Good , But It Is Overrated By Some

It's complicated... I really like the directing, acting and writing but, there are issues with the way it's shot that I just can't deny. As much as I love the storytelling and the fantastic performance but, there are also certain scenes that didn't need to exist.

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

Let me just say something that one Daniel O'Brien of Cracked.com once said of this movie in a Youtube video titled "Officially the Worst Movie Idea Anyone's Ever Had". "Now I'm gonna pitch you a movie, this couple named Steve and Carol have a wonderful relationship. Everything is going well until Carol gets pregnant. Now Steve's deep dark secret is revealed. His entire family is dwarfs... Pretend that I stress that it's not a comedy, it's very, very serious, and let's say for argument's sake that my name is Weiner. I have just pitched you: 'Mr. Weiner's Very Serious Midget Movie'".I really do feel that Mr. O'Brien captures the essence of the film in this alternate title.

This could have been a really good film. I had Tivo'ed it since Im a big fan of Peter Dinklage - but his role was ridiculous as was the story line with him and Patricia Arquette. Gary Oldman was unrecognizable as the brother - I kept looking for him as the story unfolded. He did a great job since he is a great actor, but I cant help wondering if they had Peter Dinklage cast as the brother and eliminated the story line of him as the anarchist romancing Arquette that it may have been more credible. I found it hard to believe that the wife Kate Beckinsale would be so politically incorrect as to refer to the family as midgets. I had deleted it mid film but then retrieved it feeling compelled to see the whole film.

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!

Huge disappointment. Great cast, and it started out really promising, but by the end it was total Movie of the Week. Not sure what they were thinking - the movie seemed nicely offbeat during the first half but then it got bogged down in melodrama. I learned a lot about dwarfism of course, which seems like it was the point, but I didn't enjoy the movie and that's a shame. Kate Beckinsale is a terrific actress who can move effortlessly among genres, but she is ultimately wasted here in a part that a much less talented woman could have played. It was fun to see so many well-known Little People, and they were all excellent, but not enough to save the movie. Too bad, because this could have been something special.