Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- moody
- melancholic
- eerie
- reflective evening
- teen movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film emotionally affecting and visually impressive, led by Madison Wolfe's powerful performance despite occasional slips into the mundane.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Barbara's battles with giants provide an imaginative framework for confronting realities her family and peers cannot understand.
Barbara's magical world and ordinary life overlap without immediately resolving how the giants should be interpreted.
Barbara is disliked by peers, misunderstood by family, and disciplined by teachers while refusing to behave conventionally.
The giants and other creature imagery function as dramatic embodiments of the pressures Barbara is struggling to face.
Films like I Kill Giants, and why
A Monster Calls
Shares a young protagonist, magical realism, grief-related fantasy, and an emotionally poignant coming-of-age arc.
Pan's Labyrinth
Combines adolescent alienation, emotionally charged fantasy, and an ambiguous boundary between inner life and external reality.
Bridge to Terabithia
Features a troubled child using an imaginative fantasy world to process painful family circumstances, with a bittersweet tone.
The Secret World of Arrietty
Shares comic book origins, stylized fantasy creatures, and a central theme of confronting personal trauma through extraordinary imagery.
Movie Details
- Director
- Anders Walter
- Release Date
- 2017-11-15
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Rating
- 6.2 / 10 (1296)
Cast
- Madison Wolfe
- Zoe Saldaña
- Imogen Poots
- Sydney Wade
- Rory Jackson
- Art Parkinson
- Noel Clarke
- Jennifer Ehle
- Ciara O'Callaghan
- John Boyle
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Philo
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is I Kill Giants about?
- A fiercely imaginative girl wages a private war against giants while friendship and family pressure draw her toward realities she would rather evade.
- What is I Kill Giants like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of I Kill Giants as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is I Kill Giants violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in I Kill Giants as mild.
- What did critics think of I Kill Giants?
- Critics broadly found the film emotionally affecting and visually impressive, led by Madison Wolfe's powerful performance despite occasional slips into the mundane.
- Which films are like I Kill Giants?
- Films with a similar feel include A Monster Calls, Pan's Labyrinth, Bridge to Terabithia, and The Secret World of Arrietty.
- How long is I Kill Giants?
- I Kill Giants runs 106 minutes.
- Where can I watch I Kill Giants?
- In United States, I Kill Giants streams on Philo.
