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The Giant Mechanical Man
The movie is an offbeat romantic comedy about a street performer and an unemployed woman, who's living with her well-intentioned but overbearing sister, as they help each other realize that it only takes a single person to engender someone's self-worth.
13 October 1970, Red Bank, New Jersey, USA
20 November 1965, Detroit, Michigan, USA
22 October 1962, Naperville, Illinois, USA
4 October 1895, Piqua, Kansas, USA
22 May 1974, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
2 February 1978, Toledo, Ohio, USA
18 September 1974, Topeka, Kansas, USA
14 August 1981, Dodge City, Kansas, USA
26 August 1975, Miami, Florida, USA
7 March 1974, Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
30 December 1977, London, England, UK
26 March 2005, Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA
12 July 1978, New York City, New York, USA
12 May 1978, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
21 May 1986, USA
May 02, 2012
This cute dramedy tackles well-trod ground in the world of indie film but Lee Kirk conveys enough honest affection for his well-crafted characters that the piece works.April 28, 2012
An earnest, good-hearted movie.April 28, 2012
Jenna Fischer and Chris Messina generate sweet chemistry together as two lonely people who find each other during stressful times in their lives.October 09, 2012
The Giant Mechanical Man has the heart of a smart, sophisticated indie rom-com with wacky supporting players swiped from your average Kate Hudson clunker.April 30, 2012
The only thing creakier than the title character in this low-budget romantic comedy might be the script.April 26, 2012
Under a few layers of urban twee is a sly, knowing little romantic comedy full of spiky performances.May 08, 2012
A solid summer palate cleanser to savor between all those main courses of superhero wham-a-thons.May 07, 2012
It's a wistful charmer.April 26, 2012
Grinding its gears a bit in an attempt to achieve maximum quirkiness, "The Giant Mechanical Man" will meet most audiences' standards for "charming."April 26, 2012
Fischer at least has personal and romantic reasons to be involved with this film, but audiences are unencumbered by such obligations, and should heed the title's warning sign and opt out of Kirk, Fischer, and Messina's fruitless little circle of pain.April 26, 2012
Replete with eye-roll-inducing contrivances and heavy-handed symbolism - both lovers share dreams of their teeth falling out - this arrested-development comedy panders to the work-averse by taking easy aim at ambitious careerists.May 04, 2012
"The Giant Mechanical Man" won't change your life but it might lighten your heart.