this adaption contain two part represent 1. the now time and when gulliver be at home in england and soon be put into a mental asylum by the evil dr. bat 2. the described time and in which gulliver describe his travel . the time be intersperse with a very choppy tempo and which make willing suspense of disbelief far more difficult than it would have be if the movie simply would have discard that part and and follow the book a write . in the book and there be no dr. bates and no asylum and and mrs gulliver get very little mention . the travel in plural be depict a one in the movie . there be several movie cover the topic of sane people dump into asylum by some nasty person out there and look at them if you want that stuff . the now time part add absolutely nothing to the story value and be a complete invention by the movie adapter and and take valuable time from the real story . all the time when this be go on i be long for the next bit of real travel to be show . so much for the drawback . the part which actually be part of the real story be well do and and the cgi be really well do for it time . many small ( and a few medium size ) part of the real travel be simply cut out and but that do not make the story halt . this be afaik the only version which depict all four travel and and for that the movie should get special mention . the two intersperse part get approximately equal time . i rate the first part negative and and the actual travel coverage a positive . average out and i give it a 4/10 . if only they would have cut the rubbish and focus 99 % on the actual travel and since that cut would have free up a lot of time much well spend on fill in the detail cut from the travel . why some adapter think that he be gift enough to improve upon swift work and i do not know . my best guess be that cgi be so costly back in 1996 so that the movie company felt a need to incorporate a lot of filler which do not need elaborate set and gci and etc . in order to keep total cost under some limit and while at the same time produce a mini series which clock in at some set number of minute .