Gigantic
First Independent Pictures | Release Date: April 3, 2009 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
38
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
4
Negative:
5
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88
New York PostKyle Smith
The slacker comedy-drama-romance-whatever Gigantic will fulfill all your alterna-movie weirdness requirements. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesGary Goldstein
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
ReelViewsJames 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
63
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger 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
The New York TimesStephen 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
50
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
This is loads of fun in the early stretch, as the characters are being introduced, but the story never really goes anywhere. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeTy 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
40
Austin ChronicleMarc 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 ReporterKirk 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 A.V. ClubScott Tobias
Any resemblance the film bears to real people and real situations is purely coincidental. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsElizabeth 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 VoiceNick Pinkerton
I don't remember ever wanting to just haul out and punch a movie before Gigantic. Read full review
0
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
Inert, incompetent and emotionally fraudulent. Read full review
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