Critics Don't Even Know What to Say About Anne Hathaway's Monster Movie "Colossal"

"Hm. I'm not really sure how to talk about Colossal." - Vanity Fair

"To call Colossal tonally uneven would perhaps be missing the entire point of Colossal. For months now, the staggeringly odd premise has been the source of feverish online discussion and intense confusion. She did what? And has a what? But how could that?" - The Guardian





You've never really seen a movie like Colossal. It's an alcoholism drama. It's a dark comedy. It's a kaiju movie. It's all of these things in one, and thanks to a particularly fine-tuned script and a tremendous balance of tone from Vigalondo as a director, it succeeds far more than it fails. " - Collider "Writing about a movie like Colossal is tough. Basically, this movie is insane. Each successive scene is different from what you expect. But given that part of its charm is the constant subversion of expectations, I'm wary of giving away too much...

No one knows what to say about Colossal, partially because they don't want to give away the film's many surprises, but also because it's just a little weirdo. Critics don't really know what to do with it, and have called it everything from an "oddball" to a "madcap monster movie" to a "ridiculous gamble" to a "thoroughly original take on the kaiju genre." Whether it will actually be good or not is up for debate, but it's certainly piqued our interest.Colossal is a monster movie starring Anne Hathaway and Jason Sudeikis (which already sounds pretty weird), joined by The Guest and Legion's Dan Stevens. We won't give anything away, since the film's surprising nature is widely hailed as a strength, but it's public knowledge that Anne Hathaway's character has a psychic connection to the monster in question, which is terrorizing Seoul. It basically sounds like Rachel Getting Married meets Godzilla/Cloverfield.Here's what critics have to say about it (or, more accurately, what they don't say about it):Some reviews aren't quite as positive as Collider's, and claim that the film doesn't fully take advantage of its premise's weirdness. But still, it's getting pretty great reviews, with a 77% on Rotten Tomatoes , and we're hoping it will be the next strangely amazing sci-fi indie. Cross your fingers that it will be more like The Lobster, a movie that wrings genuine emotional heft from a ridiculous premise, and less like the fart joke-happy Swiss Army Man, which was ultimately less than the sum of its parts.Colossal premiered this weekend at TIFF, and doesn't yet have a wide release date.