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  • Genre: Action/Adventure, Comedy, SciFi/Fantasy
  • Release Date: 06/05/2009
  • Running Time: 93 mins
  • Director: Brad Silberling
  • Cast: Will Ferrell, Danny R. McBride, Anna Friel, Jorma Taccone, Raymond Ochoa, Pollyanna McIntosh, Logan Manus, Michael Papajohn, Mousa Kraish, Shane Baumel
  • Producer: Sid Krofft, Jimmy Miller, Marty Krofft
  • Writer: Chris Henchy, Dennis McNicholas
  • Distributor: Universal Pictures
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  2. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, 17.9 mil, 255.7 mil
  3. G-Force, 17.5 mil, 66.9 mil
  4. The Ugly Truth, 13.2 mil, 54.7 mil
  5. Aliens in the Attic, 8.0 mil, 8.0 mil
  6. Orphan, 7.5 mil, 27.1 mil
  7. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, 5.5 mil, 182.1 mil
  8. The Hangover, 5.2 mil, 255.9 mil
  9. The Proposal, 4.9 mil, 149.0 mil
  10. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, 4.7 mil, 388.2 mil
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Land of the Lost

Notwithstanding all the boomer studio executives who grow misty-eyed recollecting nerdy childhoods parked in front of the Krofft brothers' television creation, it's hard to think of a compelling reason to remake the popular 1970s sci-fi adventure show for the big screen. Brad Silberling's amiable big puppy of an update has Will Ferrell running at half speed as an insecure, has-been paleontologist who finds himself lost in time and space with the usual nebbishy Wizard of Oz sidekicks � charming Anna Friel as his fearless assistant, a very funny Danny McBride as a trailer-trash survivalist, and Jorma Taccone as an oversexed Neanderthal. All the while, weird creatures with manga eyes try to get their scaly claws on a time-traveling gizmo that plays gay show tunes far too often to sustain the joke. Like so many nominally child-oriented movies these days, Land of the Lost gets its knickers in such a twist trying to curry favor with several demographics at once � gross-out gags for the nippers, scary dinosaurs for the pimply boys, and a modicum of wit to keep parental bums in seats � that it ends up sagging into a pleasantly undistinguished pudding. The big news is that Matt Lauer, playing himself, can act. A little. Hardly at all, really. But he's a jolly good sport, and quite handy with a fire extinguisher. — Ella Taylor

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