A weak, forgettable comedy, bearing little resemblance to Swift’s classic satire.
A low-grade comedy that'll have Jonathan Swift turning in his grave.
The film may prove insufferable to those with little to no tolerance for Jack Black.
The story is stop-start, the 3D effects are hit and miss, and for all the comic talent in action the laugh count is Lilliputian.
For all the plot’s stupidity, it is never boring, and Jack Black is hard to resist.
Short on laughs, a huge disappointment.
The filmmakers are too busy updating the action – having characters say things such as “Let’s go party!”, making references to Star Wars and Transformers – to spend much time on anything else.
This diluted Gulliver's Travels is presented as if it were a children's story.
You suspect that if writer Jonathan Swift could have witnessed this monstrosity, he'd have burned the manuscript.
A big idea reaps small dividends in a comedy fantasy that’s only likely to score laughs from the tiniest audience members.
Rubbish-looking CG effects fail to enliven proceedings, though the comedy bar-lowering sight of Gulliver relieving himself to extinguish a fire at least works as a potent symbol of the film's attitude to classic literature.
Gulliver's Travels feels a bit cheap and cheerful – only not that cheap, and certainly not that cheerful.
Truly dire.
While nobody would seriously expect Hollywood to honour Jonathan Swift's satirical fantasy, we might at least have hoped for a few decent gags.
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