Sunday, April 24, 2011

Gigantic (2008 R)

   The movie stars Paul Dano (The Extra Man L.I.E.), Zooey Deschanel (The Good Girl, 500 Days o Summer), Ed Asner (Up, Gypsy), jane Alexander (Brubaker, In the Custody of Strangers), John Goodman (Rosanne tv, Barton Fink), Ian Roberts (Wah-Wah, Upright Citizens Brgade), Robert Stanton (The Quiet American, Love or Money), and Zack Galifianakis (The Hangover, Due Date)
   The plot of the movie is Dano, who sells matresses, has had a life long desire to adapt a baby from China falls in love with Deschanel who works for her eccentric father.  Deschanel freeks out and breaks up with Dano but is won back, I think, at the one week aniversery of Dano getting a baby. While all of this s going on Dano is being hunted by this homeless guy, Galifianakis, who gets killed by Dano in a back alley fight that is thrown into the plot for a reason I am still trying to figure out.
   If you want a typical movie stay away from this one.  It reminds me of The Royal Tannabaums, I Hart Huckabees and Naked Lunch on the bizzar-o-meter.  Danos character is a little morose.  Dano and Deschanel are in this fish out of watter love story.  Asners character is kind of neat.  While I have never seen Mad Men, Asner could be Don Drapper transported to 2011.  (I assume Drapper is more of a womanizer then Asner character but shows other traits of a bussiness man from the era).
   The ending is a little diffrent but shows a very loving family that makes the overall movie better.  Im rating the movie as a C+ (a C- untill the ending brought up the grade.)  So I would say if you are in the mood for a bizzar love story take the time for this movie but be prepared for some characters you dont see in movies very often.  It is diffrent.

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