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.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 4, 2023

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

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 12, 2022

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.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Dec 3, 2020

Feels rather disappointing.

| Original Score: 2.5/4.0 | Sep 12, 2020

The CGI giants burp and fart and pick their noses, feats sure to elicit giggles and claps of glee from the younger members of the audience.

| Original Score: C- | Jul 10, 2020

The real and enduring problem is the script.

| Jul 30, 2019

There's nothing ground-breaking here by any means, but Singer has beefed up a classic tale into an entertaining family adventure.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 8, 2019

Jack the Giant Slayer is a clever spin on a familiar fairy tale, full of carnage and mayhem with a pinch of self-awareness. It never takes itself too seriously but is all the more fun for it.

| Apr 10, 2019

Jack the Giant Slayer rolls along at a reasonable pace, though it has a couple of slow spots and false endings. It adds up to an entertainment that is simply okay, but not the epic fantasy that appears to be what was intended.

| Original Score: B- | Mar 1, 2019

Jack the Giant Slayer managed to succeed on a number of fronts where these fairy tale rewrites have been failing.

| Jan 14, 2019

It is so baffling why Singer, a noted moviemaker with an adventurous eye for cinematic curiosity, was drawn to such an uneventful and spotty computerized kiddie caper. This swashbuckling escapist eggroll of a movie is all dismissive chatter and static

| Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 18, 2018

Singer's latest glides across your eyes and swoops past your ears, but leaves no lasting impression other than one of dull, partial adequacy.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 23, 2018

Overall, Jack the Giant Slayer felt like the rough draft of a movie that could actually have been pretty awesome if somebody had actually thought about the story a little bit.

Full Review | May 23, 2018

Jack The Giant Slayer had something of an identity crisis.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 1, 2017

Movie-goers in search of something to keep parents and children alike entertained will be pleasantly surprised by Jack the Giant Slayer.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 14, 2016

Good-looking, simple fun.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 7, 2016

There's no cleverness, no depth, and the way the action is written is passé at best (think "Lord Of The Rings" lite).

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 14, 2016

Almost fascinating in that, as far as I can tell, it is a film with no target audience.

Full Review | Apr 28, 2015

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

| Jan 3, 2014

Despite its many flaws, Jack the Giant Slayer is not a bad film, but rather a disappointing one

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 18, 2013