Tiptoes (2003)

Tiptoes: Directed by Matthew Bright. With Gary Oldman, Peter Dinklage, Kate Beckinsale, Matthew McConaughey. The story of a peculiar love triangle involving two brothers.

“The beginning of u0026quot;Tiptoesu0026quot; is simply excellent and approaches a totally original theme: the painter Carol (Kate Beckinsale) and the firemen instructor Steven (Matthew McConaughey) are a young couple in love. The ambivalent Steven has a deep inner secret: he is the unique normal size man in his family of dwarfs, and he loves his family but he does not live comfortable with this situation. When Carol gets pregnant, coincidently the twin dwarf brother of Steven, Rolfe (Gary Oldman), pays an unexpected visit to Carol. She becomes shocked with the situation, while being introduced to Stevenu0026#39;s family. The movie works perfectly up to this point, showing an open-minded woman accepting literally the minorities. However, from the moment when the Jewish parents of Carol are introduced to Stevenu0026#39;s family on, the screenplay becomes irregular, corny in some moments, silly in others, and the open conclusion is very disappointing, indeed terrible.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt was good to see Gary Oldman in a sensational role, and the gorgeous Kate Beckinsale playing a really beautiful character, without any prejudice and accepting the imperfections of life. Patricia Arquette is still very hot, but she is very stereotyped in the role of the crazy Lucy. I regret that such excellent original idea being wasted in an awful screenplay. My vote is five.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eTitle (Brazil): u0026quot;Na Ponta dos Pésu0026quot; (u0026quot;Tiptoesu0026quot;)”