Jack the Giant Slayer

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Jack the Giant Slayer

PG-13

Released Mar 1, 2013

1h 53m

Fantasy

Adventure

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When young farmhand Jack (Nicholas Hoult) unwittingly opens a portal between his realm and a race of giants, it rekindles an ancient war. Roaming Earth for the first time in centuries, the fearsome giants seek to reclaim the land they lost long ago. Jack has to face an army of foes that he thought existed only in legend, but through his arduous fight for the kingdom and its people, he may win the love of a brave princess, perhaps becoming a legend himself.

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Critics Consensus

It's enthusiastically acted and reasonably fun, but Jack the Giant Slayer is also overwhelmed by digital effects and a bland, impersonal story.

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Larushka Ivan-Zadeh

metro.co.uk

Jack The Giant Slayer had something of an identity crisis.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 1, 2017

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Wesley Morris

Grantland

Forget that Giant Slayer feels photocopied and is entirely unnecessary. It's just not exciting.

Jan 3, 2014

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David Sexton

London Evening Standard

A story of derring do and social climbing, serving as an excuse for colossal battles with a load more orcs, the true purpose of the movie.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 22, 2013

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

While it borrows from plenty of other better movies that came before it, "Jack the Giant Slayer" is one buffed-up fairy tale movie that works.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 4, 2023

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Even if the prevailing flavorlessness of everything onscreen leaves us feeling somewhat indifferent, Singer’s clear-cut presentation must be admired.

Rated: 2.5/4

Sep 12, 2022

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

It's an interesting idea - to make a theatrical, big-budget, computer effects-heavy action film based on the simple tale of Jack and the Beanstalk.

Rated: 6/10

Dec 3, 2020

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philip r

My Family Loves it and so do I! We have seen it many times! Wholesome and entertaining!! SEQUELS PLEASE!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/17/24

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Yank e

The plot and relationships are terribly cookie-cutter and timeworn. As a former acting teacher and coach here in the Hollywood arena, I couldn't recommend the casting of either of the two leads - Jack and Isabelle. They fit their roles but added little dimension. Even if the characters were written as such, it's still up to the actor to add color or nuance to the character. i.e. a fierier Isabelle in rejecting her father's demands to marry Roderick.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

12/08/24

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Sasen M

This was fun and entertaining and better than Harry Potter. With great acting and fun performances. Written by Bryan Singer, one of the best films in the world. You'd definitely want to see this.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/20/24

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Terry H

There's a lot of things in the Bible in Enoch and also about Giants that is not well known they made references to the giants that are very similar to Giants that were actually on Earth before the flood so I found it very interesting myself and I think other Christian believing people might find it very interesting. To every fable there is some truth behind it Jack and the beanstalk is a story about Giants and I believe and one time inhabited this earth before the flood.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/15/24

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r96 s

'Jack the Giant Slayer' is a perfectly watchable movie. Nothing special, but it does enough. That's in my opinion, of course. A quick glance at Letterboxd shows a big split in its reception, but the majority - at least in terms of rating - are in agreement with me. The movie does start off a bit slowly, though once it got going I was enjoying it to be honest. It's nowt award-worthy, though it works as a passable fantasy adventure flick. I dug everyone on the cast, which features many people I like or have at least seen in other productions. Nicholas Hoult and Eleanor Tomlinson (the only one I didn't previously know of) give competent performances and suit each other well enough. while Ewan McGregor and Ian McShane are good value, among others. Ewen Bremner's Wicke is the only iffy character, though Bremner himself narrowly makes it work. I caught a glimpse of the special effects prior to watching, think it was on one of the movie websites when I was checking if it has sequels etc., and wasn't all that excited about what I saw. However, in the actual film the effects are all satisfactory to be honest. The look of the giants is decent.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/11/24

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Will R

This is one of my family’s favourite movies. A well acted family movie with heart.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/15/24

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Synopsis

When young farmhand Jack (Nicholas Hoult) unwittingly opens a portal between his realm and a race of giants, it rekindles an ancient war. Roaming Earth for the first time in centuries, the fearsome giants seek to reclaim the land they lost long ago. Jack has to face an army of foes that he thought existed only in legend, but through his arduous fight for the kingdom and its people, he may win the love of a brave princess, perhaps becoming a legend himself.

Director: Bryan Singer
Producer: Neal H. Moritz, David Dobkin, Bryan Singer, Patrick McCormick, Ori Marmur
Screenwriter: Darren Lemke, Christopher McQuarrie, Dan Studney
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Original Film, Bad Hat Harry, Big Kid Pictures
Rating: PG-13 (Intense Action Violence|Brief Language|Intense Fantasy Violence|Some Frightening Images)
Genre: Fantasy, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 1, 2013, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 12, 2013
Runtime: 1h 53m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, Datasat

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