Village VoiceSinger evokes another era of fantasy filmmaking when the illusions before our eyes were created in an artist's studio rather...
Hollywood ReporterSimply in terms of efficient storytelling, clear logistics and consistent viewer engagement, Jack is markedly superior to th...
Chicago Sun-TimesThe action is a little too intense for very young children. But for everyone else, including cynical grown-up critics who di...
Chicago TribuneBy the time the giants have descended the beanstalk and laid siege to the king's castle, and the boiling oil comes out with ...
The Boston GlobeIf you thought the tale ended when Jack clambered back down from the skies, then you haven't given it as much thought as Sin...
Entertainment WeeklyThe director, Bryan Singer, works more anonymously here than he did in the X-Men films. Jack the Giant Slayer feels like it ...
New York PostThis digitally tricked-out fairy tale makes for a reasonably engaging kids' fantasy, but at best we're talking about a junio...
The New York Times This finally is just a digitally souped-up, one-dimensional take on Jack and the Beanstalk, capped by the kind of interminab...
Wall Street JournalJack's problem is that he's a commoner, but the movie's problem is that its script is commoner still, an enchantment-free pr...
San Francisco ChronicleWhat's the point of making a movie with a 9-year-old boy's sensibility, then including just enough violence to garner a PG-1...
Los Angeles TimesThere may never have been a Jack tale that delivered so little pleasure for so many dollars as what we have here.
The Philadelphia InquirerSinger's take on ye olde yarne has wit about it, and it certainly looks good.
Washington PostJack seems designed to appeal to a very narrow, and possibly illusory, demographic: the mature moppet.
New York MagazineIt's fast, rousing, and blessedly brief - under two hours instead of, say, nine in three bladder-straining installments.
Total FilmNot one for cynics or bedwetters, if you're after a ripping, roaring, thigh-slapping giant of a fairytale, Bryan Singer's bl...
Film School RejectsA exposition filled, stilted first act; for a 200 million dollar movie, there isn’t much scope to gaze at; dumps the most en...
Film FractureJack the Giant Slayer would benefit from a little tightening up in the editing room, giving a snip to the bits that drag.
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Partial Film Information
Director: Bryan Singer
Writer: Darren Lemke
Studio: New Line Cinema
Cast: Nicholas Hoult, Eleanor Tomlinson, Stanley Tucci
Release: March 1, 2013
Writer: Darren Lemke
Studio: New Line Cinema
Cast: Nicholas Hoult, Eleanor Tomlinson, Stanley Tucci
Release: March 1, 2013
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