The Minis is a wonderful combination of the theme of realizing a dream, no matter what the odds, and it also entertains the viewer with many comedic moments. Roger (Joe Gnoffo) is a little man who is the father of a normal sized son, Chris. He loves playing basketball and he encourages Chris to pursue a scholarship to do the same. But does Chris truly respect his father, and is basketball his father's dream, and not his own? He calls his dad by his first name, Roger. Yet their relationship develops and matures as the movie progresses.
Chevy is another little man character (portrayed by Gabriel Pimentel) who likes a tall blonde and wants to date her. There is a problem, however, and that is that she has a boyfriend. Chevy doesn't seem to realize that the lady he shares his feelings with, Lorraine, a lady who works at a diner, has feelings for him.
Roger and Chevy join forces with their friends, George and Nick, to see about forming their own basketball team. They decide they need to get a tall player to be the fifth member of the team, and they wind up reaching out to Dennis Rodman, "the Worm," as their wishful choice to complete their dream team. Dennis has an agent named Jack (Richard Portnow) and he immediately dreams of making big bucks off this unusual mini basketball team. We know he plans to exploit them when he continues to mistakenly call them "midgets" and even refers to them as Sleepy, Dopey, Grumpy, and Sneezy.
The movie does a good job in both having fun with the plot, but it also makes a firm point-and that is that small adults want to live "normal" lives like everyone else. A funny moment occurs when the tall blonde that Chevy likes says she's from Paris, but we learn it isn't Paris, France, but Paris, Texas!
During a serious moment in the film, Chevy says people call him "cute" or "baby doll" but says, "I don't think they really like me." He adds he wants to have an operation to make him taller, to which Roger replies, "No, not that again!" Despite the brief humorous moment, it is apparent that most, if not all, little people wish for that at one point or another.
At one point in the film when Roger, Chevy, Nick and George are together at a diner, and discussing playing basketball together, one of them says, "Do you realize the last time we played basketball Charles Barkley had hair?!" Another fun moment occurs when the four Minis tell Rodman they're big fans of his. "BIG ones?" he asks. It is truly a tongue-in-cheek moment.
Chevy is another little man character (portrayed by Gabriel Pimentel) who likes a tall blonde and wants to date her. There is a problem, however, and that is that she has a boyfriend. Chevy doesn't seem to realize that the lady he shares his feelings with, Lorraine, a lady who works at a diner, has feelings for him.
Roger and Chevy join forces with their friends, George and Nick, to see about forming their own basketball team. They decide they need to get a tall player to be the fifth member of the team, and they wind up reaching out to Dennis Rodman, "the Worm," as their wishful choice to complete their dream team. Dennis has an agent named Jack (Richard Portnow) and he immediately dreams of making big bucks off this unusual mini basketball team. We know he plans to exploit them when he continues to mistakenly call them "midgets" and even refers to them as Sleepy, Dopey, Grumpy, and Sneezy.
The movie does a good job in both having fun with the plot, but it also makes a firm point-and that is that small adults want to live "normal" lives like everyone else. A funny moment occurs when the tall blonde that Chevy likes says she's from Paris, but we learn it isn't Paris, France, but Paris, Texas!
During a serious moment in the film, Chevy says people call him "cute" or "baby doll" but says, "I don't think they really like me." He adds he wants to have an operation to make him taller, to which Roger replies, "No, not that again!" Despite the brief humorous moment, it is apparent that most, if not all, little people wish for that at one point or another.
At one point in the film when Roger, Chevy, Nick and George are together at a diner, and discussing playing basketball together, one of them says, "Do you realize the last time we played basketball Charles Barkley had hair?!" Another fun moment occurs when the four Minis tell Rodman they're big fans of his. "BIG ones?" he asks. It is truly a tongue-in-cheek moment.