The Giant (2019 film)

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The Giant (2020)
The Giant -- Official Theatrical Poster.jpg
Directed byDavid Raboy
Screenplay byDavid Raboy
Produced by
  • Dennis Masel
  • Daniel Dewes
  • Rachael Fung
  • Gary Farkas
  • Clement Lepoutre
  • Olivier Muller
Starring Odessa Young
CinematographyEric K. Yue
Edited byDavid Raboy
Music byAri Balouzian
Production
companies
Bogie Films
Vixens
Extra A Productions
Distributed byCamera Ready Pictures
Release date
  • November 13, 2020 (2020-11-13)
Running time
99 minutes
CountriesUnited States
France
LanguageEnglish

The Giant is a 2020 French-American mystery crime thriller film written and directed by David Raboy and starring Odessa Young. It is Raboy's feature directorial debut. [1]

Contents

Plot summary

Cast

Release

The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2019. [2] [3] The film was released in North America on November 13, 2020, via Vertical Entertainment.

Reception

The film has a 53 [4] % rating on Rotten Tomatoes. [5]

Andrew Barker of Variety gave the film a negative review and wrote "But Raboy gives us so little to hang onto – be it an arresting image, a palpable touch of the uncanny, or a moment of real tension – that it gets harder and harder to want to follow him." [6]

Caryn James of The Hollywood Reporter also gave the film a negative review, calling it "Well-directed but hollow and tiresome." [1]

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References

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  2. Nemiroff, Perri (15 September 2019). "'The Giant': Odessa Young & David Raboy Regale Us with Tales from the Red Roof Inn". Collider . Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  3. Ramos, Dino-Ray (12 August 2019). "Dennis Masel's Newly Launched Camera Ready Pictures To Debut First Feature 'The Giant' At TIFF". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  4. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_giant_2019/reviews
  5. "The Giant". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  6. Barker, Andrew (7 September 2019). "Toronto Film Review: 'The Giant'". Variety . Retrieved 28 October 2020.