Land of the Lost (2009)
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Reviews Counted:170
Fresh:43
Rotten:127
Average Rating:4.1/10
Consensus: Only loosely based on the original TV series, Land of the Lost is decidedly less kid-friendly and feels more like a series of inconsistent sketches than a cohesive adventure comedy.
Australian Theatrical Release:
Jun 11, 2009 Wide
US Box Office: $49,392,095
Synopsis: Space-time vortexes suck. Will Ferrell stars as has-been scientist Dr. Rick Marshall, sucked into one and spat back through time. Way back. Now, Marshall has no weapons, few skills and... [More]
Starring: Will Ferrell, Danny McBride, Anna Friel, Jorma Taccone
Director: Brad Silberling
Reviews for Land of the Lost
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 1/5 |
Lost is putting it mildly. Full Review |
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1/5 |
The original was unbelievably cheesy in its special effects but more sophisticated in its concepts, employing real science-fiction writers to work up ideas. Will Ferrell and partners have succeeded in reversing those priorities in this spoof. Full Review |
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A Will Ferrell comedy comes with certain expectations, and the latest Hollywood adaptation of a beloved TV show does not disappoint on that front. Whether fans of the original Krofft Brothers cult TV show will go along with it is another story. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Land Of The Lost is flimsy stuff, but in an appealing way. Its brainlessness and lightness of touch and ability to turn in a new direction in the blink of an eye keeps it ticking over and means it’d be churlish to say much bad about it. Full Review |
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3/5 |
I don’t know why this ridiculous film works as well as it does. Possibly it has to do with Will Ferrell being fearless about making a complete idiot of himself that is just dumbfounding and eventually seductive. Full Review |
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There are a few funny-ish moments, but the filmmakers rely too much on self parody Full Review |
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All in all, Land of the Lost is big scale escapism, even if the escapism is wanting. Full Review |
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1.5/4 |
Better than "Bewitched," if only for its straightforwardness. Then again, even Nora Ephron didn't turn Will Ferrell into a colonoscopic agent for a dinosaur. Depending on if you like him, that may be a comic equivalent to the Berlin Wall's collapse. Full Review |
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1/4 |
...the film boasts a pervasively puerile sensibility that's reflected in virtually all of its attributes... Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
Not really a film version of the oft-rerun '70s Saturday morning staple that happens to star Will Ferrell, but rather a Will Ferrell movie that happens to bear the title and some concepts of the show. Full Review |
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1.5/4 |
Will Ferrell's and Danny McBride's natural charisma isn't sufficient to save Land of the Lost Full Review |
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2/5 |
An odd film, which will hardly be enough to turn it into the massive hit that it needs to be. Full Review |
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B |
There are genuine thrills, gross-out moments, zingy lines and a Will Ferrell in solid form. No one asked for this movie, but now that it's here, we should be pleased. Full Review |
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1/5 |
By and large, it’s knockabout kids’ stuff (and has been advertised on that basis), but it has some quite risqué smut. Full Review |
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1/5 |
There's a docu-drama to be made about movies like this. About how no-one had the courage to tell the star: This ain't funny! Full Review |
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2/5 |
Humdrum adaptation that should, given the ripe nature of its source material, have been much better. Full Review |
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2/5 |
A ragbag of lackadaisical plotting, drugs references, puerile lechery and shiny effects work, an assemblage far from child-friendly yet not quite grungey enough to wow older teens. Full Review |
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2/5 |
It's not just the land that feels lost in Ferrell's lumbering latest. After Bewitched, you'd have thought he'd have learned to leave old TV shows well alone. Full Review |
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2/5 |
A doughily inexpressive Will Ferrell extinguishes any flicker of originality in one of the worst performances of his career. Full Review |
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3/5 |
It is very surreal, absurd, and often quite gross, with loads of very arch and knowing gags. It's not going to win any awards. Really, it's a DVD rental. There are some laughs. I laughed, anyway. Full Review |
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October 21, 2009:
RT on DVD: Land of the Lost and Hannah Montana
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October 19, 2009:
American Medical Assocation Reprimands Universal for Land of the Lost 
Reviled by critics and largely tuned out by audiences, Universal's "Land of the Lost" also alienated the American Medical Association, which has pronounced the movie "a real... More...
October 06, 2009:
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August 17, 2009:
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