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Jack the Giant Slayer

Overview


Genre :

Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Release Date :

March 01, 2013

MPAA Rating :

PG-13

Director :

Bryan Singer

Starring :

Nicholas Hoult, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, Bill Nighy, Ian McShane, Eddie Marsan, John Kassir, Eleanor Tomlinson, Warwick Davis, Ewen Bremner, Sam Creed

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  4 of 5 [Rate It]

“..the movie's problem is that its script is commoner still, an enchantment-free pretext for animated action, straight-ahead storytelling and ersatz romance..”
by Joe Morgenstern [Wall Street Journal]
1 of 4

“..the film cuts a good-looking trailer, as the desire for summer blockbuster spectacle bleeds into early March. But it falls apart upon closer examination..”
by Peter Hartlaub [San Francisco Chronicle]
4 of 5

“..the film always looks believable, and it's easy to get wrapped into Singer's fairy-tale world. Most of the time, a viewer watches a movie and thinks, "Great special effects"..”
by Randy Cordova [Arizona Republic]
2 of 4

“..it's a tale full of sound and fury (and flying bodies) signifying nothing..”
by Colin Covert [Minneapolis Star Tribune]
Review rate : C+

“..it is highly likely you'll forget the movie by the time you go to bed..”
by Jordan Hoffman [Film.com]
3 of 4

“..is the kind of old-fashioned, entertaining fantasy-adventure you once saw regularly in theaters..”
by Rafer Guzman [Newsday]
2.5 of 4

“..handsome and moderately entertaining adventure..”
by Claudia Puig [USA Today]
2.5 of 4

“..a stalker movie - in more ways than one..”
by Steven Rea [Philadelphia Inquirer]
1 of 5

“..a Jack tale that delivered so little pleasure for so many dollars as what we have here...”
by Kenneth Turan [Los Angeles Times]
“.."Jack the Giant Slayer" feels, unsurprisingly, like an attempt to cash in on a trend, recycling storybook characters, situations and battle sequences to mechanical and wearyingly predictable effect..”
by Justin Chang [Variety]
2.5 of 5
Reviewed by Manohla Dargis [New York Times]
Reviewed by Ian Buckwalter [NPR]

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