A young girl defends her coastal New Jersey town against imaginary monsters in filmmaker Anders Walter’s adaptation of a 2009 graphic novel by Joe Kelly and Ken Niimura. Barbara (Madison Wolfe) is an outcast at school (among other things, she insists on wearing goofy rabbit ears on her head), continuously bullied by the campus mean girl (Rory Jackson), and receiving special attention from the recently-arrived faculty counselor (Zoe Saldana). Her older sister Karen (Imogen Poots), struggling to take care of Barbara and her older brother, finds it difficult to contend with Barbara’s determination to defend the beach beside their house against the destructive giants the latter expects to rise from the sea. Sophia (Sydney Wade), a new student from England, befriends Barbara, but in the end she also proves unreliable, and the troubled heroine must confront her demons on her own. Unfortunately, the cause behind Barbara’s obsession is not just familiar, but also clumsily concealed until the final reel. Still, I Kill Giants boasts fine performances, surprisingly impressive special effects, and an affecting message, making it a strong optional purchase. (F. Swietek)
I Kill Giants
RLJ, 106 min., not rated, DVD or Blu-ray: $29.99 Volume 33, Issue 4
I Kill Giants
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