Gulliver's Travels

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Gulliver's Travels

PG

Released Dec 25, 2010

1h 25m

Kids & Family

Comedy

Adventure

Fantasy

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Lemuel Gulliver (Jack Black) works in a mailroom at a city newspaper. While he is on an assignment in the Bermuda Triangle, a vortex transports him to a magic land of tiny people. His newfound comrades use his enormous size to help defend the land of Lilliput from warring rivals.

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Critics Consensus

Though Jack Black is back doing what he does best, Gulliver's Travels largely fails to do any justice to its source material, relying instead on juvenile humor and special effects.

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Nell Minow

Movie Mom

Rated: D

Feb 18, 2012

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Peter Travers

Rolling Stone

[A] dumb excuse for a movie.

Rated: 1/4

Feb 3, 2011

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Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Chronicle

As disinterested in itself as Gulliver's Travels seems to be, it's a wonder it ever came into existence at all.

Rated: 0/5

Jan 1, 2011

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James McMahon

NME (New Musical Express)

Black's take on Gulliver's Travels may be released in the closing days of 2010 - but there will be few less impressive films in the year to come.

Rated: 1/5

May 25, 2021

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

A Jack Black film is a goodhearted comedy that allows Black to put on full display the two cinematic notes he has mastered, broad comedy and the puppy dog look.

Rated: 1.5/4.0

Sep 9, 2020

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Hilary A White

State.ie

Throwaway hangover fodder, big on goofiness and small on invention.

Aug 21, 2018

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Joseph B

Why does everyone hate this? I just found that out! I love this movie.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/06/24

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Ciaran S

The Most embarrassing film based on a book since Garfield 2.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/14/24

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Cees T

7/10 - Good and short.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/13/24

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Dionisis T

Fun fact about this movie: Although critics and audiences disliked it for being too gross and childish, the scene in which Gulliver saves the King from the fire in the palace by putting it out with urine is actually taken directly from Jonathan Swift's book. However, in the original novel, the person rescued in this manner is the Queen. The only other adaptation to include this scene is Gulliver's Travels (1996). Review: Fun, nothing more. The plot of the movie was out of place and time, I was surprised to hear when it was actually based on a novel,too bad the adaptation of it wasn't that good...Jack Black was literally the true Jack Black and kinda showed his true personality...For a comedy film it was way too out of place sometimes they tried to fit a romance snd an adventure genre in it,concepts that you can't put together perfectly and not make a mess, especially in a 2010 film.The ending was expected from the beginning and got me truly bored while watching i and ending exactly the way i predicted to lol.To be fair,i would recommend this movie to a friend caise why not it's a silly comedy and it's worth 1 and half hour of your time. Cinematography:6/10 Acting:7/10 Enjoyment:5/10 Casting:6/10 Soundtrack:6/10 Plot:5/10 Ending:5/10 Pacing:4/10 Writing:7/10 Environments:6/10 Overall:5.7/10

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

05/23/23

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Spencer S

Rob Letterman's rendition of "Gulliver's Travels" is drowned by dull humor, bad acting (there are a few fine performances), and terrible script-writing. Unfortunately, the film's protagonist is unlikable for far too long of the runtime as well.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

04/19/23

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Haris T

It's funny how (and why) people expect something close to the classic book. It's just a movie to kill some free time and it does that.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/15/23

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Synopsis

Lemuel Gulliver (Jack Black) works in a mailroom at a city newspaper. While he is on an assignment in the Bermuda Triangle, a vortex transports him to a magic land of tiny people. His newfound comrades use his enormous size to help defend the land of Lilliput from warring rivals.

Director: Rob Letterman
Producer: John Davis, Gregory Goodman
Screenwriter: Joe Stillman, Nicholas Stoller
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Davis Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox, Dune Entertainment
Rating: PG (Brief Rude Humor|Action|Mild Language)
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 25, 2010, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 25, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $42.8M
Runtime: 1h 25m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital, DTS

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