2010
DIRECTOR: Rob Letterman
NOT A PART OF OUR COLLECTION
Will we be adding this to our collection? NO
Hardly Johnathan Swift… But… No, there is no “but”. This was completely Jack Black’s baby and he was the best thing in it. Was it any good? It was okay, with a few funny moments and a certain number familiar scenes but overall, this was a pale and pointless version of Swift’s metaphorical satire. Hammed up and only unpredictable in the sense that it departs somewhat from the classic tale by almost dismissing the other lands in favour the Lilliputians.
Not bad for kids, but nothing to write home about.
[...] Jason Siegel, who stars alongside Emily Blunt as the couple with The Five-Year Engagement seemed to have a lot to do with this. He has a screen-writing credit, as well as a Producer but this only serves to make this feel very much like a vanity project, certainly for Siegel and maybe even for Blunt, both of whom have worked together before, notably in Gulliver’s Travels. [...]
[...] Jason Siegel, who stars alongside Emily Blunt as the couple with The Five-Year Engagement seemed to have a lot to do with this. He has a screen-writing credit, as well as a Producer but this only serves to make this feel very much like a vanity project, certainly for Siegel and maybe even for Blunt, both of whom have worked together before, notably in Gulliver’s Travels. [...]
[...] Jason Siegel, who stars alongside Emily Blunt as the couple with The Five-Year Engagement seemed to have a lot to do with this. He has a screen-writing credit, as well as a Producer but this only serves to make this feel very much like a vanity project, certainly for Siegel and maybe even for Blunt, both of whom have worked together before, notably in Gulliver’s Travels. [...]