I Kill Giants

What a wonderful movie!!! It is surprisingly underrated.

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.

Different. Unique. The young actress performance is amazing.

I saw this for the first time recently, and it really took me by surprise. It's an incredibly powerful film led by a remarkably talented, young actor in Madison Wolfe, who gave an exquisite performance. I greatly appreciated her relationship with Sophia, a young girl herself played quite capably by Sydney Wade, who tried to befriend Wolfe's character, in spite of the fraught nature of their relationship. The story focuses on Wolfe's character, Barbara Thorson, a teenager, whose [spoiler]mother is dying, and she is unable to cope with the gravity and reality of the situation. She embodies her mother's pending death in the form of mythical giants, who come to destroy and kill, and Barbara's job is to fight them back. Through the help of her school's psychologist, Mrs. Mollé, and Sophia, she begins to realize that she needs to spend all the time she can with her mother, who she'd been afraid to approach since her diagnosis[/spoiler]. The story wraps up a bit neatly, but it is a powerfully impactful and important film. What really struck me about this is that we often mental health struggles through a lense of those in great despair due to major depressive order or those in a delusional state due to psychosis, but here, we see a young girl lashing out angrily and with violent thoughts, and yet, she's still embraced by others. This is an important aspect of treatment, and oftentimes, these people aren't afforded support or treatment, and it can lead to devastating outcomes.

Coming of age story that focuses on how a kid uses fantastical lore to try to deal with grief? I'm already sold. Sure, this follows a lot of common beats, but it's executed well and does enough to bring you into Barbara's world. You feel for Barbara and her struggles as an outsider, and by the time you reach the climax, it hits you like a ton of bricks as she finally allows herself to deal with what she's truly been afraid of. Due to how this was in and out of theaters pretty quick, I didn't expect a lot, but it is totally worth a watch.

Just wow.... didn't think it would go this way...
Beautyfull movie and very good acting!

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.

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.

It's a good film; just a pity the similarly themed A Monster Calls came out beforehand to spoil its thunder. Still worth a look, however.

More like I kill boners