My Giant (1998):

Starring:

Billy Crystal Sam "Sammy" Kamin

Gheorghe Muresan - Max Zamphirescu

Kathleen Quinlan - Serena Kamin

Joanna Pacula - Lilliana Rotaru

Zane Careny - Nick "Nicky" Kamin

Jere Burns - Weller

Harold Gould - Milt Kaminski

Dan Castellaneta - Partlow

Raymond O'Connor - Eddie

Rider Strong - Justin Allen

Doris Roberts - Rose Kaminski

Carl Ballentine - Rabbi

Steven Seagal - Himself

Director:

Michael Lehmann (40 Days & 40 Nights; Airheads)

Synopsis:

Third-rate talent agent Sammy Kanin (Billy Crystal) is more devoted to his career than his wife Serena (Kathleen Quinlan) and son Nick (Zane Carney), so instead of going to Nick's birthday party, he chooses to travel to Romania where his teen client Justin Allen (Rider Strong) is acting in a period adventure movie. When Sammy's auto swerves off the road, he wakes up in a monastery, having been removed from the wreckage by sensitive, Shakespeare-quoting, 7'7"-tall giant, Max (pro basketball player Gheorghe Muresan), a ward of the monks who works as a monastery caretaker. Sammy sees Max as his ticket to the top, gets him a warrior role in the adventure movie, and takes him back to the U.S. where Max hopes to win back a long-ago girlfriend Lillianna (Joanna Pacula), living in Gallup, New Mexico. Sammy and Max head for Vegas, where actor Steven Seagal (as himself) is shooting a film with a villain role perfect for Max. When Sammy contacts Lillianna, she expresses disinterest in Max, forcing Sammy to seek a solution that can bring the two together.

Review:

God I love Billy Crystal. He tries so hard to make this movie the best it can be. Gheorghe Muresan, not as bad as he should have been considering English is his second language. The movie is what it is, a comedy staring a professional athlete. To be honest it really is quite heart felt & actually does have its funny moments. From an adult standpoint it's very silly & poorly written. But since I loved this movie as a kid & even as an adult I enjoyed it, it's still a winner in my book. A pretty funny cameo appearance by Steven Seagal as himself.

Budget: Unkown

Box Office: $8,072,007

Profit: Unkown

Rotten Tomatoes: 19%

Flixster: 29%

58%

Lead Acting: 10/15

Supporting Cast: 5/15

Plot: 7/10

Compared To The Genre: 3/10

Cinematography: 8/20

Intrigue: 15/20

Extra: 10/10