Movie Review: 'Jack The Giant Slayer' The story of Jack and his beanstalk has been filmed innumerable times by people as diverse as Gene Kelly, Chuck Jones and the Three Stooges.

I would much rather have seen "Elmont the Giant Slayer." But then again, unlike Jack — who looks like a digitally aged version of the baby-faced kid Hoult played in "About a Boy" — I'm old ...

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. More Bill Wine Movie Reviews CBS Philly ...

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PG-13. 117 minutes. At area theaters. A big-budget, effects-laden, 3-D retelling of the Jack and the Beanstalk legend may seem like the unlikeliest pairing yet of director Bryan Singer and writer ...

Jack the Giant Slayer opens with what may be the worst CG effects in a film since the 90s. The scene depicts the story of the giants up in the clouds and the magic required to stop their attacks; ...

Jack the Giant Slayer (2013) Blu-ray Movie Review ... Ben Gourlay. Movie Reviewer. Published Aug 11, 2013 9:01 AM CDT Updated Nov 3, 2020 7:00 PM CST. Producer / Publisher: Warner.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...