Colossal

This is a really interesting clever movie, and most of the reasons why it's interesting and clever are things I can't talk about without blowing the surprises in the film. So let's see if I can write around them and still come up with something vaguely readable.

This is very much the first-person story of Gloria, a somewhat failed writer who's taken to drinking to avoid the lack of success in her career - to the point where, as the film begins, she's being kicked out of the apartment she shared with her handsome British boyfriend. She heads back to her hometown to stay at her parent's old house, now largely unfurnished. Meeting up with an old friend who owns a bar, she finds herself working there and hanging out after hours, wandering home through the nearby playground in the early hours of the morning. Only she discovers that as she moves through the playground, a giant monster is simultaneously mimicking her movements in downtown Seoul....

From such quirky beginnings springs a film with surprising depth - Anne Hathaway is the central woman, bothered by her sudden monster-sized responsibilities but determined to take them seriously and act responsibly. Jason Sudekis is the former school friend who re-enters her life, in a performance that goes a number of different places. While this is clearly low budget stuff (if you're looking for a lot of monster-destroying-Seoul-footage, this is not your movie), it's also clear the thought is going into the script and into making the people real.

For people who are willing to take a leap into the unexpected.