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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 80
    Los Angeles Times |

    First-time feature director Matt Aselton, who co-wrote the darkly funny, well-observed script with Adam Nagata, has crafted a disarming tale that's one of the better independent films in recent memory. Read full review

  • 63
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    On the basis of Gigantic, Matt Aselton can make a fine and original film. This isn't quite it, but it has moments so good, all you wish for is a second draft. Read full review

  • 50
    Boston Globe | Ty Burr

    Gigantic plays like a Sundance movie with half the nouns removed; fetchingly cryptic for a while, it's ultimately just obscure. Read full review

  • 50
    The New York Times | Stephen Holden

    With its off-center dialogue and upscale industrial settings, Gigantic strains to be original. But beneath its indie affectations it is really another contemplation of generational misunderstanding. Read full review

  • 40
    Austin Chronicle | Marc Savlov

    It's just not all that interesting to watch two pretty young things go through the muddled rituals of the pas de duh when I can, you know, do it just as poorly myself. Read full review

  • 30
    The Hollywood Reporter | Kirk Honeycutt

    We can be grateful to a stellar cast and some discipline on the part of Matt Aselton, a commercials director making his feature debut, that Gigantic doesn't go completely overboard. Nevertheless, the film will appeal mostly to festivals and adventurous audiences. Read full review

  • 25
    The Onion A.V. Club | Scott Tobias

    Any resemblance the film bears to real people and real situations is purely coincidental. Read full review

  • 20
    New York Daily News | Elizabeth Weitzman

    Dano is a talented actor who needs to aim higher, and it should go without saying that Deschanel can do - and should know - better. Read full review

  • 10
    Village Voice |

    I don't remember ever wanting to just haul out and punch a movie before Gigantic. Read full review

  • 0
    San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle

    Inert, incompetent and emotionally fraudulent. Read full review

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