Caveman
Thursday, September 23, 2010 at 12:00PM
Release Year: 1981
Director: Carl Gottlieb
Review: The 80's were a strange time, with movies to match. What do you get when you mix Dennis Quaid, Ringo Starr, prehistoric man and terrible claymation dinosaurs? 'Caveman' apparently. There is no talking in this film. Well at least not in English. Instead we get grunts and groans of the caveman. Ringo's character is the weak link in his clan, always getting ostracized and picked on. And of course he is in love of the clan leader's girl. He eventually gets booted (literally) from the clan, and he and Quaid's character accidently discover walking upright. This somehow makes them more adept and they form a clan of misfit cavemen who start learning all the tricks of modern man, and hope to win the heart of the girl of the rival clan.
This is a terrible movie. Just awful. I understand the film has a cult following for being 'so bad it's good'. For the first quarter of the movie I thought this would be the case for me as well. I couldn't help but laugh at the sheer awfulness that was unfolding before me. This goes stale however, and we're left with just a terrible film. Sure, its fun to watch Quaid and Starr bound around like idiots, but ultimately it just gets old. The film felt a lot like 'Year One', which also had its share of problems. Only this was far dumber, if that's even possible. Of course it has some value at being laughed at (note: not with), but this is best done watching a few scenes. Actually sitting down and watching the entire thing is really a waste of time.
Rating: 2/5
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