So what to say about this movie? Typically Jack Black flick? Well, I really do enjoy some of his films, loved "School of Rock" and "Shallow Hal" just to name a couple. But this was a bit much for me. Did it provide me with some laughs? Yes of course, but it is such an unbelievable and ludicrous idea. There is a scene where Gulliver (Black) has the tiny town folk recreate his beloved New York Times Square and build him a ridiculously fabulous house... and that is when the movie lost the steam that it had.
The premise behind the movie is the same, large man lands on island inhabited by small people. However, in this version, Gulliver, the mail room guy, finds himself on the island of Liliput after lying to his crush at work, Darcy (Amanda Peet), that he wanted to be a travel writer just like her. She convinces him to take this out of the box assignment in the Bermuda Triangle and he goes because he can't tell her the truth that he is smitten with her. A boat trip later, he finds himself lost staring at a community of the tiniest humans he has ever seen. Let the mayhem begin.
I give it a 5 out of 10.
Next up is "Ghost Writer."
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