(3 out of 5 stars)

Will Ferrell attempts to bring life to the campy TV series in this big budget adaptation. The movie was better than expected but ultimately was just an average adventure flick with a few cool sets. The plot was weak, Danny McBride was annoying, and the sleestacks really weren’t that scary.

I fully expected this movie to be a 90 minute waste of time that I could not get back; however, it was really not that bad. I guess that is what happens when you have such low expectations for a movie. This is a movie that in the end really has no redeeming value as there is no purpose and not any message, it really is just for entertainment, and that is not enough for me.

It would have been nice to see the plot be more about something than just accidentally transporting to an alternate world and trying to find the machine that will take them back. A romantic connection would have been interesting. A search for new life on a scientific scale would have been a reason to travel to the alternate world. Something would have been nice.

I was not lost in this movie, but ultimately its big star and its big hopes of being a summer movie ended with mediocrity. More than likely, this movie will be lost in the dumping ground of average movies and not live to see the future.

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