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I Kill Giants
PG (SINGAPORE)
2018
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Positive Reviews
51
Negative reviews
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Average Rating
3.5
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4.0
I Kill Giants is an enchanting, heart rending movie that adds to the legacy of magical realism and will fill your heart to bursting for its heroine.
Den Of Geek
3.1
In the opening scene of this movie, a teenage girl walks around in a gray blue forest, seeking something.She finds ita clump of mushrooms growing at t ..
Rogerebert
1.0
There should be a separate genre heading for this film: time wasting droopy fantasy.
The Guardian
4.0
Director Anders Walters feature debut is funny and touching, but you can so easily second guess exactly where the story is heading.
Screen Daily
4.0
With its bunny ears and underlying Phillies obsession and perfectly art directed secret hideouts, I Kill Giants could have easily run the risk of beco ..
Vulture
3.5
Though it pays considerable attention to its protagonist, Walters film (with a script written by Kelly) never fully convinces us of her reality.
The Hollywood Reporter
5.0
Magical, subtle, sensitive and touching, I Kill Giants is everything the bombastic A Wrinkle in Time is not.
The New York Times
2.9
I Kill Giants tries to be both, but ultimately can only be one or the other.By consequence, the movie suffers an identity crisis that never gets recon ..
Paste Magazine
4.0
Walter brings a sense of the epic to Kellys uniquely sensitive story that bravely faces down the good and the evil that exists within us all.
3.0
Though I Kill Giants is ultimately an uplifting story about a young protagonist dealing with death and grief, the film is perhaps not best suited to v ..
Screen Rant
4.0
An adventure story about a teenage girl who uses her imagination to cope with her fears and problems.
Spirituality And Practice
3.5
Both display phenomenally breathtaking CGI animation, but Giants effects sequences are fewer and further between.
Village Voice
3.8
I Kill Giants effectively blends the fantasy and real world elements into an engaging whole.
ReelViews
3.0
10 1 5 / 10 I Kill Giants suffers from a case of bad timing, with the fantasy drama coming roughly a year after the release of A Monster Calls, which ..
Blu Ray
3.1
Its tricky territory that the movie almost navigates successfully.
Mark Reviews Movies
3.0
An owlishly endearing Wolfe swerves the potential for a manic pixie dream girl, snarking out one liners such as, Im a little mean
The Times
3.5
The story works as a particularly vivid parable.As Barbara explains, a giant is pure hate, and all it does is destroy everything in its path.
Shadows On The Wall
4.0
These stories play with fire and do what tales of horror and the macabre are supposed to: transmute real social fears into metaphorical charades for o ..
Pop Matters
3.5
Much like its protagonist, I Kill Giants moves to its own rhythm, one rather slow for a film targeted at a young audience.
Film Journal
4.5
A movie as thrillingly weird as its protagonist.We are totally enrapt by the wonder and the terror of her imagination, and the power of it to create j ..
4.0
The film itself is a well made, albeit a bit long, childrens film that should entertain and touch most adults watching it.
Cinema Crazed
4.0
I Kill Giants Nikki Baughan 2 April 2018 A star is born in Madison Wolfe whose exceptional work powers a striking graphic novel adaptation A young gir ..
Flim List
2.0
Though grounded by a strong presence in the young Madison Wolfe, it is often too dreary to be truly engaging, and too underrealized to be an immersive ..
Film Inquiry
3.0
However, that brings up a great point; I Kill Giants is a nowadays rare family fantasy adventure that is peppered with adult themes rather than strict ..
Flickering Myth
3.5
I Kill Giants might work great for a target audience of misunderstood tween/teenagers who are looking for something more somber and personal than Harr ..
Flim Threet
3.0
Dubbed Nerd Queen by bullying schoolmates, Barbara enthusiastically embraces her status as an eccentric outsider in a small American coastal town.
Express
2.0
But rather than provide Barbara an outlet to leave the noise behind, this burgeoning friendship only makes her daily life more difficult.
The Film Stage
3.5
The end result may not be perfect, but its never less than engrossing, ending on a coda thats truly tear jerking.I Kill Giants is in select theaters a ..
Birth Movies Death
3.5
The supporting cast is solid, yet its bigger names never outshine its central star.
