History Film / TinyTiptoes

* PantyShot: Seen when Lucy is first introduced, as she sits by the side of the road.

** There are also hints that Steven may be having an affair with one of his students that appears briefly but this is never referred to again. (See YourCheatingHeart below.)

* YourCheatingHeart:
** Rolfe catches Sally cheating on him with Jerry Robin Jr. at a party, although they still get back together afterwards.
** According to reviews of the original cut on IMDB (and some production photos), the film originally had a subplot where Steven cheated on Carol with one of the trainees from his firefighter training class.

* ForcedPerspective: Done poorly with Creator/GaryOldman. Compare and contrast with the ''Film/LordOfTheRings'', the third of which was released the same year as this film and did the same thing to much greater effect.

''Tiny Tiptoes'' (better known by the title ''Tiptoes'') is a 2003 drama film that deals with a woman coming to terms with the fact that her boyfriend's family are dwarves, and her shock when she learns their child (which she becomes pregnant with) may be a dwarf as well.

Steven (Creator/MatthewMcConaughey) and Carol (Creator/KateBeckinsale) are in a loving relationship and plan to get married, but things change quickly when she discovers that she's pregnant, prompting Steven to reveal that his family are dwarves. After she meets his relatives, including his twin brother Rolfe (Creator/GaryOldman), Carol is torn between whether or not to abort her child, all while she begins to learn more about dwarf culture. At the same time, Rolfe and his best friend, Maurice (Creator/PeterDinklage), campaign for the rights of dwarves at various conventions.

* AbortedArc: Several subplots in the film were dropped, likely as a result of the film being re-edited from its original cut due to executive demands.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: The film (and characters) claims that Steven and Carol's baby automatically has dwarfism due to Steven's lineage, and this is the conclusion she reaches after researching dwarf birth rates. However, this is incorrect. The most common form of dwarfism (known as "achondroplasia") can only be inherited if either parent is a dwarf, which is obviously not the case. For the less common forms of inheritable dwarfism, it is only possible to have a dwarf child if ''both'' parents' families have a history of dwarfism, and the film does not show Carol's family to have such a history. In fact, Steve being the only average-sized individual from a family of dwarfs makes it overwhelmingly likely that he did ''not'' inherit any genes for dwarfism, and therefore has a next-to-nothing chance of having a dwarf child.

* BittersweetEnding: Steven leaves Carol due to his inability to cope with the fact that their son is a dwarf, and she and the child stay as guests at Rolfe's cabin. However, the ending indicates that Steven's getting help and he parts with Carol and Rolfe on good terms. Also, Carol starts a new relationship with Rolfe.
* ChewingTheScenery: Dinklage's performance as Maurice (a Marxist anarchist with a penchant for free-love and defending the rights of dwarves) frequently delves into this, as he delivers his lines with reckless abandon and/or threatens other characters.

* JerkAss: Steven becomes this after their child is born and revealed to be a dwarf.

* PluckyComicRelief: Maurice and Lucy, who ([[HeroOfAnotherStory as noted above]]) appear to be in a completely different film than the main characters, which they only occassionaly interact with.

** Steven abandons Carol and his child after he can't come to grips with her inability to admit that the child is a dwarf.

* VitriolicBestBuds: Rolfe and Maurice are said to be best friends, but their camaraderie is, at the very least, incredibly strained. Rolfe has no problem calling the latter out on his problems and medical ailments in front of Lucy (a woman the latter is trying to seduce), and Maurice in turn repeatedly acts belligerent around him, even in social situations. This leads to Rolfe having to pull the latter away from his cousin (the head of the Little People's Justice League) and call him out for ranting to the latter about the rights of dwarves.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Midway through the film, Steven brings two of his firefighter trainees to the dwarf party. After the party ends, Steven leaves with Carol and Rolfe, without mentioning the trainees, leaving their whereabouts unknown. This is notable for the fact that's Steven specifically took the trainees from their camp (which was a day's drive away from his house) and seemingly left them with no way to get back.

