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

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  • In this almost forgotten masterpiece, Gary Oldman plays a dwarf and Peter Dinklage is a French Communist. Yep, it's as wild as it sounds. This is how you DON'T make a film about a serious issue.
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  • @CynicalReviews
    @CynicalReviews  6 лет назад +348

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    • @eliasbarrasa7320
      @eliasbarrasa7320 5 лет назад +1

      Cynical Reviews
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    • @Alejandro-te2nt
      @Alejandro-te2nt 5 лет назад

      your voice sounds skinny again

    • @Stroheim333
      @Stroheim333 5 лет назад

      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
      @SalohcinQE 5 лет назад +2

      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
      @AnonEyeMouse 5 лет назад

      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
    @jellyfishjones4741 3 года назад +848

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

    • @zombieguy4444
      @zombieguy4444 3 года назад +13

      Like Infinity War

    • @davidaston5773
      @davidaston5773 3 года назад +28

      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
      @metalxner5411 3 года назад +7

      @@davidaston5773 yes

    • @commycasty
      @commycasty Год назад +2

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

    • @gokuxsephiroth4505
      @gokuxsephiroth4505 4 месяца назад

      Put him on stilts

  • @infiniteflame2374
    @infiniteflame2374 5 лет назад +847

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

    • @mennograafmans1595
      @mennograafmans1595 4 года назад +43

      And he sounds more german than french.

    • @raycearcher5794
      @raycearcher5794 4 года назад +33

      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.

  • @plantemor
    @plantemor 5 лет назад +3392

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

    • @CynicalReviews
      @CynicalReviews  5 лет назад +479

      PUT THAT CAPITALISM DOWN! NOOOOOOOOOOW!

    • @Theelectroarcheologist
      @Theelectroarcheologist 4 года назад +27

      Lol most accurate description of an accent ever 😂

    • @nunpho
      @nunpho 4 года назад +19

      Sounds like Sebastian the crab in the little mermaid

    • @mr.a1827
      @mr.a1827 4 года назад +7

      I can hear it bro😅

    • @MakarovFox
      @MakarovFox 4 года назад +3

      new terminator incoming

  • @CaptainAhab117
    @CaptainAhab117 4 года назад +556

    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.

  • @Darkrose517
    @Darkrose517 5 лет назад +3026

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

    • @CrazyPangolinLady
      @CrazyPangolinLady 4 года назад +268

      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
      @motionoftheocean7524 4 года назад +9

      Actually, me just did too.

    • @aliince9372
      @aliince9372 4 года назад +21

      ...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
      @CrazyPangolinLady 4 года назад +222

      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
      @bo64625 4 года назад +39

      @@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

  • @edgyspaceunicorn7215
    @edgyspaceunicorn7215 5 лет назад +1659

    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
      @Kelmire1 4 года назад +29

      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
      @killerpi22a 4 года назад +2

      Beeech the Bitxh the subject matter is inherently political

    • @throwawaybabie8943
      @throwawaybabie8943 4 года назад +100

      @@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
      @killerpi22a 4 года назад +13

      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
      @throwawaybabie8943 4 года назад +31

      @@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.

  • @tomboz777
    @tomboz777 5 лет назад +1887

    This felt more '93 rather than '03.

    • @bruh666
      @bruh666 5 лет назад +116

      looks like a 90's movie too

    • @cartooncritique6625
      @cartooncritique6625 5 лет назад +20

      I know right?!

    • @animedude34
      @animedude34 5 лет назад +30

      I thought it was 70's myself!

    • @axeld2150
      @axeld2150 4 года назад +11

      03? I thought it was from the 90's

    • @LaPimpernelle
      @LaPimpernelle 4 года назад +1

      The trailer especially so

  • @robertjohnkemp
    @robertjohnkemp 5 лет назад +769

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

    • @bird2034
      @bird2034 4 года назад +15

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

    • @rae4624
      @rae4624 4 года назад +4

      @@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
      @GenericProtagonist118 3 года назад +2

      THEY TOOK MY SHINS!!!

  • @Plasticplas1
    @Plasticplas1 5 лет назад +1258

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

    • @Plasticplas1
      @Plasticplas1 5 лет назад +93

      Obviously he would be excellent in any role but still.