Pajiba
2.0
Madison Wolfe stars as an outcast teen waging war with fantastical creatures in deeply personal drama Madison Wolfe stars in the adventure fantasy fil ..
Detroit News
4.6
This is a film about mental fracture, the effects of familial disintegration, and the quiet horrors of growing up, and it elucidates them beautifully.
Film Ink
3.5
In the case of I Kill Giants, its squarely aimed at a teenage audience and doesnt seem too concerned with attempting to traverse any high degree of em ..
Film Ink
4.0
What could have very easily turned into a sentimental, by the book Hollywood blockbuster instead becomes something much more personal.
Star Burst Magazine
4.0
Something awful is happening and it is something that Barbara is desperate to prevent.
Star Burst Magazine
2.0
I Kill Giants eludes easy genre categorisation by marrying disturbing levels of psychological trauma with glitter and gummy bears.
Lw Lies
3.5
Strange and darkly beautiful, a slave to no masters rhythms or rules other than its own.
Abc
2.5
The storys fantasy elements are a bit underdeveloped, and a short paper cutout style animated sequence detailing the history and types of giants provi ..
Film Racket
3.8
This is by no means a big budget film, but the CGI creatures are pretty cool to behold.(Again: Maybe they just exist in Barbaras imagination.
Chicago Sun Times
3.5
...were looking at a great moment for girls everywhere to find warrior protagonists they can look up to, and perhaps see something of themselves in.
Punch Drunk Critics
3.0
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Straits Times
2.5
It doesnt help that J.A. Bayonas superbly crafted A Monster Calls covered the same subject matter with greater imagination and dramatic intensity last ..
Daily Herald
3.0
But theres one obvious difference between those films and this one: This time around, the emotionally distressed preteen is a girl.
Film Avclub
4.5
The visuals are sharp and striking, fitting for a real world fairy tale.The graphic novel is visually dynamic and fantastical in a way that suggested ..
The Verge
3.0
The muted colours and frankly gorgeous Northeastern coastal landscapes create a fantasy land you could actually see yourself living in.
Scifi Now
4.5
But thats so much the better, because the first two thirds of the film are terrific: atmospheric and tightly structured, revealing its information reg ..
Film Journal International ..
3.5
Its hard to see any effort in the film.Theres no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all, no tension when it comes to pulling off the heis ..
Tiny Url
3.8
Poignant, I Kill Giants uses fantasy elements to grab viewers and discuss the effect of tragedy on the youngest among us. It also reminds us of the im ..
Daily Film Fix
1.5
Without a unique reason for Barbaras world, there just isnt much to I Kill Giants.
Mid West Film Journal
3.1
Maybe its too bold on its premise, but I Kill Giants at least survives its probable downfall for being a dramatic graphic novel adaptation. .
2.0
For a movie with a whole hell of a lot of baseball references, I Kill Giants feels mostly like a bunt.
Silver Screen Riot
2.5
But not even Gringos impressive ensemble cast can breathe much life into these overblown but underwritten characters.Oyelowo is easily the best thing ..
Daily Telegraph
3.8
Based on the graphic novel by Joe Kelly and J. M. Ken Niimura, I Kill Giants is mostly successful due to Wolfes committed performance in the lead and ..
La Movie Boeuf Wordpress
3.5
For all the issues I had with big budget woes of the young adult adventure A Wrinkle in Time, families should consider giving I Kill Giants a ride.
Film International
5.0
I Kill Giants is a rare treat of proper respect for the source material.
Every Movie Hasalesson
3.5
Barbara Thorson is a slayer of giants. In her downtime, shes also a lonely, precocious, school bullied 12 year old with what is arguably an active ima ..
4.5
I Kill Giants is a different kind of comic book movie, one that has a heart and soul missing from the current box office fodder. I adored everything a ..
4.5
Kelly doesnt want us to know the trauma until much later in the story.
Awfj
4.0
It may not be completely original (though it should be noted that the source material on which the movie is based came out before the novel A Monster ..
Movies 4 Kids
4.5
There are good performances from the young cast and Zoe Saldana is exceptional as a empathetic psychologist, whilst Walter manages to breath life into ..
Backseat Mafia
3.5
I Kill Giants is a terrific and heartfelt film, definitely worth checking out on the big screen.
Opeeqo
4.0
With an imaginative premise framing a poignant tale of acceptance, the film is utterly delightful.
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