Land of the Lost
Starring Will Ferrell, Anna Friel, and Danny McBride
Some of you, I’m sure, have fond memories of “Land of the Lost” reruns. Cheesy animated tyrannosaurus. Seedy Sleestaks. The crazy monkey kid with the huge, jutting forehead.
OK, stop reminiscing.
The updated movie gives LOTL the “Brady Bunch” spoof treatment. Ferrell plays Rick Marshall, a scientist that believes we can manipulate tachyons to squirrel around in time. After becoming the laughing stock of the science community and having a viral video encounter with Matt Lauer, he’s left teaching kids and eating donut and M&M sandwiches.
After being approached by Holly Cantrell (still Holly, *not* his daughter this time), the 2 make a trip to the middle of nowhere, turn on his time squirreling machine, and zip to another dimension with their hee haw tour guide (McBride). There are still Sleestaks. There’s still the monkey men. But that’s where the similarities end.
LOTL is officially one of the *crappiest* movies ever made. I mean, how many turd and poop shoot jokes can you cram into one movie? For those looking for another “Anchorman” or “Ricky Bobby”, you’re going to be disappointed -- Ferrell plays this one pretty straight.
C+
