Land of the Lost amounts to a $100 million bet that Will Ferrell’s brand of sketch comedy can survive contact with the day-glo sludge Sid & Marty Krofft purveyed. And vice versa. His shtick induces a few chuckles and the special effects and production design are worthy, but the two sensibilities never gel, rendering the movie not quite funny, strange or exciting enough. Ferrell’s bank-ability will be tested. Those who fondly recall Land of the Lost’s initial television run (1974-1977) may resist exposing their spawn to the ribald overlay. That leaves teens and laxly supervised pre-teens, so ka-ching! is still possible.
