51
Metascore
37 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Village VoiceScott FoundasVillage VoiceScott FoundasBy the standards of today's bombastic "event" movies, this is a refreshingly modest endeavor—one in which the main event is the skillful holding of our attention, all the way from "Once upon a time" to "Happily ever after."
- 80Arizona RepublicArizona RepublicOne reason it works so well: The film always looks believable, and it’s easy to get wrapped into Singer’s fairy-tale world.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThe Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThere's little facetious comedy a la the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series. It's all traditional stuff, done well but without an original spark.
- 67The PlaylistKevin JagernauthThe PlaylistKevin JagernauthUltimately, it’s hard and a bit pointless to nitpick Jack The Giant Slayer because it never sets out to be or presents itself as anything more than a slightly beefed up fairy tale.
- 63McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreMcClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreFor all Singer’s expertise at making the fantastic real, all we’re left with here is an expensive-looking bauble – worth looking over, but not really anything to treasure.
- 60New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinIt’s fast, rousing, and blessedly brief.
- 58Film.comJordan HoffmanFilm.comJordan HoffmanIt is highly likely you’ll forget the movie by the time you go to bed.
- 50VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangJack 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.
- 25Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallTampa Bay TimesSteve PersallJack the Giant Slayer is merely cable TV fodder waiting to happen and not worth a hill of beans, magic or otherwise.
- 12Slant MagazineR. Kurt OsenlundSlant MagazineR. Kurt OsenlundThis epic waste of $190 million plunders the grab bag of overused plotlines, failing to put its own stamp on much of anything.