Gigantic [ Blu-Ray, Reg.A/B/C Import - Spain ]

Paul Dano, Zooey Deschanel, Zach Galifinakis, John Goodman, Ed Asner - all great actors who elevate this mediocre script, but there's only so far they can take it.It's an interesting, quirky premise: Paul Dano is a mattress salesman in his late 20's with a long-standing desire to adopt a Chinese baby. Then he meets a girl (Deschanel), and his plan is thrown into question. There's also a strange subplot in which Dano is repeatedly attacked by a mysterious assailant.Unfortunately, none of the important questions are ever satisfactorily answered, nor are the characters developed much. Why does he want to adopt - not just a baby, but specifically a Chinese baby? (He just always has, since he was a kid.) What's the deal with Deschanel's hot/cold response? (Her mother abandoned the family, so she's incapable of forming any lasting relationships.) And who's this weirdo would-be assassin? (Not sure about this one, but it seems like writer/director Matt Aselton is trying to make this character represent a denied or unconscious part of Dano's psyche who, unless Dano confronts and defeats him, will ruin his chances to achieve anything and everything he wants.) Why is everyone except Dano, including his own family, so rich? (Dano's NYC apartment, however, is suspiciously spacious for a guy who sells mattresses out of a warehouse.) And how is it that all the wealthy characters have amusingly oddball jobs? (Dano's brothers are a doctor who's afraid of physical contact and a lifelong bachelor who buys and sells oil tankers. Deschanel's sister hosts shopping network promos.) And the parents - who knows where their money came from? But they certainly have a lot of it.Apparently, Dano and Aselton went to college together, which goes a ways toward explaining how this movie got made. Somehow, Aselton was also able to get a decent budget and a great cast. It's too bad that the script was not significantly revised before production. This film has a lot of potential, of which it repeatedly falls short.

This film is really a battle of the bizarre fathers: between John Goodman who prefers being chauffeured lying down in the back of a hearse and Ed Asner, a goofily semi-demented back to nature grandfather who has his grown multi-lingual sons over for a hallucinogenic tea party. Goodman and Asner alone are worth the price of the DVD.The main character played by Paul Dano is a kind of urban, mattress-selling "Lars" of Lars and the Real Girl; you're not sure how much of his reality is real or why, but everyone else seems to take his off axis mental status in stride. Paul plays Brian, a sweet, shy guy who, unaccountably, stays that way after meeting Zoe Deschanel. Zoe, I think, just plays Zoe; quirky, beautiful, messed up by an obliviously cruel mother, and indulged by her hyperrich hypereccentric father (Goodman); she lives in an ADD world where she is unable to keep a job or a boyfriend. She's charming, believably vulnerable and heartfelt.The movie has an odd and disturbing (well, everything is relative) subplot involving an individual who may be violently stalking Brian, and there is also Brian's apparently lifelong intent (obsession?) to adopt a Chinese baby girl. Zoe may or may not be pregnant by the end of the film, which just ends and drops you on the floor abruptly, as if the filmmaker decided that if attention deficit disorder is good enough for his characters, it's good enough for the film.So, bottom line, if you like quirky movies, and really good, really eccentric acting, add this to your collection.

i watched the movie on netflix. liked it enough that i bought a reasonable priced copy.

This film is finally available in HD on a BD-R disk (burn on demand, not pressed like real Blu-rays). They did an excellent job with the transfer and, like other BD-Rs I've bought, the quality is equal to real Blu-rays (though I doubt they will last as long, judging from what happens with CD-Rs over the decades). This is a real plus for this film, which has some stunning photography. If you like the movie, I highly recommend getting the BD-R version; the sheer pleasure of watching Gigantic is greatly improved (though not the story, of course, which, as you can tell from the other reviews, generates strong feelings one way or the other). Personally, I think the cast alone makes it worthwhile.

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Seriously the lowest energy movie I can recall. Zooey Deschanel was perfect, as she's the epitome of low energy. Paul Dano ran a close second. OK story with a foreseeable ending, not a terrible watch, not a good watch.

Very good movie, as long as you have the time to invest in a thoughtfully meaningful movie. It is enjoyable, with the main character's acting ability and the legendary appearances of a few icons, from back in my day.

Listen... this move was all over the freakin' place. First of all, what the heck was the point of Zack Galifjkadjkadahdbvkis?! Like, was this some meta-hipster thing I didn't get? Also, the movie made zero sense. Like what was the point of any of us. LIke, I thought there was going to be a grand conclusion... yeah... that was a lie. The title of the movie doesn't make any sense either.

bought as saw trailer on different disc not as good as trailer

Great indie film. Wonderful cast.

I really enjoyed this quirky indie comedy about a bed salesman (played by Paul Dano) who meets a customer (Zooey Deschanel) and falls in love with her while he is trying to adopt a Chinese baby. There are also various side stories going on to add to the fun, some of which make no sense whatsoever to the film's plot and are left unexplained. There are no extras at all on the disc so it is a little disappointing that you don't find out anything extra about what they were trying to convey.Zooey Deschanel plays her usual kookie girl that is supposed to turn the life of the male lead upside down; but this time Paul Dano is so focused on his own goals that she is left as the one looking for love.A very enjoyable comedy.

I bought this film on the basis that anything Zooey Deschanel is in, is bound to be lovely, and indeed the relationship between the two leads is incredibly sweet and interesting.However, the addition of the violent homeless man without any explanation of who he is or why he keeps on popping up throughout was too much for me to bear. I'm not one who delights in a perfect rounded ending, but when this film finished I was so confused that I was borderline angry at the film. I kept trying to figure out what it all meant or if there was some metaphor within it that went over my head, but two months later, I'm still completely clueless.A dissapointing element to what could otherwise have been a really cool and quirky film.

Gigantic is a pretty good comedy if you can overlook Deschanel in her usual 'kooky girl who turns boy's life upside down' (Yes Man, 500 days of Summer). In this she's called Happy. Really??I genuinely think Dano is a very good actor after seeing There will be blood, and here he does unassuming good guy well.The cast is good - aside from the leads - John Goodman, Clarke Peters (the Wire) provide humorous support.Original storyline, some memorable moments, heartwarming - worth a watch.