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:

Dinosaur | Primate | Punched In Stomach | Implied Nudity | Sinkhole

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Cast

Will Ferrell	...	Dr. Rick Marshall
Anna Friel	...	Holly Cantrell
Danny McBride	...	Will Stanton
Jorma Taccone	...	Cha-Ka
John Boylan	...	Enik
Matt Lauer	...	Himself
Bobb'e J. Thompson	...	Tar Pits Kid #1
Sierra McCormick	...	Tar Pits Kid #2
Shannon Lemke	...	Tar Pits Kid #3
Stevie Wash Jr.	...	Tar Pits Kid #4 (as Steven Wash Jr.)
Brian Huskey	...	Teacher
Kevin Buitrago	...	Teenager #1
Noah Crawford	...	Teenager #2
Jon Kent Ethridge	...	Teenager #3
Logan Manus	...	Teenager #4

MPAA:

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

Runtime:

101 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 | Ireland:12A | South Korea:All

Filming Locations:

Dumont Dunes, San Bernardino County, California, USA

Company:

Mosaic Media Group

Trivia:

Kathy Coleman and Wesley Eure shot a cameo, but it was cut when the ending was changed.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): At the interview with Matt Laurer calls Dr. Rick Marshall "Will" as he pulls of his pipe to smoke.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Astronaut: Houston Control, come in.

Movie Connections:

References Jurassic Park (1993)

Soundtrack:

Theme from Land of the Lost

Not a good thing.

What a disappointment! Do not take your kids to this movie. You will be embarrassed. This is not a family movie, despite the original series being for kids. Crude comments, crude scenes, the F-word among other profanity. Several people left the theater, as I wish I would have. The female lead playing Holly was very annoying to me. She seemed to be out of place, if that could be possible in such a "modge podge" of the ridiculous. The plot was so random, and it really had nothing to do with the original series; things like sleestacks, dinosaurs, and banjo music were just kind of thrown in with no rhyme or reason. I had really looked forward to this movie since I'd liked the 70"s Saturday morning series as a kid. I thought Will Ferrell would make it funny - I loved him in Elf - but that wasn't the case. I'm sorry we saw it.