Gigantic

Sep 9, 2008

1h 39m

★ 5.6

When it comes to family and relationships, there are no small surprises.

Overview

Young mattress salesman Brian decides to adopt a baby from China but is distracted when he forms a relationship with quirky, wealthy Harriet whom he meets at his mattress store. As their relationship flourishes, unbeknownst to them, a hitman is trying to kill Brian.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Gigantic Movie

Epoch Films

Gigantic Trailers

Cast

Happy

Zooey Deschanel

Happy's Father

John Goodman

Brian

Paul Dano

Kirby Weathersby

Ed Asner

Barbara Weathersby

Jane Alexander

John Weathersby

Ian Roberts

James Weathersby

Robert Stanton

Roger Stovall

Clarke Peters

Kevin Blue

Daniel Stewart Sherman

Marguerite Lolly

Mary Page Keller

Homeless Man

Zach Galifianakis

Larry Arbogast

Brian Avers

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5.1

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

Sep 25, 2009

After her boyfriend mysteriously leaves her with little explanation, a doctoral candidate in anthropology at a prestigious East Coast university is left looking for answers as to what went wrong.

6.3

The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love

Jun 16, 1995

An adventurous love story between two young women of different social and economic backgrounds who find themselves going through all the typical struggles of a new romance.

6.3

How About You...

Nov 16, 2007

A young woman, struggling with the direction of her life, spends Christmas watching over a retirement home filled with demanding residents.

5.7

Suckers

Dec 12, 1999

A fiercely dishonest car salesman hires a new employee who owes a serious debt to loan sharks.

6.2

Familiar Strangers

Nov 14, 2008

"Familiar Strangers" asks the question. "Is it really possible to relate to ones parents and siblings after being replaced by the family dog? . . . Perhaps as friends - weird friends?" An off beat - funny - heartfelt story of family negotiating the changing relationships between parents and children, especially as those children grow into adulthood.

5.0

Dream a Little Dream 2

Jul 1, 1995

Dinger and Bobby's adventure start when a pair of magical sunglasses arrive at the door. Their mundane lives in L.A. get a crazy twist-but soon enough, they've got thugs on their trail who want the valuable pair for themselves. Under hot pursuit, it's one crazy antic after another as the troublesome twosome scramble to keep their hot commodity out of the wrong hands.

3.8

Made for Each Other

Apr 25, 2009

After three months in a sexless marriage, a man cheats on his wife and tries to justify his actions by tricking her into infidelity.

4.3

Filthy McNasty

Mar 4, 2002

Two bookish women, whom crave adventure and bad taste, suddenly turn into sexy ladies after being zapped with a spell by a sex-starved ghost.

5.0

The Blue Dildo

Sep 7, 2012

Dark comedy about a young woman being stalked and the awkwardness of bringing it up to her family.

3.8

Outside Sales

Jun 1, 2006

A romantic comedy about a depressed salesman coping with a cheating wife, his sadistic boss and the beautiful sales rep hired to replace him.

4.1

Moola

Apr 20, 2007

Just as the business which Steve helped create, American Lightsticks, is on the brink of collapse, a huge 'deal' suddenly materializes, and he and his partners are sure that their lives have changed forever. A true-to-life comedy inspired by actual events.

6.8

1981

Sep 4, 2009

Filmmaker Ricardo Trogi recalls the events surrounding his family moving to a new neighborhood when he was 11 years old.

4.9

Adventures of Power

Jan 17, 2008

In his quest to become the world's greatest air-drummer, a small-town dreamer must overcome obstacles and ridicule to save the day.

4.5

Forty Shades of Blue

Dec 7, 2005

A Russian woman living in Memphis with a much older rock-n-roll legend experiences a personal awakening when her husband's estranged son comes to visit.

6.6

Bright Star

Sep 18, 2009

In 1818, high-spirited young Fanny Brawne finds herself increasingly intrigued by the handsome but aloof poet John Keats, who lives next door to her family friends the Dilkes. After reading a book of his poetry, she finds herself even more drawn to the taciturn Keats. Although he agrees to teach her about poetry, Keats cannot act on his reciprocated feelings for Fanny, since as a struggling poet he has no money to support a wife.

5.5

Disorganized Crime

Apr 14, 1989

Lou Diamond Phillips and Fred Gwynne team up with a gang of professional criminals who have everything it takes to rob a bank. The only things they do have going for them are a cop and his partner, who are dumber than they are! By the time the gang hits the bank vault, it's a safe bet there's going to be organized insanity and disorganized crime!

6.1

Amateur

Aug 5, 1994

A man wakes up in an alley, bleeding and with no memory of who he is. He stumbles into a coffee shop and is befriended by a charitable ex-nun who is failing in her attempts to write marketable pornography.