Land of the Lost

Land of the Lost (2009)

  • 26% of critics liked it
    (186 reviews)

  • 38% of users liked it
    (514,715 ratings)

This big-screen adaptation of Land of the Lost stars Will Ferrell as Dr. Rick Marshall, a quantum paleontologist who has been discredited in the scientific world due to his strident belief in time travel as the cure for all of humanity's problems. After hitting an all-time low, giving a lecture… More

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Jun 5, 2009 Wide
Universal Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader

    [A] gigantic chunk of scat.

  • Trevor Johnston, Time Out

    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.

  • Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York

    A seriously mistaken enterprise, this Cat in the Hat-worthy stinker grafts the DNA of a Gerald Ford-era children's TV show (barely remembered by thirtysomethings) to the restless-leg freneticism of today's CGI-heavy blockbustering.

  • James Rocchi, MSN Movies

    The interesting thing, though, when you actually see "Land of the Lost," is that it ... essentially functions as a high-cost, high-gloss parody of itself.

  • Ben Lyons, At the Movies

    Farrell and McBride are great together at times in this movie.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Anthony L


    I don't know anything about the original TV series this film is based on, knowing TV adaptations these days it's probably nothing like it but I really don't know. It does however make me want to visit the old TV series out of curiosity though as I'm guessing it… More

  • Directors C


    Apart from the chosen actors, the movie handled its money SO badly. The effects were adequate and instead of being a family film it's instead decidedly mean. A bad choice. Still I enjoyed the acting from Ferrell and Bride and it was exceptionally funny. And this made up for its… More

  • Jim C


    Matt Lauer and this movie can suck it. Dont get me wrong, I love Will Ferell as much as the next guy, but come on this movie sucked! It had very few funny jokes, bad productions, the plot was hopelessly stupid, and it is the worst thing that happened to Will Ferell since Roxbury.… More

  • Bethany M


    Mad and really unusual!

  • KJ P


    Land of the Lost, is weird, stupid and really has no explanation of how or why Will Ferrel's character is smart enough to create a time warps millions of years into the past. The visual effects look like they are back in the beginning stages of production, and the visuals are as… More

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