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At first I was like "what the f... is this". It was weird and crazy and then holy moly! Crying! Completely saved the entire movie. A Monster Calls will forever be the best dealing-with-grief movie but this one is a damn fine one too.

This review is only for the most discerning of viewers and the reason is simple; this is a very well-intentioned film, competently made with some extremely fine performances, and if that's enough to please a person they will likely enjoy this sincere little effort. But it also aspires to deal with deep issues in an inventive fashion and while I'd not say a discerning viewer should NOT see the film, I am saying a little forewarning might help temper your disappointment.

It's the kind of film which, after you settle into it (and if you've conscientiously watched a lot of other movies) you realize it holds no surprises. You can predict the moment a character is introduced (the "bully" or the "new friend" etc) exactly how that's going to play out, almost beat-to-beat. You know the ending before you're anywhere close. There were absolutely no surprises in this film for me because it's very earnestness tipped its hand that it also wasn't going to risk telling me anything surprising or unpleasant. This is a movie that introduces anger into its characters but doesn't really want to deal with pain. That treats a damaged psyche and serious mental illness like something that can be "fixed" with a little sleep and a change of wardrobe. Oh, and hearing the right bit of wisdom at the right time.

This is a sweet little film that doesn't want to face reality or consequences even though that's often where the real depth and truths lie. That doesn't make it a bad film - it is not - it just prevents it from being a great one.

I Kill Giants is another one of those films that goes compeletely unacknowledged, probably not aided by a ridiculous and childish title.

Considering the filmmakers fully embraced the fact this would not be a huge hit and consined a small budget remarkable CGI has to be the greatest standout of the movie, even on close up shots on the giants the effects are intricate and extremely well crafted, proving millions of dollars are not nessersary to produce good results.

The tone of the film is also pretty solid however, the story does not fully embrace itself, the whole mystical and mythical elements of the story seriously lack at times subsequently weakening the scenes which do include these elements as they feel inadequately set up and utilised.

Considering this produced by one of the producers/directors of Harry Potter you'd certainly expect more on this front.

What this film does utilise is the brilliant cast. The film is led a remarkable amount by Madison Wolfe. A powerhouse performance on her part. Zoe Saldana can go unnoticed, different to many of her most recent roles, but proves herself a more than capable outside of blockbusters. Maybe she should focus on doing smaller roles like this more than big, flashy sci-fi films, she really is great here.

I read several reviews before I started watching the movie and all those reviews totally slammed the movie. Don't listen to those reviews. This movie is every bit as good as A Monster Calls and Phoebe In Wonderland. In each movie the child is faced with life and death struggles, fear and denial. Watch this movie and keep at least one kleenex in your pocket. My family is dealing with the same thing. And none of us is handling it well.

I Kill Giants (2017) is a movie that I recently watched with my daughter on Tubi. The storyline follows a young lady who dresses and behaves her own way. It leads to her family, classmates and teachers struggling to understand her. Meanwhile, she believes she mixes potions and keeps the world safe from giants in the woods around her hometown. When she makes a new friend, she tries to teach her, her ways. It becomes apparent the young lady does indeed have giants to conquer.

This movie is directed by Anders Walter in his directorial debut and stars Zoe Saldana (Guardians of the Galaxy), Madison Wolfe (The Conjuring 2), Imogen Poots (28 Weeks Later), Sydney Wade (360) and Jennifer Ehle (A Quiet Place).

There's a lot to like about this movie. The characters are very unique, especially the main character. The acting by Wolfe is very good. The special effects to create the monsters are outstanding and very well done. The settings are also well selected, and I enjoyed the cinematography and depiction of the town. The dialogue throughout the movie was very good, surprising at times, but well written. The ending is a bit cliche, predictable but concludes the film well.

Overall, this is an above average addition to the family drama genre. I would score this a 6-6.5/10.

Based on the graphic novel. About a girl living in her own head, thinking that she's playing a game in which she saves her town form a problem it has with Giants.

It's a touching story. Almost made me cry...almost. I'll tell you why it did not cry. I did not find the story gripping enough. The connection between a little girl's fantasy world and the real reason why she made it up was drawing at straws. Although that could be the case for all children going through emotional stress, I don't know, but from a cinematic point of view, it was too lose the base on reality.

What's important is that the movie lives up to the curiosity of the poster that I saw that made me go see it. It has heart as they say and is filled with delightful characters as every fantasy film should be

A solid picture worth seeing.

I felt the need to write a review as the ones I have seen are incredibly harsh. This movie is a beautiful parable of a young girls struggle in dealing with the realities of her life told through her avoidance and diving into her vivid imagination and courage of spirit. While I havent seen the trailer all I can say is if you are looking for a Pacific Rim poorly scripted CGI sensory onslaught keep looking, but if you are open to a beautiful heart warming story of fantasy and adventure more akin to The Enchanted Story then this movie is bound to put a smile on your face and will become a staple for kids dealing with sickness and loss. Wonderful to see and deserving of much higher ratings if expectations arent in the action adventure arena.

I've had great expectations for this movie. Based on the trailer I was hoping it will be one of the big fantasy hits this year, coming from the producers of Harry Potter and and starring the little girl version of Thor.

In the first 2/3 of the movie it does a great job at keeping you on your toes, it is intense in a way. You're just barely not given and not shown enough to be able to decide how much of what Barbara thinks is real and why is she the way she is. However at a point it starts really going downhill, and everything one would expect based on the trailer is derailed. You soon end up with a mediocre psycho-drama and the taste of disappointment in your mouth.

