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Colossal

Colossal

Drama · Fantasy · Science Fiction · 2017

A woman discovers that severe catastrophic events are somehow connected to the mental breakdown from which she's suffering.

Movie details

Colossal

“There's a monster in all of us”

2017 Drama · Fantasy · Science Fiction 1h 49m

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6.3 / 10

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A woman discovers that severe catastrophic events are somehow connected to the mental breakdown from which she's suffering.

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What this film says about your taste.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Nacho Vigalondo

Written by

Nacho Vigalondo

Anne Hathaway

Anne Hathaway

Gloria

Jason Sudeikis

Jason Sudeikis

Oscar

Austin Stowell

Austin Stowell

Joel

Tim Blake Nelson

Tim Blake Nelson

Garth

Dan Stevens

Dan Stevens

Tim

Hannah Cheramy

Hannah Cheramy

Young Gloria

Nathan Ellison

Nathan Ellison

Young Oscar

Court is in session

Put Colossal on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.