    • @Astyanaz
      @Astyanaz 5 лет назад +88

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

    • @CaitlinxDavis
      @CaitlinxDavis 5 лет назад +183

      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
      @Master_Yoda1990 5 лет назад +26

      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
      @tylersmith9868 5 лет назад +13

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

  • @tonyabayman2344
    @tonyabayman2344 5 лет назад +465

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

    • @RacinZilla003
      @RacinZilla003 5 лет назад +8

      And distributed

    • @CommissarMitch
      @CommissarMitch 5 лет назад +8

      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
      @yakuza01 4 года назад +5

      @@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
      @melodi996 2 года назад

      @@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
    @themarquess 5 лет назад +732

    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
      @Terminalsanity 5 лет назад +160

      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
      @DuggyDarko 4 года назад +68

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

    • @awesomegaymer5786
      @awesomegaymer5786 4 года назад +42

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

    • @ge2719
      @ge2719 4 года назад +25

      @@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
      @killerpi22a 4 года назад +3

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

  • @angrynoodletwentyfive6463
    @angrynoodletwentyfive6463 3 года назад +168

    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
      @zombieguy4444 2 года назад +9

      In Shrek the Musical, they made Farquad half dwarf

  • @nickirkland1347
    @nickirkland1347 5 лет назад +167

    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

  • @braxbonner5506
    @braxbonner5506 5 лет назад +369

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

    • @seeteasea5497
      @seeteasea5497 4 года назад +1

      Why though?

    • @pitinhabitant
      @pitinhabitant 4 года назад +4

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

  • @GamePlayMetal
    @GamePlayMetal 5 лет назад +444

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

    • @bird2034
      @bird2034 4 года назад +10

      GamePlayMetal
      It’s like German too lmao

  • @sophielauren7821
    @sophielauren7821 4 года назад +162

    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
      @ErinJeanette 2 года назад +5

      He's really the best

    • @m.merritt310
      @m.merritt310 10 месяцев назад

      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
      @joshuawestfall9982 2 месяца назад

      Does "Cyrano" fit the bill for you?

  • @marcelgardner8497
    @marcelgardner8497 5 лет назад +176

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

  • @ScorpionFlower95
    @ScorpionFlower95 5 лет назад +241

    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
      @bird2034 4 года назад +51

      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
      @bubblezxallxaroundx 2 года назад +4

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

  • @cecillbill
    @cecillbill 5 лет назад +1247

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

    • @KelechiOgbonnaya
      @KelechiOgbonnaya 5 лет назад +123

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

    • @Mr2BonClay
      @Mr2BonClay 5 лет назад +57

      I came looking for this comment

    • @courtneyfuller8549
      @courtneyfuller8549 5 лет назад +46

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

    • @aduzzz3322
      @aduzzz3322 5 лет назад +74

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

    • @CynicalReviews
      @CynicalReviews  5 лет назад +338

      Ah. So they are. My bad.

  • @steel8231
    @steel8231 3 года назад +48

    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.

  • @TheTonyMcD
    @TheTonyMcD 5 лет назад +618

    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
      @CynicalReviews  5 лет назад +29

      Thanks!

    • @DarthPoyner
      @DarthPoyner 5 лет назад +33

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

    • @arnekrug939
      @arnekrug939 5 лет назад +14

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

    • @rebbekahcannons9805
      @rebbekahcannons9805 5 лет назад +2

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

    • @nolives
      @nolives 5 лет назад

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

  • @clown-cult96
    @clown-cult96 5 лет назад +130

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

  • @BarelloSmith
    @BarelloSmith 4 года назад +51

    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?

    • @HughAverageHomoMan
      @HughAverageHomoMan 3 года назад +9

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

    • @JaynaeMarieXIV
      @JaynaeMarieXIV Год назад +3

      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
      @BarelloSmith Год назад +1

      @@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!

  • @RHatcherMD
    @RHatcherMD 4 года назад +36

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

  • @brunneng38
    @brunneng38 5 лет назад +153

    The "lucky hat" fact made me lol.

