Zoe Saldaña also gives a compassionate sweetness to Mrs. Imogen Poots as Barbara’s sister, Karen, plays a young woman who’s been put in a tough position with kindness and empathy. She hides her hurt under her angry exterior. Madison Wolfe captures Barbara’s difficult personality well. It straddles too many tones but ultimately comes together into something that’s surprisingly moving. I do feel like the movie never quite decided if it was a fantasy kids’ movie (although more in an ’80s way) or an affecting family drama. I Kill Giants (2017, directed by Anders Walter) isn’t the most obvious choice when it comes to an adaptation, but its blend of fantasy action and real-life drama works well here for the most part. The art isn’t to my personal taste, exactly, but it works in the context of the comic. While he excels more at the action than he does at the more grounded elements, he’s still a good match for Kelly’s writing. The gray washes and sense of action help it feel distinctive. Niimura’s art does feel like a late ’90s/early ’00s indie comic (it was first released in 2008) but it’s elevated by the manga-inspired page layouts. Her shifting friendship with Sophia and her conflicts with the school bullies feel realistic to this period of adolescence. This has to do with her mother’s illness, of course, but it’s great to see a girl get to be weird and prickly. It’s refreshing to see a preteen girl who is awkward and unlikeable. It’s not a subtle metaphor.īarbara is a fun heroine, though. Of course, Barbara’s not making up all of this stuff about giants but it’s still been a coping mechanism because her mother is sick. I just feel like it all comes together in too obvious of a way. It’s compassionate toward its characters and the mix of fantasy danger and real-world trauma works to an extent. Ken Niimura (artist) definitely feels very personal and I am happy to be a bit charitable because of that. I Kill Giants by Joe Kelly (writer) and J.
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