Synopsis
Travel writer Lemuel Gulliver takes an assignment in Bermuda, but ends up on the island of Liliput, where he towers over its tiny citizens.
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Cast
- Jack BlackLemuel Gulliver
- Jason SegelHoratio
- Emily BluntPrincess Mary
- Amanda PeetDarcy Silverman
- Billy ConnollyKing Theodore
- Chris O'DowdGeneral Edward
- T.J. MillerDan
- James CordenJinks
- Catherine TateQueen Isabel
- Emmanuel QuatraKing Leopold
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Tampa Bay Times
This is what the holidays need: a good, Swift kick in the funny bone. - 50
USA Today
Yet another foray into unnecessary 3-D, is a rehashed mishmash of Jonathan Swift's 18th-century classic. Mostly, it's a vehicle for Jack Black's zany humor. - 40
Empire
A low-grade comedy that'll have Jonathan Swift turning in his grave. - 40
Boxoffice Magazine
A movie that ought to entice people to want to travel with Gulliver instead inveigles them to run from him. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
While not the worst in recent 3D films, Gulliver's Travels is more gimmicky than a crackling good yarn. - 38
ReelViews
The only arena in which Gulliver's Travels plays an adequate game is in visual effects. - 30
Variety
The story grows more desperate as it goes on. - 20
Time Out
Those of us who dig the comedian's hyperactive persona may feel that the meter is now officially running on his amiable rocker-doofus act; everyone else will simply marvel that a Christmas season could produce such an unfunny, unentertaining lump of coal.