Review of Land of the Lost (2009) by Doug L — 14 Jul 2011
I don't get some of the other reviews. This spoof-satire is one of my favorite Ferrell flicks with an outstanding supporting cast working with an outlandish, mind-blowingly impossible script. If your hope is to see something based on reality then I suggest you look elsewhere.
If you have ever seen the TV show it was based on (which was equally unbelievable) it uses that as a touchstone but takes that to a whole new level of craziness. Ferrell has developed and cultivated this character that plows/stumbles through these situations, sometimes unintentionally, with the opposite of traditional leading man virtues.
"Land of the Lost" is a great vehicle for his type of character. Ferrell is at his best when he is in over his head and this movie has seemingly endless opportunities for that. He comes up with nonsensical solutions (at least everybody in the audience realizes they are) and bravely, or crazily, tries to pull them off.
Somehow or another he gets to the other side, and that is the fun part.
This review of Land of the Lost (2009) was written by Doug L on 14 Jul 2011.
Land of the Lost has generally received mixed reviews.
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