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First Reviews for "Colossal", starring Anne Hathaway

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Oersted

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Synopsis

After losing her job and boyfriend in New York, Gloria moves back to her hometown only to discover how strangely connected she is to an enormous creature.
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But that’s the peculiar conundrum that Gloria must face, and when “Colossal” gives her that opportunity, the payoff arrives. Vigalondo’s economical use of CGI manages to give it extra layers of meanings in spite of the bizarre events unfolding onscreen. The movie presents its plot like a ridiculous gamble, and keeps pulling it off, somehow managing to justify its existence. As she stumbles through problems both silly and serious, that’s the struggle Gloria faces as well.
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http://www.indiewire.com/2016/09/co...udeikis-nacho-vigalondo-tiff-2016-1201725198/

'Colossal' could use a spot of tightening up, and there are times when it feels just a little too pleased with its own wilful strangeness. But by the climax all concerns have gone out the window, as Vigalondo delivers an operatic finale that feels both earned and genuinely cathartic. For better and worse, you won't have seen a movie like 'Colossal' before, and you won't again. And that, in itself, is a strong recommendation.
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http://www.timeout.com/london/film/colossal

You’ve never really seen a movie like Colossal. It’s an alcoholism drama. It’s a dark comedy. It’s a kaiju movie. It’s all of these things in one, and thanks to a particularly fine-tuned script and a tremendous balance of tone from Vigalondo as a director, it succeeds far more than it fails. Confronting our demons is much harder than we think, especially once we realize they control us, not the other way around. Confronting these demons sometimes requires a fight, and that fight ain’t pretty. But considering the collateral damage that ensues when we don’t, confronting these demons is necessary.
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http://collider.com/colossal-review-anne-hathaway

So, what makes a monster? The answer Vigalondo provides is that it’s everything both inside and out, unreal and real, that are capable of being turned into a tools of destruction. But sometimes the carnage is far less obvious than felled buildings, and bodies in the street. Rather, it’s how failure and the sense of defeat curdles into a misguided sense of exacting revenge on a world that has wronged you. It’s the kind of ground that breeds terrorists, killers and sometimes scariest of all, an old friend who just wants to help when you’re down on your luck, but also senses an opening to gain the upper hand.
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http://theplaylist.net/anne-hathawa...n-sight-clever-colossal-tiff-review-20160909/

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Etzer

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I hadn't heard of this movie but...

Hard-drinking Gloria (Anne Hathaway) gets dumped by her boyfriend after one too many rough nights out; in a funk, she returns to her hometown and discovers that her movements in a small park control a giant kaiju monster in Seoul with the ability to steamroll an entire city.
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I really want to see it now.
 
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I remember someone posting a thread on this a long time ago and all of us then began to wonder if this movie would ever get made and if Anne was actually involved. So yeah, this whole thing is kinda strange. Interested to check it out though.
 
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Kyne

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no trailer...?

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HeartlessNobody213

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I remember hearing about this movie last year or late 2014 and it the time I could have sworn it was based on a manga but I was imagining it.

Anyways I've been waiting to see this for a while but since there has hardly been any news on it I sort of forgot about it. Still interested in seeing it.
 
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EXCLUSIVE: U.S. rights on the Nacho Vigalondo-directed Colossal with Anne Hathaway and Jason Sudeikis starring have just been sold by CAA and Voltage to an unspecified Chinese-based media company. That China-based enterprise, which paid mid-seven figures for the film and is guaranteeing a significant 2017 theatrical release, will be revealed in the next few weeks when it announces its investment in a new U.S. studio.

http://deadline.com/2016/09/colossa...lm-festival-mystery-chinese-buyer-1201818986/
 
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