "Kate demands millions of dollars, a trailer with 5 assistants on stand by at all times and she must wear her lucky hat in at least half the scenes she's in...or she walks from this project"

[@AtticLoaf]

Consider this my attempt at showing my support for you, your work and this vid in particular. Thanks for keeping us all entertained!

[@Krlytz]

This reminded me of an Argentinian movie called "Corazón de León" (Lion Heart), that also casted an average sized man as a dwarf, and the result, believe it or not, is even worse than this one. If you don't want to see the whole movie (idk if it's translated) at least check out a short video that sums it up in the channel "Te lo Resumo Así Nomas". Even if you don't understand Spanish, it will give you a pretty good idea of what that movie is like

[@claudiagomez5494]

Yo crei que una de las dos peliculas era remake de la otra. Pero no, son dos peliculas completamente distintas e igual de terribles

[@williamhanekom9882]

It's hilarious seeing Allison duboi from Medium paired up with Tyrion from Game of thrones before the shows even existed. Seems like they were having the most fun in the movie.

[@bgt2848]

Peter Dinklage hearing the casting choice- “what the $&@% ???”

[@cerberusloyalist5038]

I think Peter had the funner role

[@monkeyman2407]

I saw this on cable very early in the morning about a decade ago & I would have thought that entire thing was part of a fever dream if I hadn't been watching this with my equally confused SO. You're 100% right about Dinklage's contribution to the film, his side narrative with Arquette was the only genuinely entertaining part of the film.

[@ckotcher1]

I can’t believe they fought over Kate Beckinsale’s horrible acting and ridiculous hat. Her hat is a better actor then she is.

[@StarWarsomania]

Heh, I know about this movie. See Cracked's video "Officially the Worst Movie Idea Anybody Has Ever Had". Back when Daniel O'Brien was still funny. Glad to hear your take though.

[@jackhurds6157]

@D Zuke Agreed. DOB and the after hours crew were the thing that kept me coming back to Cracked's content. However, when Cracked's parent company cut most of its staff after its editor in chief departed, along with its best writers, the site was basically turned into a graveyard. Daniel has continued to be entertaining in all the same ways he used to be, writing for Last Week Tonight, and doing the occasional freelance piece, but it's far less front and center now. I do miss the character he put on for OPCD, but my goodness.

[@karolam682]

Go listen to "quick question" , his and Bowie's awesome podcast- they're still funny :)

[@Spookyhoobster]

Hey man I just found your channel because of your plot holes video. Just wanna encourage you to keep going, you make great content. :)

[@CynicalReviews]

Thanks! I really appreciate that.

[@luckyspurs]

15:15 Wait, so it's basically Rain Man, with Cruise's wife being interested in Hoffman, because he's polite.

[@corntrolliovideorama3423]

So it was...a little bad?

[@ninjabluefyre3815]

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: TERRIBLE DEMONS

[@caitdurl9111]

Oh dear god, I can't believe someone else remembers this trash pile. I love this film- it's a masterpiece of godawful.

[@lisahoshowsky4251]

Omg, “his” legs on the couch😂😂 I’ve made better looking fake legs for a Halloween display😂 10:14

[@AbbieSTABBY]

When I first saw the trailer for this years back I honestly didnt know whether it was a spoof trailer or not. By the end of watching the actual film I honestly was left unsure of how to feel. It had that super depressing early 00's film twinge the whole way through. Was way more saccharine than the trailer would let you believe!

[@aaronyandell2929]

I love Gary Oldman. I love Peter Dinklage. I love Kate Beckensale (😍). I respect Matthew McConaughey. But why? Why did they agree to preform in this film?

[@simonkemfors]

17:51 WHY DIDN'T PETER DINKLAGE PLAY THE MAIN ROLE INSTEAD!?

[@richhenry7540]

Kate Beckinsale might not have won an Oscar but can McConaughey, Arquette, Oldman say they've dated Pete Davidson??? Yeah, take that.

