If I were Jonathan Swift, I’d be turning over in my grave at how my classic novel about a man encountering a race of people less than six inches tall was turned into a somewhat crude and simple-minded comedy starring Jack Black and featuring giant robots and giant wedgies.
Read More adventure, Amanda Peet, blu-ray, Chris O'Dowd, comedy, David, DVD, Emily Blunt, Fantasy, Gulliver's Travels, Jack Black, Jason Segel, PG-, Rob LettermanSteve Carell makes for a very funny sort-of-bad-guy in Despicable Me, a CGI ‘toon with an amusing premise that kids will find irresistible but as a whole isn’t half as funny as it should, or could, have been.
Read More animation, blu-ray, comedy, David, Despicable Me, DVD, family, Jason Segel, PG-, Russell Brand, Steve CarellLike the grossly unpleasant Forgetting Sarah Marshall, this raunchy but good-hearted bromantic comedy features Jason Segel and Paul Rudd and lots of crude language and frank talk about sex. But I liked Man more, a lot more, and not just because Lou Ferrigno makes an appearance.
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