2016 · comedy · drama · sci-fi
Colossal (2016)
Directed by Nacho Vigalondo1h 49m2016
A woman discovers that severe catastrophic events are somehow connected to the mental breakdown from which she's suffering.
Our read: Colossal (2016) (2016) reads as a neutral, steady, surreal comedy · drama · sci-fi entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, steady, measured comedy / drama, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- intense
- surreal
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