Gulliver's Travels

GULLIVER'S TRAVELS

Jack Black stars as the titular traveler in this riff on Jonathan Swift from director Rob Letterman (

Monsters Vs. Aliens

). Its parts make it sound promising—Emily Blunt, Jason Segel, and Amanda Peet in the supporting cast, co-written by

Get Him to the Greek

,

Yes Man

, and

Undeclared

scribe Nicholas Stoller—but even Billy Connolly playing the Lilliputian king somehow doesn’t bode well for improving upon the Jack Black factor.

Opens Dec. 25.