  • @hammydammy123
    @hammydammy123 5 лет назад +47

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

  • @l3m0nfl00rwax
    @l3m0nfl00rwax 3 года назад +15

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

  • @ScherrHrenner
    @ScherrHrenner 4 года назад +47

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

  • @kmienfoli
    @kmienfoli 5 лет назад +165

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

    • @bird2034
      @bird2034 4 года назад +22

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

    • @Tinymoezzy
      @Tinymoezzy 3 года назад +5

      Quebec person trying a Dutch accent lol

    • @schlieffenska
      @schlieffenska 3 года назад +5

      I thought it was supposed to be Russian. Lol

  • @ultgamercw6759
    @ultgamercw6759 6 лет назад +277

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

    • @CynicalReviews
      @CynicalReviews  6 лет назад +61

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

    • @MrGeorgeFlorcus
      @MrGeorgeFlorcus 4 года назад +12

      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
      @davidjames579 3 года назад +6

      @@MrGeorgeFlorcus Like Sia's film, Music

  • @importantmancommenting9336
    @importantmancommenting9336 5 лет назад +61

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

  • @BaphometBunny99
    @BaphometBunny99 4 года назад +42

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

  • @estudiopegasus7951
    @estudiopegasus7951 5 лет назад +96

    Peter Dinklage is the Magneto of the dwarfs

    • @GG-bj6uy
      @GG-bj6uy 5 лет назад +9

      Mister Fahrenheit more like wolverine because he is the most famous

    • @oculttheexegaming2509
      @oculttheexegaming2509 3 года назад +4

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

  • @MrAspiringactor
    @MrAspiringactor 5 лет назад +300

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

    • @sammygreen066
      @sammygreen066 5 лет назад +6

      MrAspiringactor you’re so right

    • @critically.panned
      @critically.panned 5 лет назад +31

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

    • @Impiedoo
      @Impiedoo 5 лет назад +11

      Wait, wtf is the plot of greatest showman then lmao

    • @fitzwilliamdarcy2845
      @fitzwilliamdarcy2845 4 года назад +6

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

    • @kurinthekitty6842
      @kurinthekitty6842 3 года назад +3

      Yeah pretty much

  • @BimmieJames
    @BimmieJames 6 лет назад +235

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

    • @CynicalReviews
      @CynicalReviews  6 лет назад +75

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

  • @MrAspiringactor
    @MrAspiringactor 5 лет назад +87

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

    • @awesomereesee7841
      @awesomereesee7841 4 года назад

      The Minis is even worse

    • @viperblitz11
      @viperblitz11 4 года назад +1

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

    • @ingridstanko6886
      @ingridstanko6886 4 года назад +1

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

  • @WalterLiddy
    @WalterLiddy 4 года назад +29

    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.

  • @babyblue_22
    @babyblue_22 4 года назад +10

    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!

  • @ivyg6178
    @ivyg6178 5 лет назад +55

    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.

  • @chimchimcharoo56
    @chimchimcharoo56 5 лет назад +58

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

  • @bgt2848
    @bgt2848 5 лет назад +20

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

  • @darj617
    @darj617 4 года назад +7

    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"

  • @Krlytz
    @Krlytz 5 лет назад +25

    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
      @claudiagomez5494 4 года назад +3

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

  • @grimmm421
    @grimmm421 4 года назад +654

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

    • @WreckingWood
      @WreckingWood 4 года назад +6

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

    • @tiaaaron3278
      @tiaaaron3278 3 года назад +4

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

    • @rooksclown316
      @rooksclown316 3 года назад +7

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

    • @rosejustice
      @rosejustice 3 года назад +29

      @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
      @hurngusmcdurngus9106 3 года назад +4

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

  • @samjudge1240
    @samjudge1240 6 лет назад +262

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

    • @CynicalReviews
      @CynicalReviews  5 лет назад +26

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

    • @samjudge1240
      @samjudge1240 5 лет назад +4

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

    • @MelissaM1798
      @MelissaM1798 5 лет назад +16

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

    • @killian9314
      @killian9314 5 лет назад +2

      @@MelissaM1798 no one will ever forget it

    • @tylersmith9868
      @tylersmith9868 5 лет назад +2

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

  • @williamhanekom9882
    @williamhanekom9882 5 лет назад +32

    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.

  • @antgto
    @antgto 5 лет назад +129

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

  • @yumikumi2
    @yumikumi2 5 лет назад +19

    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.

  • @monkeyman2407
    @monkeyman2407 5 лет назад +14

    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.

  • @StarWarsomania
    @StarWarsomania 5 лет назад +100

    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
      @jackhurds6157 5 лет назад +4

      @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
      @karolam682 4 года назад +1

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

  • @Spookyhoobster
    @Spookyhoobster 6 лет назад +77

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

  • @jsb6975.ah.crapbaskets
    @jsb6975.ah.crapbaskets 3 года назад +6

    5:22
    Matthew McConaughey was in Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation. This is far from the worst thing he's been in.

