I Kill Giants

Movie

2017

1h 46m

PG-13

English

Fantasy, Drama

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6.3

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Sophia, a new high school student, tries to make friends with Barbara, who tells her that “she kills giants,” protecting this way her hometown and its inhabitants, who do not understand her strange behavior.

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I Kill Giants

PG-13

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2017

1h 46m

English

Fantasy, Drama

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Cast

Barbara Thorson

Mrs. Mollé

Karen Thorson

Sophia

Taylor

Dave

Mr. Mollé

Mrs. Thorson

Theresa Tuzzo

Giant (voice)

Jock

Principal Marx

School aide

Mrs. Potts

Mophead

Mrs. Laney

Directed By: Anders Walter

Written By: Joe Kelly (Screenplay)

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R_Lewis says...

7 years ago

The deceptively marketed _I Kill Giants_ has nothing in common with Harry Potter or the other recent YA movies that the trailer and poster try to evoke. Instead, it reflects on how a child deals with pain and with understanding that there are forces beyond his/her control. At a reasonable running time and powered by a great performance by young Madison Wolfe, the movie flows quite nicely. It feels a bit heavy handed with the explaining of the methaphor behind its concept, the delivery of some pieces of exposition to the audience is a little clichéd and convenient, and the ending is a bit drawn out and again overexplanatory, but these may be necessary evils to get the point across to the younger viewers. While I feel that a very similar topic was handled better and more maturely in J. A. Bayona's sensational _A Monster Calls_, _I Kill Giants_ is still a constantly entertaining and at times moving watch.

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CinemanicBonkers says...

7 years ago

Some times, some realities can be hard to face but you're stronger than you think to face them. I really enjoyed this film, It was strong, had a deep plot with a twist with a lot of deep detail from the script and a heart warming ending. A good performance from (Madison Wolfe) that also did a great lead in the (Conjuring 2) and hope to see her in more, feel she has more to show in her talent in acting. I felt that the film had some similarities to the film (Monster Calls) This film reminded me of my childhood with finding it hard to face some realities and blocking it out by escaping into imagination. It's made me want to get the book.

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Xeba777 says...

7 years ago

Different. Unique. The young actress performance is amazing.

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jekyl6669 says...

7 years ago

It's an imaginative and original coming-of-age drama that doesn't really live up to the fantasy it sells in the ad campaign. But once you move past that, you get a moving and tragic tale about a understandably neurotic young girl that users monsters as a coping mechanism to deflect the threats of the real world. Great cast, and an impressive performance from Madison Wolfe.

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furious_iz

5 years ago

The moral of the story is deep down inside every interesting and unique individual is an emotionally damaged person who just wants to wear normal clothes when they are "fixed", I'm looking at you The Breakfast Club, The Faculty, This Must Be The Place...

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Gimly

6 years ago

The CGI beasties were pretty cool to behold, unfortunately they were a pretty minute part of this movie, which is absolutely not what it was marketed to be. Now I've got no problem with a movie subverting expectations, but _I Kill Giants_ didn't offer up enough within its alternatives to come away w More

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