Gloria is an out-of-work party girl forced to leave her life in New York City and move back home. When reports surface that a giant creature is destroying Seoul, she gradually comes to the realization that she is somehow connected to this phenomenon.
Alex, Emily, and their son, RJ, are new to Los Angeles. A chance meeting at the park introduces them to the mysterious Kurt, Charlotte, and Max. A family "playdate" becomes increasingly interesting as the night goes on.
Director:
Patrick Brice
Stars:
Adam Scott,
Taylor Schilling,
Jason Schwartzman
Maxwell Smart, a highly intellectual but bumbling spy working for the CONTROL agency, is tasked with preventing a terrorist attack from rival spy agency KAOS.
A stoner - who is in fact a government agent - is marked as a liability and targeted for extermination. But he's too well-trained and too high for them to handle.
Director:
Nima Nourizadeh
Stars:
Jesse Eisenberg,
Kristen Stewart,
Connie Britton
A man awakens in the bedroom of a one-night stand and discovers that he must remain in her building indefinitely, as the authorities deal with last night's UFO invasion. What's more, her weirdo neighbor has a huge unrequited crush on her.
Director:
Nacho Vigalondo
Stars:
Julián Villagrán,
Michelle Jenner,
Carlos Areces
A man accidentally gets into a time machine and travels back in time nearly an hour. Finding himself will be the first of a series of disasters of unforeseeable consequences.
Director:
Nacho Vigalondo
Stars:
Karra Elejalde,
Candela Fernández,
Bárbara Goenaga
Gloria (Anne Hathaway) is an out-of-work girl who, after getting kicked out of her apartment by her boyfriend, is forced to leave her life in New York and move back to her hometown. When news reports surface that a giant creature is destroying Seoul, South Korea, Gloria gradually comes to the realization that she is somehow connected to this far-off phenomenon. As events begin to spin out of control, Gloria must determine why her seemingly insignificant existence has such a colossal effect on the fate of the world.
Anne Hathaway was in the second trimester of her pregnancy while filming the movie. See more »
Goofs
In the final flashback to Gloria and Oscar's youth, a comic book is shown falling from Oscar's backpack. The back cover of the comic features a partial quote from David S Goyer and mentions his films Batman Begins (2005) and The Invisible (2007). The flashback occurs twenty-five years before the present day of the film, so either Colossal is set in 2032 at the earliest -- which does not appear to be the case -- or the book is an anachronism. See more »
Quotes
Gloria:
Keep it cool. These people are looking at us.
Oscar:
[looks at the women at the next table]
Hi. She's the monster; I'm the robot.
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The monsters serve as an interesting metaphor for the shifting balance of power and control in our relationships and ourselves, and the choices we make accordingly.
This isn't the best movie ever but doesn't deserve the bad reviews either.
A good entertainment piece with a simple message that stands out in current times against a dull backdrop of franchised for profit superhero movies.
Worth a watch if only for something slightly different.
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The monsters serve as an interesting metaphor for the shifting balance of power and control in our relationships and ourselves, and the choices we make accordingly.
This isn't the best movie ever but doesn't deserve the bad reviews either.
A good entertainment piece with a simple message that stands out in current times against a dull backdrop of franchised for profit superhero movies.
Worth a watch if only for something slightly different.