Height, for men, works as a social currency most people never have to think about, and Edan Alterman built this film out of that fact. Alterman, at 5'5" himself, interviews teenage boys who still hope for a growth spurt, adult men who gave up on one, and researchers studying how height shapes dating, hiring, and status. He asks the questions directly on camera: are shorter men expected to be funnier to compensate, why do women say they want tall partners, and who actually ends up with the short guys. The film mixes his own comedic background into the approach, treating the subject with humor rather than pity, while still sitting with the real frustration the teenage subjects describe about being teased or overlooked. Two short-statured boys anchor the present-day thread, still waiting to grow, set against adults who have settled into their height one way or another. Alterman's own account of being the shortest kid in his class runs through the film as the reason he made it.