Lemuel
Gulliver works in the mail room of The New York Tribune and has a huge crush on
Darcy Silverman, the travel editor.
As Gulliver shows a new starter around the
office, he is encouraged to ask Darcy on a date, but he fails to find the
courage and is disappointed when he discovers that within a few weeks of
starting, Dan is promoted above him.
As Gulliver
finally plucks up the courage to talk to Darcy, she mis-understands his
approach and he leaves her office with a writing assignment taking him to the
Bermuda Triangle. With no idea about how to sail a boat or travel, Gulliver
thinks his task will be a breeze, but when he wakes up in the middle of a
whirlpool and is washed up on a beach surrounded by little people, he soon
realises he’s out of his depth.
Informed
that he is in the land of Lilliput with the kingdom’s subjects fearing him as a
beast, Gulliver is tied up and treated as an outsider, but when he proves his
worth by protecting the kingdom from an attack, he is welcomed by the royal
family much to the dismay of General Edward whose aim is to marry the Princess
Mary.
As
Gulliver adjusts to his surroundings he makes friends with Horatio, a lowly
townsperson who also has desires for the princess and encourages him to
approach her. But when the kingdom learn that Gulliver lied about himself being
the president of his country, he is cast out and again has to prove himself
when General Edward challenges him to a duel after deflecting to the kingdom’s
enemies following the brush off from the princess.
An enjoyable
modern take on Jonathan Swift’s 1726 novel starring Jack Black which I wouldn’t
hesitate to watch again.
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