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19 June 2009 (UK)
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When it comes to family and relationships, there are no small surprises
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Mattress salesman Brian Weathersby (Dano) finds his plan to adopt a Chinese baby augmented by the arrival of a young woman, Happy (Deschanel), who comes into his workplaces, falls asleep on one of the beds, and starts to affect his life upon waking up. full summary | full synopsis
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Warsaw Film Festival Oct 9 -18th
(From Monsters and Critics. 17 October 2009, 8:43 AM, PDT)
Paul Dano joins Tom Cruise's latest
(From TotalFilm. 25 September 2009, 12:46 AM, PDT)
(From Monsters and Critics. 17 October 2009, 8:43 AM, PDT)
Paul Dano joins Tom Cruise's latest
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The unexpected and the unexplained in our lives
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Paul Dano | ... | Brian Weathersby |
 | Zooey Deschanel | ... | Harriet 'Happy' Lolly |
 | Edward Asner | ... | Mr. Weathersby |
 | Jane Alexander | ... | Mrs. Weathersby |
 | John Goodman | ... | Al Lolly |
 | Sean Dugan | ... | Gary Wynkoop |
 | Brian Avers | ... | Larry Arbogast |
 | Louis Ozawa Changchien | ... | Matsubara |
 | Zach Galifianakis | ... | Homeless Guy |
 | Frank Harts | ... | Kenyatta Folds |
| Tatsuo Ichikawa | ... | Nagata |
 | Ilana Levine | ... | Ducky Saltinstall |
 | Susan Misner | ... | Melanie Lolly |
| Kenji | ... | Kanagae (as Kenji Nakano) |
| Clarke Peters | ... | Roger Stovall |
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Rated R for language, some sexual content and violence.
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Argentina:98 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente) | USA:98 min
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Comedian Zach Galifianakis plays a key and controversial (though uncredited) role alongside Paul Dano.
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Larry Arbogast:
Did you know women are 20 times more likely to be depressed than men? Maybe more, can't remember the exact number - it's a lot more.
Brian: That's good... for men.
Larry Arbogast: Not really, when you think about heterosexually.
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Brian: That's good... for men.
Larry Arbogast: Not really, when you think about heterosexually.
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Finska Blues
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This is an hour and a half of reality. If you are looking for some movie to make you forget about the gray life and all of its happenings, don't watch Gigantic. If you want to see how normal people react in extraordinary situations, without any imaginative and "hoolywoodistic" improvements, go ahead and watch. Very few people understand the poetry of Gigantic. Even fewer understand why the movie is called this way. And the explanation is almost obvious: because what's happening to Brian is gigantic and what's happening to Happy is even more gigantic.
Brian and Happy don't react extraordinary, cinematographically, in front of these gigantic situations, but they do what all of us would have probably done. This is why Gigantic is a good movie. Some have criticized the fact that Gigantic was put in romantic comedies genre. I have to disagree. Just because it doesn't have a cinematographic touch, it doesn't mean Gigantic is not funny or romantic. It's true, the jokes are Britishlike.
But the romance is sparkling. Brian and Happy are obviously in love from the first time they meet. And they share some pretty moments together. The homeless guy represents the unexplained in our lives. He lives only in Brian's head, or maybe he doesn't. Just like all the things we can't explain. Gigantic is not a beautiful movie. But it definitely is a good movie.