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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisMagical, subtle, sensitive and touching, I Kill Giants is everything the bombastic “A Wrinkle in Time” is not.
- 80Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshLos Angeles TimesKatie WalshWalter brings a sense of the epic to Kelly's uniquely sensitive story that bravely faces down the good and the evil that exists within us all.
- 80Village VoiceApril WolfeVillage VoiceApril WolfeWalter is riding a tricky line, but it’s his mixing of fantasy and reality, making the edges between the two porous, that ultimately sells the film.
- 80New York Magazine (Vulture)Emily YoshidaNew York Magazine (Vulture)Emily YoshidaIt’s at once familiar and unsettling, with shades of "Pan’s Labyrinth" and "Return to Oz."
- 75ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliImogen Poots and Zoe Saldana add their names to the project but, although they give solid turns, their roles are secondary. The star is relative newcomer 15-year old Madison Wolfe, whose performance is note-perfect.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperChicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperDirected with creative style by Anders Walter (with a screenplay by Joe Kelly, adapting his own comic book), I Kill Giants is a good-looking adventure fable that makes great use of the Northeastern coastal locations.
- 67The A.V. ClubKatie RifeThe A.V. ClubKatie RifeBeyond the characterization of its complex anti-heroine, though, I Kill Giants doesn’t stray too far from an established collection of story beats, stretched thin over a slightly too-long 106-minute run time.
- 67The Film StageJared MobarakThe Film StageJared MobarakWhile the film isn’t as subtle as A Monster Calls or Where the Wild Things Are, it captures the messiness of suffering just as well.
- 63RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyRogerEbert.comGlenn KennyThat the perspective this time is from a girl’s point of view rather than a boy’s is significant. At least it is in theory. The scripter is Joe Kelly, who, along with J.M. Ken Nimura, created the comic. It’s not a knock to note that the main creative talents behind the camera are male — the women of the cast are clearly imbuing their characterizations with what they know. But there’s still something about I Kill Giants that feels projected, a work more informed by empathy than experience.
- 58Paste MagazineAndrew CrumpPaste MagazineAndrew CrumpIt’s well-intended, it’s heartfelt and in its small-scale fashion it’s surprisingly ambitious, but it’s also content to cheat its own premise and withhold its genre pleasures, which effectively undermines Barbara’s journey.