[@trequor]

This is the kind of movie that Tropic Thunder was made to mock.

[@GrosvnerMcaffrey]

You never go full midget.......

[@bplup6419]

I can't believe this is real. I always thought it was a fever dream I had or a spoof movie I saw in a comedy like Tropic Thunder.

[@coconutcore]

Y- you had the chance to hire Warwick Davis as the lead role…but you didn’t. How…does…such a thing happen?

[@SiminaDar]

In the role of a lifetime. I think they meant "In a role you'd probably see on Lifetime."

[@JimmyC1994]

Why does this feel like a joke trailer from Tropic Thunder that accidentally got turned into a real movie?

[@MrUndoe]

You never go full dwarf.........I’ll show myself out.

[@whynottalklikeapirat]

Peter Dinklage did a superb job portraying a person with dwarfism.

[@ddelv583]

😂😂😂😂😂😮

[@whynottalklikeapirat]

@@ddelv583 too harsh?

[@LiterateHare]

OMG, the original movie idea and the fight scene made me laugh so hard my stomach cramped up. I feel like a shit person now...

[@Courier_6]

“Beckinsale’s lucky hat which she insisted on wearing as a condition” ‘I have your hat, if you ever want to see it again with a single seam intact, you will pay $50 million USD.’

[@jademoon7938]

There are no dreadlocks in this movie. Patricia Arquette has Fulani braids, and Peter Dinklage just has a full head of three strand braids. Braids and dreadlocks are totally different things.

[@sabserab]

You could also ask, is he sirius? Ba-dum-tiss Okay, I see my self out..

[@DarkMatter280]

Could add another level to that and ask 'why so Sirius?'

[@julietrose1612]

I was waiting for someone to comment this

[@naan000]

wait did gary old,an play sirius black or am i stupid

[@jackiebrubaker1156]

@@naan000 yeah, Gary Oldman is Sirius Black

[@Chendoart]

If Gary Old man played the French midget. That would have been classic. They need to remake this movie. With the exact same cast except with Gary's and Peter's roles switched

[@SpellboundWolf]

I'd watch the shit out of that!

[@kingcobrajfssepaboosterclub]

“Yeah, he could play one of us. We’re that handsome.”

[@Account_Not_Applicable]

What's funny to me is Peter Dinklage supported Gary Oldman playing the lead dwarf. It makes sense as Peter has always been all about acting abilities over playing to percieved type (he had to fight tooth and nail to not be cast in demeaning elf or dwarf roles and given actual characters to play). But it's so unconvincing that no amount of practical and digital effects can replace what a real dwarf actor can do.

[@newwavepop]

i actually caught this movie halfway through on cable somewhere several years ago and was completely confused by it. before catching it again on cable so i could watch the whole thing. and honestly all i could think through the whole film was "why is Gary playing a dwarf when their are all these actual dwarf actors in the film?"

[@shaterlemming2549]

When I first saw the title of the video I was like why did they not get Peter Dinklage for the role as the main character. Then I saw that he was in the movie....so why was he not the main character???

[@theblocksays]

It's amazing how Gary talks about his most "regretful" role is Zorg in 5th Element, maybe he's trying to forget this LOL. Good thing they didn't invite Peter's character to the Jewish wedding, you don't wanna hear what he'd likely have to say about Israel.

[@helen8022]

Omg....Bridget the Midget looks EXACTLY like one of my aunts. Idk what to do with this information...

[@taracarroll4218]

Probably don't Google her!

[@thebeybladethatwasusedtopa8846]

You should weep

[@scissorcorn9956]

Every time you remind us that the movie is called Tiptoes I get more and more horrified

[@rgawer2]

Excellent reviews with research done well. Your voice and accent really make this even more appealing and the details like background music are chosen well. I wish all the best to you and your channel.

