Jack and the Beanstalk: After Ever After

A box ticking version of the old story. Special effects were poor and unconvincing. Looked like the whole thing was done in a hurry

David Walliams writes and stars as the Giant. A continuation of the Jack and the Beanstalk story.

The Giant did not die but was mildly concussed and ends up befriending young Jack.

Jack is still a bit thick and gets fleeced from the trader in the market again.

This time Jack has bought a magic sausage roll as he needs to send the Giant back to where he came from. However the notorious giant killer, The Woman with No Name has the Giant in her sight.

In the panto tradition, this is aimed at kids who would enjoy the silliness and Walliams includes a moral message in there as well.

I found this to be really bad. Poorly written, badly acted, and with some awful prosthetics and special effects. The 'giant' was obviously a stilt walker which must have been done to cut costs. Goodness knows what persuaded Sheridan Smith to appear in this puerile rubbish...

It's by no mistake that David Walliams is popular with kids. He's speaks to them and offers silly humour that they adore. My little girl loved this movie and being honest I really laughed a lot myself. Yes it's very stupid and there is some wooden acting (Jacks Mum in particular) but kids love it and that's all that really counts.

Great cast great story very original, really amazing.