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The Giant (2019 film)

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The Giant (2020)
Directed byDavid Raboy
Screenplay byDavid Raboy
Produced by
  • Dennis Masel
  • Daniel Dewes
  • Rachael Fung
  • Gary Farkas
  • Clement Lepoutre
  • Olivier Muller
StarringOdessa 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]

Plot summary

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Cast

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Release

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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

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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]

References

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  1. ^ a b James, Caryn (7 September 2019). "'The Giant': Film Review; TIFF 2019". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  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.
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