The Minis

2009
2.6| 1h16m| NR| en
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A talented team of basketball players made up of little people enters a tournament to help a teammate's son go to college.

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Also starring Dana Woods

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Maidexpl Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast
Lollivan It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.
Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.
Quiet Muffin This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.
arfdawg-1 Dwarfs playing basketball... with Dennis Rodman.That's all you really need to know.There was no budget.It's essentially filmed with a hand held video camera.IMDb claims the budget was $5 million!!!! HUH? Was that for Rodman's booze? The production values are non-existent.This was one of the worst movies I have ever ever ever seen.There is not real plot at all.Just an endless parade of snips that are horribly filmed.Honestly, the budget had to be about a grand.
Hasco Nero This is, without a doubt, one of the worst movies I've ever seen. I know they try to convey a positive message of believing in yourself and not giving up, and I'm all for it. There are excellent movies out there with that message. Unfortunately, this is not one of them.The entire cast, with the exception of Richard Portnow, are horrible actors. They're really teeth-grindingly bad. They were so annoying, I didn't even want them to win the tournament. They're that bad.The story is one you've seen 1000 times before, one of the underdog going against all odds. Everything is so predictable. The only surprising thing about it, is that the Minis don't officially win the tournament in the end. But, big surprise, the crowd considers them the winner.And the camera-work seems like an amateur did it. All standard camera angles and framing. Nothing spectacular about it. Looks more like a bad 80s B-movie than something made in 2008.Same goes for editing. Scenes/montages that are supposed to show the team having fun or in action, take way too long. It gets boring. If anyone is to like it, it might be young kids. But if you're older than 10, don't waste you time watching this.
niibu_yaa This first 10 minutes of this movie is so horribly edited, shot, and acted that I almost stopped watching. Luckily from here it gets better. Roger (Joe Gnoffo) and his friends decide to play in the Venice Beach Basketball Tournament in order to raise cash for his son's college tuition. After some convincing, they agree but are still short one player. So they try to enlist the help of Dennis Rodman. Joe Gnoffo struggles with his role at times, and gives a pretty poor performance. That said I was mildly impressed by Gabriel Pimentel in the role of Chevy. Most of the others involved did a fair enough job, with the exception of Megumi Hosogai whom was very over the top. Not sure if I can blame her for that or not. Bad direction perhaps, or maybe her level of campyness was intended. Either way it didn't work and was rather annoying. None the less, it was entertaining at times, and had a decent message.
gndsqrl Seemed like it would be a interesting, funny and all around good film worth watching, until I started watching it. The idea of the film was a descent one. Four little people teaming up with an ex-basketball star to play a local ball contest. That's the best it got. The acting, on all accounts was just bad. The story was nothing original either. Father wants son to play ball, son wants to do something else, son does not get scholarship to school, father doesn't have enough money, so of coarse, enter a local contest to win prize money. Guy likes one girl that doesn't know he's alive. Another girl likes him, but he's to stupid to see it. Those ideas have been done way too many times and they never get any better.The film tries to send the message, don't call them "midgets", call them dwarfs or little people. But with a terrible script and bad acting all the good morals they try to convey, end up being drowned out by your snoring because you keep falling asleep from complete boredom.The only thing I can think of saying good about this movie is..... It has descent cinematography. They seem to have use good quality cameras and film, along with someone to run the cameras that appeared like they knew what they were doing. Audio is descent too. You can clearly hear that bad acting going on.If you want to see a funny and good movie with a ex-basketball star, I recommend saving your money and just rent Space Jam for the hundredth time.