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Title: Mr. Black at his worst
Review: Imagine all the comedies Jack Black is in, from Nacho Libre to School of Rock. Now take scenes from each of them and transpose them onto the plot of the first half of the book Gulliver's Travels, and you have this farce of a comedy. The original book, and the Hallmark movie by Ted Danson, is an exploration of different political systems and what they do to the people living inside them. This movie by Jack Black drops all of that and is basically a comedy outing. The comedy is good, for those who have never seen any of Black's previous movies. If you have, then a lot of it is a rip-off. For example, the various rock and roll scenes with the Lilliputians is just a rehash of School of Rock. And Amanda Peet again shows why she is a good supporting actress, and not much else. Her acting does little to help the movie. Overall, another letdown from Mr. Black.
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