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.
Acting
Madison Wolfe carries the whole damn film at age 14.
Practical Effects
The hammer. That's it. That's the highlight. The hammer.
Production
Giant design feels ancient and personal, not blockbuster.
Director
Anders Walter
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Joe Kelly and Ken Niimura's 2008 Image Comics series that won an Eisner. The hammer is legit from Norse mythology—Kelda, not Thor's.
Director Anders Walter said he cast Wolfe because she understood Barbara without explaining her—crucial since the film deliberately obscures reality vs fantasy until the third act.
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