This is a very good movie, with nothing offensive unless you don't like potty humor. But the movie still got a TV-G rating. I saw "Dumb and Dumberer" the same weekend, and if you want offensive potty humor ...
Plenty of actors give very good performances.
Colin Ford and Chloe Grace Moretz are wonderful as the children with the largest roles.
Gilbert Gottfried is as annoying as always, but his goose is one of the best things about the movie. At some point in the past I learned to accept his very brash style.
Katey Sagal is wonderful as Jack's mom, so normal and loving, until she gets upset and then she's more like the outrageous townspeople.
It is never explained why most of the people have British accents but Jack and his mother don't. Oh, well ...
Daniel Roebuck is appropriately over-the-top as the town's mayor.
There is a sepia-tone silent movie as Verri Saddus tells his story through flashbacks. There is music and narration, and eventually even sound from the past even though the style is still that of silent movies.
James Earl Jones is his usual vicious villain. As with Darth Vader, he doesn't appear, but the giant in this version is no bigger than an NBA player.
Three cops named Who, What and Where are given the job of finding Jack, but all they really do is a funny parody of Abbott and Costello.
It's a worthy effort.