[@doogalfan0017]

0:30 "most unintentionally offensive film I've ever seen" You've clearly never seen Soul Man.

[@crabwalkarooandcrazydancin9785]

Ok but the baby could literally not have had dwarfism. Achondroplasia, the condition that causes dwarfism is autosomal dominant. That means that if the gene is present, you have the condition. If both parents don’t have dwarfism they cannot birth a child with dwarfism as otherwise the condition would have presented in one of them as one of them would have had to have the gene in order to pass it on to the kid.

[@SpockLover27]

dwarfparents.com/chance-having-dwarf-child

[@Tubisnella]

Wrong. You can have a child with dwarfism, but the chances are very low, 1:25000. I say this as a father of kid with achondroplasia (most common form og dwarfism).

[@preyslaydisplay]

I literally know a family made up of two average height parents and two dwarf kids. It's totally possible, and actually pretty common.

[@dakotaspruell1083]

1:35 In what universe is I Am Sam a breathtaking performance where Sean Penn did his homework?

[@meganholliday9223]

Got confused but then realised he wasn’t talking about Gary Coleman...

[@jesusrox4u]

Let’s be honest. If this movie was a fake trailer or a parody of bad movies/trailers like in Tropic Thunder, it could’ve been solid. But when it’s meant to be taken seriously, that just makes things worse. Seriously who thought this movie and how it turned out was in any way a good idea? Also why?

[@nostalgicuniverse9747]

12:12 Dude what would locking the door do to help, it’s literally glass they can still see in

[@NaveeSeal]

When Gary Oldman was a child, was he called Gary Youngman?

[@alexandresobreiramartins9461]

Kate should have worn the lucky hat to protect against werevampires....

[@vickygonzales1682]

Did he say dreadlocks??? Hunny those are BRAIDS😂😂😂

[@fearanarchy]

Dinklage def using the Arnold accent

[@georgezee5173]

7:15 That guy's Santiago Segura, a Spanish actor and director (stars in his own comedic movie series "Torrente"). He's best friends with Guillermo del Toro and has had cameos in almost all his movies.

[@Mikels2000]

That "Lynch" from Kane and Lynch is Santiago Segura, one of the highest paid role actors and screenwriters in Spain. He appears in most Guillermo del Toro movies and he is a huge hypocrite since he is mostly offered the best voice acting roles, nails them then says he hates the job. I've seen him doing worse. Really.

[@3coldcapricorn227]

Mikels2000 recognise him from Blade 2 and Beyond Re-Animator

[@DeepEye1994]

Even though I first saw him in small roles in the Hellboy films and Pacific Rim, I noticed him in the 2010 spanish dramedy "Balada triste de Trompeta" where he plays a clown in drag who joins a small army and kills some Francoist soldiers with a machete at the beginning of the film.

[@SebastianCastillohernandez]

he's Torrente also

[@Mikels2000]

@@SebastianCastillohernandezI'm sorry, but no one outside from Spain cares who Torrente is.

[@PurpleMoonFlute]

Literally you have Peter Dinklage right there and he isn't cast as the main one? Weird decision. Also, it's not like they had a shortage of littles, as made obvious from the party scenes. They could have auditioned or hired any one of them, as well. But no. Let's just have a regular sized person with very regular proportions use terribly unconvincing stuffed legs and walk around on his knees.

[@_V.Va_]

More like Gary Shortman. Okay, that was bad.

[@haltocarrick5504]

Film trailer talking about Gary Oldman as a dwarf: The role of a lifetime Treyarch: Hello there!

[@corruptedm0nk]

Keep making these please

[@fancyf33t295]

The bit about the "lucky hat" is what broke me. I couldn't stop laughing.

[@jacks1bonnielass]

I remember watching this on cable when I was 16 and thinking “Wth did I just watch..? Just me...? Okay then.” Now I know I’m not the only one who thought this film was complete rubbish. This video was awesome, love your content Cynical!!😘