"Giants Being Lonely" may not add much to the landscape of coming-of-age dramas, yet the preciseness of its impressionism results in a striking atmosphere of hormones and vulnerability. Full Review

Although the film isn't in a particular rush to get anywhere, and only a few sequences involving prom and drugs and abuse are even vaguely reminiscent of conventional plotting, it's never less than engrossing. Full Review

Rating: 4/5 -- [Grear] Patterson almost ruins all his subtlety with a howler of a final shot, but he has proved he's one to watch with this ambitious and compelling debut. Full Review

Stilted writing and acting... contribute to an air of studied inscrutability that grows tiresome even over the course of a compact 80 minutes. Full Review

Rating: B- -- Director Grear Patterson and cinematographer Hunter Zimny are talents to watch, as they have made a stylistic-if somewhat derivative-first feature. Full Review

Rating: B -- Giants introduces a strong new voice in American independent filmmaking. Full Review