My Giant (1998)

Billy Crystal tries to charm and trick the audience into believing this film is bigger than it is-at times a fish-out-of-water tale, a send-up of Hollywood casting and their smarmy agents, a tale of a man getting a second chance with his family, and a one-joke mismatched buddy picture. The giant is a friendly, good-natured Romanian man who Billy, as a self-centered manipulative type, tries to exploit. Along the way, the giant leaves positive impressions on those he comes in contact with and helps the con man talent agent to change his ways. Sadly, the film suffers from flat and obvious jokes, poor writing, the limited abilities of Gheorghe Mureșan to carry the show as the giant "Max" and the film not defining its own core. Billy Crystal has done better.

Erik M.