The film is nothing if not inventive, ... So we'll climb 2½ stars out of 4 for Jack the Giant Slayer, an unabashed spectacle in which the special effects provide most of the fee-fi-fo fun.

Jack the Giant Slayer: Film Review. Simply in terms of storytelling, logistics and consistent viewer engagement, "Jack" is markedly superior to the recent "Hobbit." ...

The story of "Jack and the Beanstalk" has been filmed by people as diverse as Gene Kelly, Chuck Jones and the Three Stooges. Now there's "Jack the Giant Slayer." Kenneth Turan has this review ...

‘Jack the Giant Slayer’ movie review. February 28, 2013. Nicholas Hoult is a bloodless Englishman and Eleanor Tomlinson the princess he loves in ”Jack the Giant Slayer.” (Daniel Smith) ...

Film Review: ‘Jack the Giant Slayer’ Warner Bros. release will struggle to score the mammoth returns needed to recoup its not-inconsiderable budget ...

The film is titled “Jack the Giant Slayer,” which implies a story about humans is contained therein. It is boring and rote. Jack is a humble farmboy, played with a wide-eyed, ...

The story of "Jack and the Beanstalk" has been filmed by people as diverse as Gene Kelly, Chuck Jones and the Three Stooges. Now there's "Jack the Giant Slayer." Kenneth Turan has this review ...

Jack the Giant Slayer is easily the most amiable picture to come out of this new fairy-tale-action genre, hitting its studio-prescribed marks without making you feel as if you’re being marketed ...

Fee-fi-fo-fum, this fairy-tale retread is pretty dumb. Feeding the recent appetite for revisionist screen fantasies ("Snow White and the Huntsman," "Mirror Mirror," "Once Upon a Time"), "Jack the ...

The most striking thing about "Jack the Giant Slayer" is how utterly unmemorable it is. In an already crowded forest of dull, formulaic, early-year films, "Jack's" commitment to formulized ...