  • @JimmyC1994
    @JimmyC1994 4 года назад +6

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

    • @MrUndoe
      @MrUndoe 4 года назад +2

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

  • @bplup6419
    @bplup6419 4 года назад +31

    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.

  • @ckotcher1
    @ckotcher1 3 года назад +45

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

  • @luckyspurs
    @luckyspurs 4 года назад +9

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

  • @caitdurl9111
    @caitdurl9111 5 лет назад +58

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

  • @Chendoart
    @Chendoart 2 года назад +4

    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

  • @AbbieSTABBY
    @AbbieSTABBY 4 года назад +10

    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!

  • @trequor
    @trequor 3 года назад +12

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

  • @whynottalklikeapirat
    @whynottalklikeapirat 4 года назад +13

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

  • @richhenry7540
    @richhenry7540 5 лет назад +9

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

  • @SiminaDar
    @SiminaDar 4 года назад +9

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

  • @aaronyandell2929
    @aaronyandell2929 5 лет назад +18

    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?

  • @helen8022
    @helen8022 5 лет назад +15

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

  • @Courier_6
    @Courier_6 3 года назад +1

    “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.’

  • @sabserab
    @sabserab 5 лет назад +26

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

    • @DarkMatter280
      @DarkMatter280 4 года назад +1

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

    • @julietrose1612
      @julietrose1612 4 года назад

      I was waiting for someone to comment this

    • @naan000
      @naan000 3 года назад

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

    • @jackiebrubaker1156
      @jackiebrubaker1156 3 года назад +1

      @@naan000 yeah, Gary Oldman is Sirius Black

  • @Account_Not_Applicable
    @Account_Not_Applicable 4 года назад +3

    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.

  • @kingcobrajfssepaboosterclub
    @kingcobrajfssepaboosterclub 5 лет назад +23

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

  • @Tubisnella
    @Tubisnella 5 лет назад +5

    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.

  • @shaterlemming2549
    @shaterlemming2549 5 лет назад +10

    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???

  • @newwavepop
    @newwavepop 5 лет назад +4

    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?"

  • @corntrolliovideorama3423
    @corntrolliovideorama3423 5 лет назад +100

    So it was...a little bad?

  • @simonkemfors
    @simonkemfors 5 лет назад +45

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

  • @jademoon7938
    @jademoon7938 5 лет назад +9

    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.

  • @LiterateHare
    @LiterateHare 4 года назад +17

    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...

  • @meganholliday9223
    @meganholliday9223 5 лет назад +14

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

  • @alexandresobreiramartins9461
    @alexandresobreiramartins9461 5 лет назад +10

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

  • @scissorcorn9956
    @scissorcorn9956 4 года назад +8

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

  • @hayden1351
    @hayden1351 3 года назад +1

    I scrolled for a bit to see if anyone else mentioned it but I haven't seen it yet so here goes: those aren't dreadlocks. Those are box braids, and at times, two strand twists.

  • @Mikels2000
    @Mikels2000 5 лет назад +17

    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
      @3coldcapricorn227 5 лет назад +1

      Mikels2000 recognise him from Blade 2 and Beyond Re-Animator

    • @DeepEye1994
      @DeepEye1994 4 года назад

      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
      @SebastianCastillohernandez 4 года назад

      he's Torrente also

    • @Mikels2000
      @Mikels2000 4 года назад

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

  • @crabwalkarooandcrazydancin9785
    @crabwalkarooandcrazydancin9785 5 лет назад +40

    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
      @SpockLover27 5 лет назад +1

      dwarfparents.com/chance-having-dwarf-child

    • @Tubisnella
      @Tubisnella 5 лет назад +7

      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
      @preyslaydisplay 5 лет назад +6

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

  • @nostalgicuniverse9747
    @nostalgicuniverse9747 4 года назад +12

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

  • @fearanarchy
    @fearanarchy 5 лет назад +19

    Dinklage def using the Arnold accent

  • @Rudofaux
    @Rudofaux 4 года назад +6

    One thing I've never could understand, why did they dubbed Oldman with Jeff Foxworthy?

