Considering this production began pre Trump era, the film is disturbingly prescient. The film's rather unsubtle premise is that small town America effectively has the world at its mercy though the importance of this demographic's vote and America's hegemonic power. Essentially it says that alienated males will screw over the world in response to frustrations caused by a sense of disempowerment and missing out. The film also seems to criticise hedonistic urban America in a manner that smacks of anti individualism and jealousy, presumably because the writer/director came from Spain, a third world country. The film also has a lot of black humour which somewhat undermines the susan sontagness, although perhaps not enough. The film could of been more interesting exploring this darkness rather than going for the cheap ending.

I don't get why people don't like this movie. It's absurd and ridiculous and a good time. Hathaway's character is a fully engaging.

Kind of unexpected this movie. Thought it would be something else entirely. But I actually like it. Wonderfully weird. Unexpected build of of suspense. Love the jealous guy. Funny enough (kind of) believable story the way it is acted. Which is quite a accomplishment I think. The silent guy is a sissy. ;)

A boffo premise is ruined by terrible execution in this unique take on alcoholism and self-destructive behavior.Anne Hathaway is the out of control drunk who realizes one day that when she's standing in a certain spot at a certain time of day, a sort of surrogate her in the form of a giant Godzilla-like monster appears in South Korea and does whatever she's doing. So if she takes a giant step forward in the park, her Godzilla counterpart takes a giant step forward in South Korea....with the added result of crushing whatever is in its path. Thus, she's made aware that her selfish, destructive behavior has consequences for others and is given the motivation to get her act together.Kind of an interesting idea, right? Except that there's also the character played by Jason Sudeikis, a childhood friend of Hathaway's who's also an alcoholic and also controls a giant robot that materializes whenever HE's also in the same park. What is the connection between these two? Why is this happening? Why does Sudeikis's character start out as average Joe nice guy and morph into psycho killer? Oh, I don't know. The movie becomes unbearably stupid, and asking questions such as these becomes increasingly pointless. I can't think of a movie I've seen recently that starts out with so much promise go so off the rails by the time it's over. Hathaway does her best, but she's no match for the awfulness of the movie around her. And Sudeikis is utterly dreadful, though who wouldn't be if given this hot mess of a character to play? He's like a random assortment of personality traits from across the entire human spectrum rather than a fully fleshed out character."Colossal" is the kind of movie that literally leaves you shaking your head when it's over, mostly at yourself for sticking it through to the end.Grade: D-