Land of the Lost

Once again, Will Ferrell plays a way, way over-confident heel who must be taken down a peg or two to overcome and finally show-up a nemesis (Matt Lauer). Ferrell does a lot of obvious riffing. The movie milks these moments for all they’re worth. (i.e. a lengthy bit about covering one’s self with dinosaur urine.) The bits are funny, I suppose. But the whole mess doesn’t add up to very much. Anna Freil plays the rational woman here, and she’s cute and likable. The effects are top-notch and the pace is brisk. So it could be worse. But it’s just “bits.” And it’s starting to feel like we’ve seen them before.