  • @vickygonzales1682
    @vickygonzales1682 5 лет назад +4

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

  • @_V.Va_
    @_V.Va_ 5 лет назад +30

    More like Gary Shortman.
    Okay, that was bad.

  • @imtoddhowardandimadeskyrim6553
    @imtoddhowardandimadeskyrim6553 3 года назад +1

    I can't believe Oldman played this within a ten year period of playing Norman in Leon

  • @lordodysseus
    @lordodysseus 4 года назад +19

    This movie could have been great. I'm all for sending good messages through movies, just as long as they are sent in the right way.
    Unfortunately, casting Garry Oldman as a dwarf in a movie filled to the brim with dwarf actors is like blackface.
    Tropic Thunder is the only movie to do blackface in "the right way". Because of the story. RDJ plays white Australian method actor, Kirk Lazarus, who takes method acting to the extreme.
    Tiptoes could have been done in a similar way.
    Cast Garry Oldman as a professional asshole without dwarfism, but he wants to be a dwarf, so, being the professional asshole he is, fakes his dwarfism, fooling no one. They play along but eventually someone like Peter Dinklage finds out, and is not pleased. This can lead to a lesson for Garry's character, as well as the audience.

  • @zarasbazaar
    @zarasbazaar 4 года назад +1

    These are techniques that Lon Chaney used in The Penalty and Hunchback of Notre Dame. Impressive that Gary Oldman could work with these kinds of harnesses on, but it would have been more impressive if they had just hired an actor with dwarfism and given him the lead.

  • @jacks1bonnielass
    @jacks1bonnielass 5 лет назад +7

    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!!😘

  • @haltocarrick5504
    @haltocarrick5504 3 года назад +2

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

  • @rgawer2
    @rgawer2 5 лет назад +3

    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.

  • @craigh5236
    @craigh5236 4 года назад +2

    Funny the movie is called Tiptoes when the main actor stays on his knees.

  • @Z.A.N.E
    @Z.A.N.E 4 года назад +4

    Yo when I heard Garosh from Les Miserables at the end I lost it
    He didnt need to die like that- oh no- *Vietnam flashbacks*

    • @pandakatiefominz
      @pandakatiefominz 4 года назад +1

      It doesn't matter, but for the record it's Gavroche not Garosh

  • @ThatGeekyGamer
    @ThatGeekyGamer Год назад +1

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

  • @siberyuswithengard7364
    @siberyuswithengard7364 6 лет назад +9

    Cj, I’m writing here because I have literally no idea how to contact you.
    Here in Italy, after the Ad-Pocalipse, arrived something called Duplication Rule. In America RUclips had apparently created lots and lots of problem...
    Even if it isn’t a written rule, due to Duplication system, any “duplicated” video (example: if someone else talked about Raw Water like you did) can ne cancelled along with the whole channel. I don’t know if this arrived in England (because I guess you are from England) but... well stay vigilant... just that. I love your channel and I can’t live without your videos

    • @CynicalReviews
      @CynicalReviews  6 лет назад +6

      I appreciate your concern, but I'm not sure what you mean, my friend. I've never heard of such a rule, but I'll keep my eye out for any news.

    • @siberyuswithengard7364
      @siberyuswithengard7364 6 лет назад

      It is called Duplication Monetization, and from what I’ve read is quite a problem...
      www.google.it/amp/s/amp.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/8quzoc/monetization_disabled_for_duplicate_content/#ampf=undefined
      www.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/8qygrl/entire_channel_demonetized_for_duplication/
      It’s a bit complicate, but apparently big RUclipsrs have problems with this rule too

    • @CynicalReviews
      @CynicalReviews  6 лет назад +10

      Oh I see. It seems like they're trying to crack down on channels whose videos are too similar to each other. As for copyright, there are clearly lots of channels who are able to monetize their videos despite using some copyrighted content. I'll just have to see how it goes, I guess. Thanks for bringing that to my attention.

    • @siberyuswithengard7364
      @siberyuswithengard7364 6 лет назад +2

      Cynical Reviews, the best attentions for the best channel

  • @gabrielle3960
    @gabrielle3960 2 года назад +2

    The dialogue they gave kate is just…oh my fucking god

  • @Mambo.criminal
    @Mambo.criminal 5 лет назад +5

    That "lynch" on 7:17 reaaaaally looks like Santiago Segura

    • @JoeChillton
      @JoeChillton 4 года назад

      He looks like the Too Many Cooks guy.