The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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I Kill Giants
Fantasy · Drama · 2017
Sophia, a new high school student, tries to make friends with Barbara, who tells her that “she kills giants,” protecting this way her hometown and its inhabitants, who do not understand her strange behavior.
Movie details
I Kill Giants
“I find giants, I hunt giants”
2017 Fantasy · Drama 1h 46m
Critical arithmetic
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TMDB
6.2 / 10
Community rating
Sophia, a new high school student, tries to make friends with Barbara, who tells her that “she kills giants,” protecting this way her hometown and its inhabitants, who do not understand her strange behavior.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over I Kill Giants?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Adrenaline Seeker
“If it slows down, you check your phone.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Anders Walter
Written by
Joe Kelly
Madison Wolfe
Barbara Thorson
Zoe Saldaña
Mrs. Mollé
Imogen Poots
Karen Thorson
Sydney Wade
Sophia
Rory Jackson
Taylor
Art Parkinson
Dave
Noel Clarke
Mr. Mollé
Court is in session
Put I Kill Giants on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Adrenaline Seeker
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.