Gigantic

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  • Opened April 3, 2009 
  • 1 hr 39 min
  • R | language, some sexual content and violence
  • Brian Weathersby is a 28 year-old salesman at a high-end Swedish mattress company. The afterthought child to elderly parents, and the youngest son in a trio of successful brothers, a shady oil man, a surgeon, Brian is searching for his place in the world. Unfulfilled by his work he spends a good portion of his day pursuing his goal of someday adopting a baby from China. He gets swept up in a romance with the lovely but misguided Harriet Lolly when she comes in to his store one day and falls asleep on one of the beds. To win her over, he must compete with her bear of a father, Al Lolly, an art-collecting loudmouth with a bad back and deep pockets. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Paul Dano, Zooey Deschanel, John Goodman, Ed Asner, Jane Alexander
  • Director: Matt Aselton
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign, Comedy

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New York Post
| Kyle Smith

The slacker comedy-drama-romance-whatever Gigantic will fulfill all your alterna-movie weirdness requirements. Read full review

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Los Angeles Times
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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

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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

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ReelViews
| James Berardinelli

An offbeat romantic comedy that almost - but not quite - works. The characters and situations are a little too quirky for their own good. Read full review

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John Goodman and Paul Dano in "Gigantic."