Colossal
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Directed by:
Nacho VigalondoScreenplay:
Nacho VigalondoCinematography:
Eric KressComposer:
Bear McCrearyCast:
Anne Hathaway, Dan Stevens, Jason Sudeikis, Austin Stowell, Tim Blake Nelson, Hannah Cheramy, Agam Darshi, Rukiya Bernard, Christine Lee, Miho Suzuki (more)VOD (1)
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Gloria (Anne Hathaway) is an out-of-work party girl who, after getting kicked out of her apartment by her boyfriend, is forced to leave her life in New York and move back to her hometown. When news reports surface that a giant creature is destroying Seoul, South Korea, Gloria gradually comes to the realisation that she is somehow connected to this far-off phenomenon. As events begin to spin out of control, Gloria must determine why her seemingly insignificant existence has such a colossal effect on the fate of the world. Deconstructing the monster movie genre in wildly imaginative ways, writer-director Nacho Vigalondo unleashes a fantastical tale that also triumphs as a wholly original and subversive romantic comedy. Featuring an empowering central performance by Anne Hathaway - playing a train-wreck fumbling toward redemption as she did in Rachel Getting Married - Colossal is that rare beast, the story of a woman battling for her survival and taking control of her own life in the shadow of two very different monsters on either side of the world. (Transmission Films)
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Colossal cannot be denied its screenwriting originality, the film brings together several different genres at once to create something largely unique. This innovative approach, however, also trips it up, as at times the whole thing felt too bizarre and confusing. The film offers several storylines: a party queen and irredeemable wreck in one returns to her hometown after years / a mysterious monster randomly appears in Seoul and destroys the city / an inferiority complex affects innocent people. At times this genre hodgepodge worked, at times you didn't know what was going on. A strange piece indeed, and one that undoubtedly deserves the viewer's attention - at least because of its genre rarity.
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For me, this is one of the most original films I've seen, where the fusion of relational and personal drama with a kaiju film is so incredible, at least in this interpretation, that I just kept wondering if these particular actors are actually in it. But thanks to them, it's brilliantly done and the acting is superb. Excellent film.
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