I Kill Giants (12A.)
Directed by Anders Walter.
Starring Madison Wolfe, Sydney Wade, Zoe Saldana, Imogen Poots and Rory Jackson. 106 mins.
Adapted from a graphic novel, this is one of those stories about disturbed children who retreat into a fantasy world to escape from a reality they can't face. Barbara (Wolfe) is a high school loner who busies herself protecting her East Coast community by setting traps to kill the giants she sees threatening it. A friend (Wade), her big sister (Poots) and the school psychologist (Saldana) try to reach her and the narrative tension is waiting for the revelation of the underlying problem she can't face.
The film has two main problems. Last year's A Monster Calls covered similar ground, and did it better. And the lead character is not very sympathetic. Logically we know she must be afraid and vulnerable, but from within the protective bubble of her fantasy interpretation of reality, she is a condescending smart ass to people who don't share her view, and acts like some precocious conspiracy nut who thinks she's the only person who knows what's really going on.
Directed by Anders Walter.
Starring Madison Wolfe, Sydney Wade, Zoe Saldana, Imogen Poots and Rory Jackson. 106 mins.
Adapted from a graphic novel, this is one of those stories about disturbed children who retreat into a fantasy world to escape from a reality they can't face. Barbara (Wolfe) is a high school loner who busies herself protecting her East Coast community by setting traps to kill the giants she sees threatening it. A friend (Wade), her big sister (Poots) and the school psychologist (Saldana) try to reach her and the narrative tension is waiting for the revelation of the underlying problem she can't face.
The film has two main problems. Last year's A Monster Calls covered similar ground, and did it better. And the lead character is not very sympathetic. Logically we know she must be afraid and vulnerable, but from within the protective bubble of her fantasy interpretation of reality, she is a condescending smart ass to people who don't share her view, and acts like some precocious conspiracy nut who thinks she's the only person who knows what's really going on.