I watched the movie cold with no idea what it was about. I thought the story was great and the acting and production was very good. OK the CGI was a bit low budget but I don't think that's what the film was about. When I put two and two together and realized what was really going on the light bulb shone. The young actors should be commended for their performances. For me it was a very satisfying movie and an interesting way of telling a story. Then again I'm just simple folk. Well done to all involved

Killing Giants - imaginary things that you make up to escape reality. Depending on how much you let yourself go as a kid, how willing you were to explore that side of you, if you had it ... you might recognize something here. But even if you don't see yourself in this, you can feel empathy for the main character to say the least.

That being said, the movie is really good in distinguishing reality and fantasy. And it has some really good actors in it, that can deal with the emotional weight this carries - and balance it all out. Depending on how connected you will feel, you might even rate this higher and better than me. It may deserve that too - all things are subjective, even if we try to be as objective as possible. And same it true for sadness and grief ... or happiness for that matter.

This movie is very falsely advertised and I keep thinking it was on purpose. I went in expecting to see a fantasy film and instead I got a teen drama. You can see any giant there is to see in the trailer. Seriously, EVERY scene with a giant was put in the trailer. Very lame. The acting is decent, the writing is good and it was pretty well shot. If it was advertised as a drama I would think it was really good and creative, but now I feel cheated.

My headline says it all. I just don't understand why they seemed to extract a very small scene from "A Monster Calls" then created a painful watch out of it.

A movie about an unpopular child's fantasy, dealing with loss and pain in her own life. The movie is as beautiful as the movie "bridge to Therabitha", also a movie about a child's dealing with reality. It's great acted by the children in this movie, a bit slow at the beginning, but later a nice twist. Special effects are not over the top. The actress who played the psychologist and the girl who played the bully did a good job too. All in all, I would advise to watch this movie, a bit heavy for a young child, but good for older children: 12-14 yr. Everything you want to find about kids dealings in daily schoollife in the USA.

This movie starts off with an interesting premise but turns into a bunch of nonsense. The whole time you wait and wait for this climax and the storyline refuses to confirm or deny what's actually happening. It's provides very weak explanations throughout while boring you to death with this girls school problems while also barely providing any backstory it's basically nonstop emotions from all characters just bouncing between pissed and sad it's not worth your time

If you allow, the movie will emote you. Sweet interpretation of what potential fantasies a child- and adult for that sake, can develop to deal with emotionally hard things to face. I'm a bit sad though, the brother got left out of the picture. His excessive gaming, is clearly to distract himself from reality too, and gonna either corrupt him, or the emotions gonna surface big time later in his life. Wrecking him up until that point. Guess my point is that there's a lot of boys especially, left "out there", behind their screens, which we don't pay much attention to, the emotions of males I mean.

Good watch!, cool CGI, the atmosphere works. It's not action packed though.

I hadn't planned on watching this anytime soon but pushed it up my watchlist because it was recommended to me.

Within the first 10-15 minutes I had that dull aching feeling inside me, it felt like I was watching Bridge to Terabithia (2007) again and that brought two things to mind.

1) Yes, I'm really going to enjoy this

2) Ahhhh crap this is going to make me cry

The movie starts strong and our little leading lady does a fantastic job of portraying our smart, forthright and odd protagonist.

Trouble is it begins to unknot early and go in directions that I didn't expect and really didn't want it to.

The movie has it's Bridge To Terabithia emotional buildup, but when it arrives its underwhelming and very poorly constructed.

Though I appreciate the effort that went into the writing I think the movie simply doesn't get it across very well. Perhaps it needed more time to develop or maybe those behind the camera simply weren't skilled enough to handle a story of this magnitude.

I'm not saying I Kill Giants is bad, it just should have been a hell of a lot better.

The Good:

Great lead

Nice plot

The Bad:

Cringe inducing in parts

Finale should have been a lot more emotional than it was

Whole movie just falls apart and doesn't meet its potential

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

I can only assume the book is better

Are we just supposed to pretend the pyromania thing didn't happen?

It is not the special effects, although interesting and visually not exceptional but discrete, it is not the extremely suggestive and curated cinematography, as well as original and effective, it is not the directing, intelligent and well studied; in short, it is not the technical sector, however remarkable, that makes this "I Kill Giants" a great movie, but it is something more, something that is more in depth, are the true and sincere feelings that are perceived for a good part of the movie and that make it special despite being almost a genre movie. A movie that proves itself surprisingly mature, even if its appearance says the opposite, and aware of the path and the goals it wants to achieve; this is felt in different scenes that, for this, effect and in different dialogues taken from a screenplay that is not original but that can raise many questions to the viewer during the film, doing so, even if they do not always receive a gratifying answer, this last will be completely immersed in the atmosphere and spirit of the story and can only be involved in it. Also you can very easily get in tune with the protagonist, a young girl who stands out from the many who have already seen in many other films similar to this, thanks to its unique character that makes the character curious and bizarre and, important and rare thing, never predictable, this means that the viewer never loses interest in it. For the rest what to say, there is Zoe Saldana, good as usual, and a really good Imogen Poots, thanks to a role in which she identified herself perfectly. Unfortunately, the film was, nonetheless, anticipated by a marketing campaign that between trailer and poster deceives the public, presenting it as a film that is not, for this reason will be many who, waiting for a pure fantasy, will remain a bit 'disappointed.

Yes, a child or young adult creates a fantasy world to deal w/a personal tragedy and has been done many times before. Unfortunately they spent too much time on the fantasy and very little on the tragedy and how it was being handled. Actually I thought family sexual abuse was where this was going and would have been a better fit especially w/the upstairs rooms. Then there was the out of place meteorological report about a rare unpredicted storm that tried to coax a bit more fantasy out of the film - ughhh! Acting and a few scenarios were a bit overboard. This final monologue was about all I could take away from the film: "All things that live in this world die. This is why you must find joy in the living, while the time is yours. And not fear the end. To deny this is to deny life. But, to embrace it."