DVD Review: Gigantic: Zooey Deschanel, Paul Dano, John Goodman, Ed Asner, Jane Alexander, Matt Aselton: Movies & TV

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DVD Review: Gigantic: Zooey Deschanel, Paul Dano, John Goodman, Ed Asner, Jane Alexander, Matt Aselton: Movies & TV

Posted by admin | on 16 August, 03:10 AM

Product Description
Mattress salesman, Brian Weathersby (PAUL DANO) gets swept up in a romance with the lovely but misguided Harriet Lolly (ZOOEY DESCHANEL) 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, (JOHN GOODMAN) an art-collecting loudmouth with a bad back and deep pockets. GIGANTIC is a funny, surreal love story about the anxiety that comes when two people with crazy families collide unexpectedly and fall for each other.

Curve Balls,

By Lee Armstrong (Winterville, NC United States) -
(TOP 100 REVIEWER)

“Gigantic” offers a mix of experiences. From the opening credit where the title is in a small font, one knows that this is a film that throws curve balls. One never quite knows what to expect. Paul Dano who was so good in “Little Miss Sunshine” and “There Will Be Blood” also produced. He turns in a subtle performance as Brian Weathersby who sells mattresses and works to secure his life-long dream of becoming an adoptive parent to a Chinese child. A complication arises as he meets Harriet “Happy” Lolly played by Zooey Deschanel. Shopping for a mattress, she falls asleep on the bed. From there a friendship and unusual romance develops. Ed Asner has a nice cameo as Brian’s father. Jane Alexander turns in an excellent cameo performance as Brian’s mother. John Goodman is blustery and eccentric as Harriet’s father. The performances are all first rate. Enjoy!

Obscure & totally dysfunctional - loved it.,

By Steve Kuehl “SLV Video” (Ben Lomond, CA) -
(TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

What a great little film. An irrational “love” story filled with the single most dysfunctional group of dorks I have ever enjoyed watching. Two obscure performances from Ed Asner and the mute Zach Galifianakis underscore the boldest roles for Zooey and Paul Dano I have seen outside of their mainstream stuff.

It is difficult to explain as I found it hard to classify this a comedy, but the laugh out loud moments of excellent writing were numerous and placed just right. The story follows two young lovers as they traverse their “jobs”, un-describable families, and each of their respective dysfunctions. Along the way we are subjected to Galifianakis’ homeless stalker, Ed Asner’s bizarre dad insight, and a Japanese spa scene that if described, would not allow this review to get posted (do not remember seeing anything like that on film before).

The filming is unique, the 5.1 is decent and picture quality is good. The special features are sparse but contain one of the most relevant deleted/alternate scenes I have watched in some time. Had they edited that 30 second clip into the film (the alternate scene clip), it would have changed the entire premise. The stills gallery is forgettable and a trailer is included. Would have preferred to see more about the brains behind this and maybe a featurette, but the film is an interesting piece on its own. It says R for language, sexual content and violence, but nudity should be in there also for the Zooey/pool scene, albeit from a distance.
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