This overly quirky, incessantly whimsical indie is too self-conscious for its own good. Read critic reviews
Gigantic
2008, Romance/Comedy, 1h 39m
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Brian Weathersby (Paul Dano), a mattress salesman with successful siblings, wants to get more out of life. He makes a decision to adopt a child, and, as he begins the process, strange events begin to occur. First, Brian starts to think he's being stalked. Then the unconventional daughter of one of his customers -- Harriet "Happy" Lolly (Zooey Deschanel) -- begins hanging around. Brian must prepare for potential fatherhood while dealing with Happy's overbearing father, Al (John Goodman).
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Rating: R (Language|Violence|Some Sexual Content)
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Genre: Romance, Comedy
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Original Language: English
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Director: Matt Aselton
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Producer: Mindy Goldberg, Christine Vachon
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Writer: Matt Aselton, Adam Nagata
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Release Date (Theaters): limited
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Box Office (Gross USA): $102.1K
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Runtime:
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Distributor: First Independent Pictures
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I enjoyed it. The cast really made this work for me and although overall it's not a great movie, there are some really funny lines.
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Clarke Peters, what are you doing in this travesty? And other 'Treme' star Goodman, what why . . . even Zooey. A pretentious movie soaked in eccentricity for no reason and dialogue, situations, characters that all feel false.
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A movie that seems to want to make a political or humanistic statement but over-quirks itself instead. Brian is quirkily shy; Happy is quirkily fucked-up (she even says so herself, and that always pisses me off in movies). Obviously, they should have sex. I dig the actors, and they're quite darling and sympathetic in this movie, but what exactly is this movie about? Fatherhood? Adoption? Government bureaucracy? Unconventional upbringings? There's much talk on IMDb about the "controversial" hobo attacker played by Zach Galifianakis (to great heebie jeebie extent, might I add), saying he's supposed to be a manifestation of Brian's fear of growing up, committing to a child perhaps, but as with the supernatural inconsistencies in <i>Black Swan</i>, other people seeing Brian's physical cuts and bruises = NO SENSE! Brian actually removing a bullet from his leg, implying that someone actually shot him = NO SENSE! If it's all in his head, he's crazy and shouldn't be adopting a child. If it's visible to other people because he's self-inflicting these wounds, he's crazy and shouldn't be adopting a child. Furthermore, the scary music that underscores all the attacks also tip this movie from the sweet indie drama genre into the thriller mind-fuck genre, yet there is no Shyamalan twist in the end at all.
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In "Gigantic," Brian(Paul Dano), a 28-year old unmarried man, is going through something of a rut, as his request to adopt a Chinese baby is perpetually on hold.(Say what you will about bureaucracies but occasionally they get something right.) His disposition does not improve after getting beaten up by a homeless man(Zach Galifianakis). At least, he sells Al Lolly(John Goodman) a $14,000 mattress. When his daughter Harriet(Zooey Deschanel) comes to complete the transaction, she falls asleep. Awake, she persuades Brian to drive her and her dad to his back doctor when he delivers the mattress and propositions Brian in the waiting room... "Gigantic" is a truly misguided attempt at offbeat comedy. It just goes to show you that even with the right cast, all may be still be lost. The fault lies mostly with the uninspired direction as scenes go on too long and a lack of coherence permeates the entire affair. Even the details are wrong. The showroom is much too ramshackled for the well-heeled clientele they hope to attract. Still, there is some indication that this might have looked somewhat appetizing on the page, since there are some clever ideas and dialogue that shine through even this mess.
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