COLOSSAL
Nacho Vigalondo is a Spanish filmmaker who burst onto the scene with 2007’s Timecrimes. A decade and three films later, Vigalondo delivers Colossal. To chart his maturation as a director, particularly his last feature (Open Windows) to his latest, it is like comparing night to day, black to white. Colossal, which stars Anne Hathaway and Jason Sudeikis, is a gigantic leap for Vigalondo. Gigantic being the opportune word. Gloria (Hathaway), who is out of work and now boyfriend-less, moves back home and reconnects with old friends at an old bar in town. Prone to drinking, however, finds Gloria an unwilling participant as part of a strange phenomenon happening in Seoul, South Korea. To go into more detail would spoil the surprise. Just know that Gloria’s simple existence has a colossal effect on the world outside her own.
