January 8, 2007
Good film with a sad ending.
Billy Crystal, Gheorghe Muresan, Joanna Pacula
This Billy Crystal vehicle suffers from too much sentimentality that competes with the outrageous physical comedy, but still manages to be funny enough to be worth a look. Crystal plays a shallow spor...( read more
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DVD Release Date: September 29, 1998
Stats: 195 reviews
Flixster Reviews (195)
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February 22, 2009Inspired by Crystal's experiences with Andre the Giant on The Princess Bride. See that instead.
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April 19, 2008I'm not quite sure what to say about this film. It wasn't really bad. But it wasn't exactly good either.
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November 15, 2009I am one of the very few that liked this movie at all, so it appears. It's not a perfect movie by any means, but I do enjoy Billy Crystal's brand of humor and I thought the film was funny as well as touching. It does have a good meaning behind it all.
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November 7, 2009This was a okay movie. It stars Billy Crystal as a sports agent who discovers are giant man and wants to make him a basketball star. The giant is played by real NBA star Gheorghe Muresan.This story overall is solid and Billy Crystal is quite funny at times in this. This is a simp...( read more)
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July 12, 2009(1998 Director: Michael Lehmann) Delightful movie starring EVEN Steven Seagal...Billy Crystal befriends Romanian "giant" Gheorghe Muresan who saves Billy's life...He even brings him home to family....memorable dinner scene with Aunt Polly ( -Seinfeld) and Mrs. (Everybody L...( read more)
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February 15, 2009Heeey. You can't imagine how proud I am about this movie. They were actually speaking romanian and Billy really tried to learn some of it (the pronunciation was a bit poor, but it doesn't matter). It was pretty nice I tell you ^_^.
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January 3, 2009Really puts yourself in the shoes of the giant and learn what it might be like if you were born a giant.
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