suspensesmith
There's enough of this movie to compel you to venture into it's bizarre premise, but not enough to satisfy you with bizarre things to justify sitting through it all in one sitting. I like bad movies that are fun, the Room, Troll 2. This is not one of those movies. It's an oddity to be sure, but a painful, slow, and awkward oddity that just makes you feel like you wasted a part of your life somehow. It's not bad enough to be funny and it isn't good enough to transcend the odd premise it has going against it.Dwarfs, little people... or whatever the politically correct term is nowadays deserves a better movie to help overcome prejudice people have towards them, but this is a really bad attempt at tackling that topic.Game of Thrones is actually much better at that point of making you sympathize with small people, this just makes you want to have a lobotomy to get rid of the headache you'll have.
nnpietro
So my girlfriend's mom rented this movie on Netflix. She claimed this movie had a great surprise. Don't worry! I won't give anything away! I assumed that "being a surprise" would somehow relate some aspect of the film to something in my life. This was wasteful and unnecessary thinking on my part. This movie was a 90 minute reel of soap opera acting. Apparently, the surprise to be communicated was the fact that Matthew McConaughey even starred in this film despite his already established success. Please do not watch this film. If so, be sure to arm yourself with the remote to turn it off when it finally hits you; and maybe an i Pod or mp3 just in case (GOD forbid) someone else in your vicinity enjoys this film. No acting, bad casting, no plot (just boring actually) and a horrible horrible film score. Thanks!
Amy Adler
Carol (Kate Beckinsale) is somewhat surprised to find herself pregnant. But, overall, she is happy. Her longtime boyfriend, Stephen (Matthew McConaghey) shows himself to be most unhappy, however, and wants her to get an abortion. That is because he has never told Carol the family secret. Stephen is the "normal" son of a mother and a father who happen to be dwarfs. His brother, Rolfe (Gary Oldman) is also a dwarf. Carol is stunned and frightened to learn that her baby has a chance of being a dwarf, too. When Carol is introduced, finally, to Stephen's family, her outlook brightens and she is ready to embrace her role as a mother, whatever the circumstances. What will Stephen do? This is a most thoughtful movie with a tender look at the subject of dwarfs. Most of us know little or nothing about their situation yet this film is very approachable and enlightening without being didactic. Beckinsale is wonderful as the woman who, although thrust into a difficult position, learns to look at life differently and more lovingly. The other actors are all very fine, especially the cast of dwarfs. The production values of the film are quite high, considering that, for example, Oldman is not a dwarf but must look like one. Most importantly, this is a film that is a stepping stone to a greater understanding between folks of different strokes, as they say. Anyone who wishes to bridge any gaps, be they racial, religious, ethnic, and so on, should arrange a showing among a diverse audience. Everyone will benefit, even as they are caught up in engaging and offbeat tale.
andiaci
Happened upon the movie by chance, but am the kind of person who goes for actors/actresses rather than directors, so when I saw Gary Oldman and Kate Beckinsale, thought I couldn't go wrong, and indeed I didn't!For a while though was wondering where Gary Oldman was, and the thought actually passed my mind that the promoters had actually made a mistake, or that they billed Oldman and that he'd have a cameo later on, just to sell the movie. Was I surprised though when the penny finally dropped!Irrespective of Oldman's part in the film however, the movie gave me tremendous insight into a group of people we all, arguably, don't know much about; sensitivities, problems etc. I strongly recommend it, to be viewed with an open mind.
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