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Jack Black stars in the 20th Century Fox adaptation of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels with this fantasy-filled comedic production. This take on the timeless tale revolves around a shipwrecked mai... read more read more...lroom clerk (Black) who discovers an island in the heart of the Bermuda Triangle where he is the biggest occupant in comparison to its tiny inhabitants. Shark Tale's Rob Letterman directs from a script by Forgetting Sarah Marshall's Nick Stoller and Joe Stillman (Shrek). ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi

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DVD Release Date: April 19, 2011

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  • January 5, 2012
    Everyone who watched this movie expected something big out of it. Jack Black doing his trademark stuff with a bit of physical humour and a story that fitys him. Sounded absolutely great. But unfortunately it didn't do justice to the source material and the effects much like the s... read moretory was flimsy and unconvincing.
  • November 7, 2011
    Well i dont like Jack Black at the best of times, i thought however with a great supporting cast that this could be a nice surprise!
    Well i was right, just another rubbish Jack Black movie thats unfunny in every sense. Even with funny People such as Blunt Segel and comdiens like ... read moreconnolly, O'dowd and Catherine Tate its still a shockingly unfunny movie. Which is a talent in itself!
  • October 23, 2011
    "Gulliver's Travels" screams predictability throughout, and some parts are overly silly (Jack Black tumbling around as he sings "War, what is it good for" at the end, anyone? As if THAT's going to keep the kingdom's people from ever fighting or arguing again...), but I found it t... read moreo be a rather entertaining and funny enough film. Jack Black did a good job with what he could.
  • September 6, 2011
    average family fare. there are some entertaining moments and a few that made me laugh out loud, but there are also many moments that fall totally flat and leave the film feeling stale.
  • June 22, 2011
    I did not like this movie. The only things good about this movie was Chris O'Dowd and Jason Segel. There is no reason that this movie was in 3D. They should have put the 3D to good use by NOT using it! Jack Black is reprising his role as the fat loser from all of his other movies.
  • June 18, 2011
    I'm all for a loose take on a classic, but if you're going to be a comedy at least try and be funny. This film was an abysmal piece of trash thrown together as quickly as possible. It turned from generic comedy, to urine jokes, and then just into full on embarrassment. It doesn't... read more help that it contains two of the most unlikable bastards in the world Catherine Tate and James Corden. I hope they die. Anyway, this mess has he most obvious jokes you can think of. Black's a giant, there's a fire, he urinates on it. Granted this is from the book itself, but this movie takes it to the point of overload as he soaks people. A man goes up his bum, Black introduces things like the fist-bump, and helps Segel woo a lady using the lyrics of Prince's classic, Kiss. As dumb as all this sounds it's just not fun or funny. At the point where the cast sings and dances to War, I just covered my eyes. There were zero laughs to be had, and as O'Dowd makes electrical puns whilst shocking Black, you can be sure to have heard every joke before.
  • June 13, 2011
    Cast: Jack Black, Jason Segel, Emily Blunt, Amanda Peet, Billy Connolly, Chris O'Dowd, T.J. Miller, James Corden, Catherine Tate

    Director: Rob Letterman

    Summary: When a trip to the Bermuda Triangle inevitably goes awry, shipwrecked travel writer Lemuel Gulliver (the inimi... read moretable Jack Black) finds himself in Lilliput, land of the little people, where he's bound to discover just how much size matters.

    My Thoughts: "The film has Jack Black written all over it. From his goofy antics to the music. I'm not sure if the film was written with him in mind to play the lead, but it sure seems like it. I really only watched it because it had a great cast lined up. I love Emily Blunt, I think Jack Black is funny (most of the time), and Jason Segel is funny as well, plus I like Amanda Peet. But the film was just too silly and not silly funny. There were a few laugh out loud moments, but very few. I got no adventure just a silly/stupid film. The kids were completely bored and disgusted by having to endure a flash of Jack Black's a$$. So in the end it was a loss for both the adults and kids. Probably the worse film Jack Black has made in a long time."
  • May 30, 2011
    I considered giving it a solid 2 stars. But then it ended with a musical number.
  • May 19, 2011
    Very funny and very entertaining
  • April 30, 2011
    This movie was a disgusting shame. The comedy is for 6 year old boys who pick their nose, Jack Black is so bad in this movie but the mini people suck even worse. This movie tricks you making it seem like a kid movie but then it curses, he starts peeing on people, and it has a l... read moreot of sex references. The story is so dumb and pointless. So overall, I hated this movie, and I don't recommend it to anybody.

Critic Reviews


Peter Travers
February 3, 2011
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

[A] dumb excuse for a movie. Full Review

Eric D. Snider
December 28, 2010
Eric D. Snider, Film.com

There is laziness at every turn -- in the writing, in the acting, in the filmmaking. Don't reward these yahoos. Full Review

Michael O'Sullivan
December 27, 2010
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post

I will tell you there's a cast credit for a character described only as "Butt-crack man." Consider yourself warned. Full Review

Scott Craven
December 27, 2010
Scott Craven, Arizona Republic

The film stumbles along a predictable path, and there is an audible wince when Gulliver says, "These little people have grown large in my heart." Full Review

Colin Covert
December 24, 2010
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune

Some films are phoned in. The staggeringly awful "Gulliver's Travels" was texted. Full Review

Betsy Sharkey
December 24, 2010
Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times

"Gulliver's Travels" is one of those movies that falls between complete disaster and loads of fun. Mild amusement is probably about right. Full Review

Elizabeth Weitzman
December 24, 2010
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News

It all feels so lazy and familiar that adults may find themselves hoping Black will start to challenge himself again -- and the more swiftly the better. Full Review

Joe Morgenstern
December 24, 2010
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

What were they thinking? What were they smoking? What were they singing on the way to the bank? Full Review

Rick Groen
December 24, 2010
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail

For a novel written nearly 300 years ago by a dour Irish cleric with a mad-on about the material world and a satiric mindset dark enough to flirt with misanthropy, it's amazing how well Gulliver's Tra... Full Review

Mick LaSalle
December 24, 2010
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

Somewhere by the middle, the souffle collapses, and the movie becomes sleep-inducing. Gulliver doesn't have much to do in Lilliput, and we notice that before he does. Full Review

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    • Lemuel Gulliver: There's no small jobs - just small people.
    • Lemuel Gulliver: I'm not doing this. You got me in a diaper and a dress. I'm not doing tea time with you! Go find another doll!

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