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Colossal

2016

Nacho Vigalondo

Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis, Dan Stevens, Austin Stowell ...

5.9

13,790

Fantasy. Comedy. Drama Gloria (Anne Hathaway) is an ordinary woman who, after losing her job and her fiancé, decides to leave her life in New York to move back to her hometown. But when news reports surface that a giant lizard is destroying the city of Seul, Gloria gradually comes to realize that she is strangely connected to these far-off events via the power of her mind. In order to prevent further destruction, Gloria needs to determine why her seemingly ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"Enjoyable but underdeveloped sci-fi (...) [It] doesn't follow through on either the physical or thematic possibilities of the conceit"	NEU
United States	Dennis Harvey Variety	"[It] takes diminishing advantage of an amusing premise, one that seems made for satirical treatment yet is executed with an increasingly awkward semi-seriousness the characters aren’t depthed (or likable) enough to ballast"	NEG
United States	Steve Macfarlane Slant	"Audiences who step into 'Colossal' unaware of where Vigalondo is taking them will be nothing if not surprised (...) The film probably assumes more patience of its audience than it can possibly reward."	NEU
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"'Colossal' itself wrings a great deal of fun — and also some genuine terror, by no means all of it monster-related — from its blithely bizarre conceit."	POS
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"A hilarious monster movie in miniature, “Colossal” wrestles its absurd premise into a clever and frequently hilarious riff on moody young adults trapped by their insecurities."	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"[A] genuinely oddball gem (...) Anne Hathaway delivers a funny, fierce, fully committed performance that demands to be seen (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Benjamin Lee The Guardian	"A fascinating misfire (...) if you’re going to make a film about a woman with a psychic connection to a giant city-crushing monster, it should definitely be weirder than this (...) Rating: ★★ (out of five)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Joshua Rothkopf Time Out	"Anne Hathaway impresses in this brilliant genre-melting wry comedy from Spaniard Nacho Vigalondo that's part indie character study and part monster movie (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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