December 15, 2009
Had it's momments
Will Ferrell,
Danny R. McBride,
Anna Friel,
Michael Papajohn,
Mousa Kraish
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On his latest expedition, Dr. Rick Marshall (Ferrell) is sucked into a space-time vortex alongside his research assistant (Friel) and a redneck survivalist (McBride). In this alternate universe, the t...( read more
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DVD Release Date: October 13, 2009
Stats: 15,593 reviews
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Flixster Reviews (15,593)
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December 4, 2009I'm still in disbelief that I watched this. Absolutely stupid, but with a few really funny moments. I want to quote one, but I'm worried it will ruin the movie's best gag. Good job of parodying bad early TV (like Galaxy Quest or Starsky & Hutch before it), but not much else to...( read more)
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November 28, 2009Officially the worst theatrical release of the year. Year One was funnier than this wretched rape of the no budget cheesefest I watched in reruns when I was little.
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November 11, 2009Of course the critics ripped this movie, hard. It is a big overblown ball of hollywood junk, like a big-budget version of the show, which was popular due to it's cheese and phoniness. You ain't gonna get a good review by making a movie out of a bad tv show. A lot of people hav...( read more)
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November 8, 2009Because life is too short to waste on bad movies, we turned this one off about 30 minutes in. I watched the series when I was young, but I never called myself a fan and this film wasn't doing anything to help. Stilted acting and a dearth of funny moments makes this film imminentl...( read more)
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December 27, 2009Had a good time with some really funny moments,but please stop casting the awful Anna Friel.
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Critic Reviews
July 31, 2009
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times
June 7, 2009
Pete Hammond, Hollywood.com
This big screen re-invention of the hokey old saturday morning series is a passably silly summer guilty pleasure thanks to the antics of Will Ferrell and Danny McBride. full review
June 5, 2009
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
This isn't the Land of the Lost you remember from childhood, but get on its antisocial wavelength and it's fitfully laugh-out-loud funny. full review
June 5, 2009
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
It all amounts to a certain brand of comedy -- something closer to long-form Dada than conventional humor. full review
June 5, 2009
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Land of the Lost is harmless enough. It just isn't, with the exception of a few odd air pockets, particularly funny. full review
June 5, 2009
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
This dramatically, thematically and artistically bankrupt comic fantasy cost something in the neighborhood of $100 million to make and isn't worth the celluloid it's printed on. full review
June 5, 2009
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
The only discernible intention in Land of the Lost, the latest comedy starring Will Ferrell acting like Will Ferrell, seems to have been to take a slight idea and make the least of it in a very expens... full review
June 5, 2009
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Will Ferrell and Danny McBride can find the dumb fun in anything. Too bad that Land of the Lost is so much less than anything. full review
June 5, 2009
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Not exactly a hundred million dollars' worth of classic comedy. full review
June 4, 2009
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Genially terrible, Lost is lazy, sloppy multiplex filler, good for a few solid giggles and not much more. full review
June 4, 2009
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Confronted with such effects, the actors make not the slightest effort to appear terrified, amazed or sometimes even mildly concerned. Some might consider that a weakness. I suspect it is more of a de... full review
June 3, 2009
Armond White, The New York Press
Land of the Lost sheds its TV-formula origins as a 1970s network series and becomes glib fun. full review
June 3, 2009
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
Land of the Lost is halfway toward amusing, which means it's just as close to awful. full review
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August 7, 2009It will be a kids movie and will always be it wasn't offensive enough for it to be an adult one.
However the story was bad the effects were awful this was a bit like Jurassic Park but 2 times worsed the dinasours were awful in it this doesn't stand a chance to win an award. -
June 25, 2009Damn funny, but otherwise stupid. Should be considered a kid's movie if it didn't have as much swearing.
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June 11, 2009Fun fact - the movie wasn't released until June 5, yet we have somebody reviewing it in May. This movie would seem to have been prejudged, a lot.
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January 30, 2009Space-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 questionable smarts to survive in an alternate universe full of marauding dinosaurs and fantastic creatures from beyond our world—a place of spectacular sights and super-scaled comedy known as the Land of the Lost.
Sucked alongside him for the adventure are crack-smart research assistant Holly (Anna Friel) and a redneck survivalist (Danny McBride) named Will. Chased by T. rex and stalked by painfully slow reptiles known as Sleestaks, Marshall, Will and Holly must rely on their only ally—a primate called Chaka (Jorma Taccone)—to navigate out of the hybrid dimension. Escape from this routine expedition gone awry and they're heroes. Get stuck, and they'll be permanent refugees in the "Land of the Lost".
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August 4, 2008I thought it sounded cool before it had Will Ferrel's stink all over it. Now I hope it bombs.
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May 1, 2008Please do not rate movies you have not seen. If you want to see it or not interested use that feature. Please rate movies that you have actually seen. If you walk out after the first ten minutes please do not rate either. You are not interested.
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