The special effects are clever enough and mildly amusing, but the dumb humour on display here wears a little thin.
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05/24/03
Caveman (1981)
20 %
Reviews Counted: 15 Fresh: 3 Rotten:12 Average Rating: 4.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins
Synopsis: In this spoof of prehistoric times, a bunch of misfit cavemen who have been ousted from their various tribes band together and form their own. The gang embarks on various misadventures and in the process learns about walking upright, using tools, creating fire -- and the true meaning of... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Ringo Starr, Barbara Bach, Shelley Long, John Matuszak
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It has a basic problem, which is that there is no popular original material for it to satirize.
10/23/04
Top Critic
All of this is handled ingeniously enough to let the movie feel colorful and whole, though it could so easily have been nothing but farfetched.
08/30/04
Top Critic
Dismiss Caveman as low-minded stupidity if you like, but I may be giggling too loudly to hear your complaints.
07/26/02
I'm sure many a critic remarked at the time that the ex-Beatle's best acting performance to date didn't require him to speak
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