Gulliver's Travels

[A] dumb excuse for a movie.

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

Someplace, somewhere, Jonathan Swift is hanging his head in shame.

While nobody would seriously expect Hollywood to honour Jonathan Swift's satirical fantasy, we might at least have hoped for a few decent gags.

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

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.

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.

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

The pitch to remake this was probably four words: Gulliver's Travels Jack Black. No adjectives, no adverbs, and, most of all, no imagination. Fox took the bait, and this Christmas there's something smelling rotten under the tree.