Land of the Lost (2009)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Brad Silberling

Writers (WGA):

Chris Henchy (written by) &
Dennis McNicholas (written by) ...

Release Date:

5 June 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Right place. Wrong time.

Plot:

On his latest expedition, Dr. Rick Marshall is sucked into a space-time vortex alongside his research assistant and a redneck survivalist. In this alternate universe, the trio make friends with a primate named Chaka, their only ally in a world full of dinosaurs and other fantastic creatures. |

Plot Keywords:

Primate | Dinosaur | Crab | Show Tune | Forest Ranger

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Will Ferrell	...	Dr. Rick Marshall
Anna Friel	...	Holly Cantrell
Danny McBride	...	Will Stanton
Jorma Taccone	...	Chaka
John Boylan	...	Enik
Matt Lauer	...	Matt Lauer
Bobb'e J. Thompson	...	Tar Pits Kid
Sierra McCormick	...	Tar Pits Kid
Shannon Lemke	...	Tar Pits Kid
Stevie Wash Jr.	...	Tar Pits Kid (as Steven Wash Jr.)
Brian Huskey	...	Teacher
Kevin Buitrago	...	Teenager
Noah Crawford	...	Teenager
Jon Kent Ethridge	...	Teenager (as Jon Kent Ethridge II)
Logan Manus	...	Teenager

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content, and for language including a drug reference.

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #45364) | UK:12A | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Singapore:PG | New Zealand:PG (original rating) | Ireland:12A | South Korea:All | New Zealand:M (re-rating on appeal) | Japan:G | USA:R (original cut) | Hong Kong:IIA | Finland:K-11 | Mexico:B | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Sweden:7 | Australia:M (DVD rating) | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Dumont Dunes, San Bernardino County, California, USA

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

In Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001), Will Ferrell's character, Marshall Willenholly, was named for the first line of the theme song to the original TV series "Land of the Lost" (1974), which names the three main characters: "Marshall, Will, and Holly". In this movie, Will Ferrell plays the first of those characters, Dr. Rick Marshall.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Will says that the banjo he is playing has 4 strings, you can obviously see that the banjo is a 5 string banjo.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Astronaut: Mission Control, come in. Mission Control, do you read?

Movie Connections:

References "Bonanza" (1959)

Soundtrack:

Land of the Lost Theme

Another Ferrell movie

What I hate about people is how they don't give Will Ferrell a chance. He's a funny man. Granted not all his works are great, but neither were all of Chris Farley's or Adam Sandler's.

"Land of the Lost" is worth the ticket price because it's funny, random, most likely improvised and holds true throughout. Granted the last half hour is a bit of a drag compared to the first hour, the movie is still full of laughs and unbelievably original story-line.

Yes the costumes are weak in detail, and the whole interaction between the humans and animals is far-fetched, but that's the whole point of the comedy: it's supposed to make you laugh.

All those people expecting their 1970's TV show to be revived can get a life. The movie is good, definitely makes a good rental, and I enjoyed it.