Colossal

"Weaving together unlikely subject matter, the Anne Hathaway and Jason Sudeikis-led Colossal is perhaps the most audacious effort yet from writer/director Nacho Vigalondo - which says something off the back of time travel, alien, and online voyeurism pics. Principally, it’s a film about Gloria (Hathaway), a woman returning to her small American hometown and confronting her unhealthy relationships with men and booze. And then, half a world away, there’s also an enormous monster terrorising Seoul - somehow linked to Gloria and her actions."

"Engaging ideas bubble up every so often in Colossal, a film that carries out magical thinking to its extreme. But the audacity of its conceit is inexorably tamed, becoming an all-too-familiar lesson on saying no."

"Seems made for satirical treatment yet is executed with an increasingly awkward semi-seriousness the characters aren’t depthed (or likable) enough to ballast."

"For better and worse, you won't have seen a movie like Colossal before, and you won't again. And that, in itself, is a strong recommendation."

""Colossal" ... wrings a great deal of fun - and also some genuine terror, by no means all of it monster-related - from its blithely bizarre conceit."

"Given the bizarro conceit, there’s something surprisingly, and frustratingly, safe about the film."

"In my notebook I've scrawled "this would make a great Spike Jonze short film". Which sounds about right."

"An odd film that may feel disorienting to some, but it's also a totally original conceit that dares to tackle a little thing in a gigantic way."

"The cast's likability keeps us on board, watching the sometimes baffling behavior onscreen..."

"This is what would happen if Pacific Rim and When Harry Met Sally had a baby, and it’s freaking awesome."