Don Shanahan
Every Movie Has a Lesson
Jul 18, 2025
4/5
Wholly original and downright weird on many fronts, “Colossal” is the most eccentric monster movie you may ever see.
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Ankit Ojha
Cinema Elite
Jul 9, 2024
4.5/5
Nacho Vigalondo’s latest is a film that’s equal parts indie rom-com, psychological horror, and monster-movie seems never to miss a single step.
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Anthony McGlynn
Vague Visages
Feb 6, 2024
Introduced as the classic nice guy, Oscar’s arc is not only an ideal foil for Gloria’s journey, but forms the reactive core of the film’s biting take on gender and ego.
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Patrick Cavanaugh
The Wolfman Cometh
May 12, 2023
5/5
Hooks you in with something quirky and inventive, only to show you how incredibly human it is, displaying the gamut that interpersonal relationships can run in the adult world.
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Erik Childress
The Friendship Dilemma Podcast
Sep 29, 2022
4/4
The kaiju began as a metaphor but the way Nacho Vigolando turns it on his head with the personal struggles beset by alcoholism is funny and unnerving in equal measure. Anne Hathaway & Jason Sudeikis give career performances here.
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Brian Eggert
Deep Focus Review
Apr 4, 2022
2.5/4
Colossal is unique and admirable for its ambition, making it even more disappointing that it fails to put its concept and characters to better use.
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Nathan Mattise
Ars Technica
Jul 27, 2021
Anne Hathaway + kaiju monster = awesome film (though in ways you may not expect).
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Jason Adams
My New Plaid Pants
Jul 6, 2021
It makes for a captivating watch; one that has you cheering for the most bizarre things by the end. But cheer you will.
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Ian Brill
Battleship Pretension
Apr 13, 2021
The emotional and logical parts of the film come together for an ending worthy of its brash concept. It cements the film as a winner overall, even if it has some trouble achieving all its aims.
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Leo Brady
AMovieGuy.com
Feb 15, 2021
3.5/4
With Colossal, the best advice I can give is for you to know nothing about it going in, stick with it, and bask in this film's brilliant originality.
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Leigh Monson
Substream Magazine
Sep 24, 2020
4.5/5
In terms of an overall package, few films are as uniquely and inventively poignant as Colossal.
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Ricardo Gallegos
Pólvora
Jul 3, 2020
The genre mix doesn't feel organic, the changes in tone are abrupt and the message it's trying to convey is unclear. [Full review in Spanish]
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CJ Sheu
Review Film Review
Jul 1, 2020
The second half exceeds expectations, but does so in a way that you probably wouldn't foresee.
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Steven Prokopy
Third Coast Review
May 5, 2020
It's the more intimate and more vulnerable moments that I found most inspiring here, especially in the context of what could have easily been a dopey, escapist kaiju film.
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Dan Scully
Cinema76
Mar 26, 2020
[A] delightfully goofy and surprisingly dark rumination on interpersonal possessiveness and personal responsibility.
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Kathi Maio
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
Feb 29, 2020
Colossal is a marvelous examination of interpersonal dysfunction, the kind of thing we have come to expect from indie films about middle America.
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Tim Brennan
About Boulder
Feb 19, 2020
...if you're one of those people who complains that Hollywood keeps making the same movie, put your money where your mouth is. Go see Colossal.
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Sarah Knight Adamson
Sarah's Backstage Pass
Jan 24, 2020
3/5
Wow, this is a creative twist on a very serious subject. Anne Hathaway is fantastic in her quirky role.
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Chris McCoy
Memphis Flyer
Jan 15, 2020
Colossal's gimmick is gigantic, but the meat of this fascinating little picture is the interactions of a pair of ordinary, down-on-their-luck people just trying to create lives that make sense.
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Nicholas Bell
IONCINEMA.com
Oct 8, 2019
2/5
A sometimes baffling whirlwind of clashing tones, all of which are influenced (or directly lifted) from vintage cinema.
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