DVD Release Date:  October 20, 2009
Theatrical Release Date:  June 5, 2009
Rating:  PG-13 (for crude and sexual content, language and a drug reference)
Genre:  Comedy/Sci-Fi/Action-Adventure
Run Time:  93 min.
Director:  Brad Silberling
Actors:  Will Ferrell, Anna Friel, Danny McBride, Jorma Taccone, John Boylan, Matt Lauer, Brian Huskey

Perhaps, it was simply a clerical oversight, but a quick glance at Will Ferrell's IMDb.com page (for the uninitiated, that's the industry-standard equivalent of Wikipedia for movie stars) and the separate page exclusively dedicated to Land of the Lost reveals a very curious omission.

In the long, long list of movies Ferrell has been a part of since leaving Saturday Night Live, Land of the Lost isn't even listed—and he's clearly the star of the show as Dr. Rick Marshall.

Considering that even his brief, yet memorable cameo in Wedding Crashers made the cut, one can't help but speculate that the flick's non-presence was definitely intentional. It's as if Ferrell knew how truly bad Land of the Lost was and decided it wasn't worthy of being part of his comedic legacy. And that's a legacy that includes 1998's Night at the Roxbury.

Enough said, right?

If Ferrell's lack of attachment to the movie was his idea, his observation about the quality of Land of the Lost couldn't be more spot on. Truth be told, saying it's terrible or a waste of time might even be too kind.

Although my experience with the TV version of Land of the Lost was relegated to a few reruns here and there, it was still easy to enjoy the show's unintentional laughs and campy sci-fi charms. And apparently, a large enough contingency of fanboys and fangirls must have agreed, otherwise the project probably wouldn't have been green-lighted with a $100 million budget to boot.

Unlike this summer's successful reboot of Star Trek that was embraced by Trekkies and non-Trekkies alike because of smart writing, appealing actors and J.J. Abrams' (LOST, Mission Impossible 3) savvy direction, Land of the Lost doesn't really have any of those crucial components going for it—despite Ferrell's over-the-top attempts to deliver the funny. In fact, when some of the movie's biggest laughs involve Matt Lauer, you know you're in trouble. Deep trouble.

The movie kicks off with Lauer's Today Show interview with Dr. Rick Marshall, a crackpot scientist/author with an inflated sense of self and some pretty bizarre theories on time travel. Rick suggests that instead of moving back or forward in time, it's all about moving sideways.  As the subsequent butt of all of Lauer's jokes, not to mention the laughing stock of the scientific community, Rick hopes to redeem himself with an invention he's been working on.