Steven (Creator/MatthewMcConaughey) and Carol (Kate Beckinsale) are in a loving relationship and plan to get married, but things change quickly when she discovers that she's pregnant, prompting Steven to reveal that his family are dwarves. After she meets his relatives, including his twin brother Rolfe (Creator/GaryOldman), Carol is torn between whether or not to abort her child, all while she begins to learn more about dwarf culture. At the same time, Rolfe and his best friend, Maurice (Creator/PeterDinklage), campaign for the rights of dwarves at various conventions.

* ForcedPerspective: Done poorly with GaryOldman. Compare and contrast with the ''Film/LordOfTheRings'', the third of which was released the same year as this film and did the same thing to much greater effect.

--> “Well, my ex-old man Jerome, he used to whittle wood jewelry… then he turned really evil. He was a truck driver and those guys are all on crank and there’s those, you know, transsexual prostitutes that... anyway, he flipped out and thought I was an alien walk-in.”

* VitrolicBestBuds: Rolfe and Maurice are said to be best friends, but their camaraderie is, at the very least, incredibly strained. Rolfe has no problem calling the latter out on his problems and medical ailments in front of Lucy (a woman the latter is trying to seduce), and Maurice in turn repeatedly acts belligerent around him, even in social situations. This leads to Rolfe having to pull the latter away from his cousin (the head of the Little People's Justice League) and call him out for ranting to the latter about the rights of dwarves.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: The film (and characters) claims that Steven and Carol's baby is automatically the dwarf, and this is the conclusion she reaches after researching dwarf birth rates. However, this is incorrect. The most common form of dwarfism (known as "achondroplasia") can only be inhereited if either parent is a dwarf, which is obviously not the case. For the less common forms of heritable dwarfism, it is only possible to have a dwarf child if ''both'' parents' families have a history of dwarfism, and the film does not show Carol's family to have such a history. In fact, Steve being the only average-sized individual from a family of dwarfs makes it overwhelmingly likely that he did ''not'' inherit any genes for dwarfism, and therefore has a next-to-nothing chance of having a dwarf child.

* ImprovisedWeapon: Sally bashes her new boyfriend over the head with a fire extinguisher to stop him from attacking Rolfe.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: Gary Oldman as Rolfe. Not only does he look nothing like a dwarf, but it's clear in many scenes (which feature ForcedPerspective) that the effect of him "walking" is just Oldman shuffling along on his knees.

''Tiny Tiptoes'' (better known by the title ''Tiptoes'') is a 2003 drama film starring MatthewMcConaughey as the only normal sized person from a family of little people, Kate Beckinsale as his pregnant fiance who is unaware of this, and GaryOldman in what [[http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/aa3a85442a/tiptoes the trailer]] refers to as "role of a life time"... as a [[WTHCastingAgency dwarf]] who is also supposed to be Matthew [=McConaughey's=] [[DawsonCasting twin]] [[RefugeInAudacity brother]].

The dramedy was directed by Matthew Bright, formerly of Music/OingoBoingo and also known for his film ''Film/{{Freeway}}''.

* AbortedArc: The subplot involving Rolfe and his on again off again girlfriend gets dropped and has no effect on the film. Similarly, Maurice and Lucy disappear during the final act without any real resolution.
** There are also hints that Steven may be having an affair with one of his students that appears briefly but this is never referred to again.
* BittersweetEnding: Steven and Carol separate over his inability to cope with the fact that their son is a dwarf and she and the child stay as guests at Rolfe's cabin. However, in the end it seems that he's getting help and he parts with Carol and Rolfe on good terms. Also, Carol starts a new relationship with Rolfe.
* TheCameo: David Alan Grier as a fictional actor Jerry Robin Jr. who likes to have sex with midgets.
* ForcedPerspective: Done poorly with GaryOldman, frequently qualifies as SpecialEffectsFailure. Compare and contrast with the ''LordOfTheRings'' the third of which was released the same year as this film.

* BillingDisplacement: The DVD box art lists Matthew [=McConaughey=] first with GaryOldman getting AndStarring while the opening credits are the reverse.

* ExecutiveMeddling: Apparently the film was at one point a whole hour longer.

[[FlatWhat What.]]

* RefugeInAudacity: The filmmakers expecting you to believe the idea of Gary Oldman playing not only a dwarf but a dwarf that is the ''twin brother'' of Matthew [=McConaughey=] is almost certainly this.