Colossal
Colossal is a wonderfully unexpected night out at the cinema. But I wonder if it needs a trigger warning.
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Colossal is a wonderfully unexpected night out at the cinema. But I wonder if it needs a trigger warning.
Rating: Hoopla Factor: Continue reading Colossal
This is a confident film that bursts out of the gate strong and barely ever falters.
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I’d even go so far as to say this is a better Jurassic Park sequel than the mystifyingly popular Jurassic World.
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Racism and sexism lurk around the edges of the interpersonal drama, though there isn’t anything particularly nuanced about the depiction.
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The packaging may be rather generic – this is a period drama about social justice, with all the dramatic beats you’d expect – but the writing is wonderfully nuanced.
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So this film is well and truly into exploitation territory, but not in a “we’re going out of our way to be offensive” kind of absurdity.
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After seeing bland and over-lit animation like The Secret Life of Pets, this was a godsend.
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Simple without being simplistic, the story presents us with no villains; the drama here is about people killing each other with kindness.
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There are a number of scenes that lack the dramatic punch they deserve, despite Lawrence and Pratt’s best efforts.
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