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An offbeat romantic comedy about a silver-painted street performer and the soft spoken zoo worker who falls for him.
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| Easy Reader (California)Neely SwansonTwo sad souls who find common ground and... more ambition doing menial labor. That's really all there is. |
| Slant MagazineR. Kurt OsenlundIt's a simple story of simple people intentionally told in simple terms, and the only issues with which it's concerned are those of pure personal connection. |
| Village VoiceErnest HardyTim eventually evolves out of smugness, but unfortunately, the film merely trades it for sappiness. Fischer, meanwhile, imbues Janice with a wounded soulfulness that cuts right through the clichés. The less said about a hideously wigged Topher Grace as a smarmy self-help author, the better. |
| Big HollywoodChristian TotoThe Giant Mechanical Man has the heart of a smart, sophisticated indie rom-com with wacky supporting players swiped from your average Kate Hudson clunker. |
| GreenCineBrandon JudellA solid summer palate cleanser to savor between all those main courses of superhero wham-a-thons. |
| Cinemalogue.comTodd JorgensonThe only thing creakier than the title character in this low-budget romantic comedy might be the script. |
| Detroit NewsTom Long"The Giant Mechanical Man" won't change your life but it might lighten your heart. |
| HollywoodChicago.comBrian TallericoThis 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. |
| Film Journal InternationalDavid NohA clumsily titled but winsome romantic comedy that quietly sneaks its way into your affection. |
| DVDTalk.comJason BaileyIt's a film that's plagued with problematic writing and irritatingly convenient coincidences, but it has at its center a fundamentally sweet and credible relationship, in which two people find each other and are pleased by what happens next. |