Barbara so effectively embodies the rage, pain and bravado of adolescence that it's impossible not to be swept up in her quest, to will her on as she confronts that which scares her. That's the mark of a true hero.
An imaginative coming-of-age drama that degenerates into a full-blown tearjerker.
This trashy family fantasy – in which a lonely girl hunts giants in a handily creepy forest – confuses fake jeopardy with drama.
Ambitious, but mistimed.
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