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11/21/2014

The Giant Mechanical Man (2012)

Janice isn't doing so great -- she's out of work and is forced to move in with her married little sister who, of course, can tell Janice exactly what she should be doing and whom she should be dating. Tim isn't doing much better -- he's a street performer who paints himself silver and walks on stilts to be the Giant Mechanical Man and his girlfriend has just moved out. Both wind up working at the zoo to make ends meet and, wouldn't you know it, they kinda like each other. But there are misunderstandings, of course. Thankfully they're fairly mild and are overcome by the time the credits roll. Woo.

Chris Messina and Jenna Fischer are winning as the leads, but there's just not enough here to matter.

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