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In this spell-binding story brave Jack climbs the Beanstalk to the magical world of Beanland. He and his new friends Dilly (the small but fearless Bean girl) and Ambrose (the nervous donkey) are drawn into all sorts of exciting adventures as they attempt to rid the Beanland of the wicked Giant. This exciting and beautifully animated re-telling of the classic tale is filled with fun, humour and wonderful music to delight children of all ages time and time again.
Jack and the Beanstalk is showing in 2 cinemas in Bucharest - next screening Sunday 15 November at 11:00 at HappyCinema Vitantis.
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Is it a good film? Eh. But the nostalgia is top tier and Ambrose's constant crises speak to my soul.
I watched this all the time as a kid and I recently hunted it down for nostalgia’s sake. Tonight I watched it for the first time in about sixteen years. The inner child in me had this visceral impulse to buy a copy of the film and enjoy a nice little nostalgia trip. But the film buff in me was wondering if, nostalgia aside, I might actually discover an underrated gem. A surprisingly inventive little film despite its obscurity. And.. yeah, it isn’t a great film. While the voice acting is mostly fine (mostly), the story and pacing are a little odd, and the characters are pretty flat. Aside from Jack himself (and maaayybe Dilly?), none of them are very endearing. The animation is quite inconsistent; sometimes it looks nice but there’s a lot of strange and awkward moments where the film resembles one of those cheap, direct-to-video Disney sequels. One of the bad ones. To be fair, I don’t think the budget was very high and I do get the impression that this film had a talented crew, simply doing their best with what they had. I feel similarly about the music; the songs sometimes have nice lyrics but the music itself often sounds like cheap MIDI. The backgrounds and colors are actually quite nice though! There’s a scene where they’re in a desert and the style of the background art reminds me of a Chuck Jones cartoon. I also find it funny how this film seemed to do Donkey from Shrek, years before Shrek happened. Ambrose is basically just the same character if he was a Brit instead of.. Eddie Murphy. Of course he’s nowhere near as funny, but he’s just as sensitive, clingy and whimpy. I remember finding him just delightful as a kid, watching it at age 23 I just wanted them to leave him in the woods. When all is said and done though, I cannot deny that revisiting this film was an enjoyable experience. For all of its strange missteps and flaws, this was a childhood favourite of mine and there were plenty of moments where I was hit by a sudden wave of nostalgia. This was a nice little trip down memory lane, well worth the €4 I spent to get it on eBay. If you’re a fan of obscure animated films, you might get a kick out of this!
A brave boy climbs a giant beanstalk into a magical realm to help free its inhabitants from a wicked giant alongside his friends.
It was directed by Martin Gates in 1999 as a direct-to-video animated feature.
It was released in Great Britain on October 11, 1999.
