What a beautiful movie!

Charming and brutal

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

I really don't know why I watched this movie but the result is a bizarre and strange product that I can't help but scratch my head at. The plot is that Ringo-caveman has no chance with a cave woman who's with the leader of the tribe. One thing leads to another and Ringo is banished but he finds other people to set up his own tribe, this time favoring intelligence over brute strength. However he is still after the cave woman and hijinx ensues as the tribes rival and a god-awful love triangle happens. The movie never really cracks a laugh. The humour is rather bizarre with stuff like animals sounding like other animals, getting dinosaurs high and other such things but also has toilet humour as well such as lighting farts and stepping in crap. The dialogue is also a strange concoction, mainly because the dialogue is a whole other language with no subtitles. This is best put as a bizarre transfix with the hope in mind that it actually gets funny and it never does.

I have seen and read about caveman comedies. They all lacked monsters and creatures. If you want monsters, then leave them for the cartoons. Somehow, an executive cannot say no to such a project, especially when it has a celebrity cast and wacky humor. In fact, this film is a live-action cartoon, but it contains cool special effects such as the sop-motion animated dinosaurs. I mean look at them! They look comical than scary. This is an underrated film. Jim Danforth wanted to animated so badly. When he was given the script, he didn't like it because of the gross humor and drug references. Well it was worth it. This whole thing is a live-action cartoon. Family appropriate? Yes it is, but there are some scenes such as the drug references and the gross out scenes such as the burping and farting that might turn off some viewers. That's why it is rated PG. Also there is one scene that shows Dennis Quaid in an icy mountain, taking a wee and you hear the sound of an ice-machine. Chuck Jones should be proud. Remember the Bugs Bunny cartoon "8 Ball Bunny" (1950) where the little penguin cries ice cubes? Well this scene in "Caveman" is the equivalent to that. Ringo Starr meets all these other cavemen and there are two gay ones and the Asian caveman who talks perfect English and they all don't understand him and he rolls with it. This is a spoof of such films as ONE MILLION YEARS B.C. and CAVEMAN. John Matuszak, who played the film's baddie Tonda, would be perfect for Bluto. He is our live-action Bluto. Jack Gilford as Gog the blind caveman is funny. Avery Schriber is a howl! If you didn't see this movie when you were a kid, shame on you! Bottom line: Monster movie fan or not, this picture is a must see. The special effects like the dinosaurs and goofy yeti (by Chris Walas) are well executed. If you enjoy cartoons or need a good laugh, then this is for you. Rated PG for peril, sexual references, drug references, and crude humor.

I watched this movie on a Saturday night on a TV channel, which claims that the movies they show on Saturday night are so Bad that they are Good. I like to watch garbage movies and so I sat down for this.However, contrary to my expectation, this movie turned out to be not one with lots of unintended humor, but rather a funny one with intentional humor. I'm a man in my 30's and yet I must say that what captivated me most were the dinosaurs. They are made of plastic or something, and yet they are not just a piece of plastic but rather characters. One especially appears to be pretty amused and enjoying itself, with eyes rolling. (I know, it sounds weird for an adult to find a plastic dinosaur enjoying itself, but I am ready to say it under oath that I am not under the influence of any controlled substance, suffering from sleep deprivation or being held at gunpoint by the makers of this film). This dinosaur even joins in a war between two groups of cavemen. Most of the dinosaurs seem to be chasing the humans for fun rather than with any serious intention of harming them.This movie has something for everyone: "Bikini"-clad beauties for us male population, cute dinosaurs for kids, even a demonstration of simple harmonic motion (or the conservation of linear momentum) for students of physics in a scene that involves a big egg and a group of cavemen, as well as some romantic elements for the romance-minded and a war for the action movie fans.I must say once again that I will not forget the amused look on the face of the dinosaurs for quite sometime now. If you want to know how men knew, before they domesticated rooster, when the night was going to be over, you must see this movie.

Runtish nice guy caveman Atouk (a wonderfully engaging performance by Ringo Starr) has the hots for the gorgeous, but stuck-up and self-absorbed Lana (luscious Barbara Bach, who looks simply stunning in her skimpy two piece fur bikini outfit). Atouk gets banished from his tribe by hulking brute chief Tonda (fearsome behemoth John Matuszak). Atouk becomes leader of his own tribe of misfits. Moreover, the sweet Tala (Shelley Long at her most cute and appealing) gets a crush on Atouk. Director Carl Gottlieb, who also co-wrote the blithely inane script with Rudy DeLuca, crafts a good-natured piece of silliness that unfolds at a constant snappy pace and maintains an amiably daffy and pleasant tone throughout. Sidesplitting comic highlights include the discovery of fire, the invention of music, a predatory tyrannosaurus rex getting stoned after eating marijuana, a gut-busting appearance by a shaggy and shambling Abominable Snowman (towering Richard Moll in gnarly make-up designed by Chris Walas), and Lana's ultimate comeuppance. The screwball humor remains endearingly goofy from start to finish; it never becomes too mean or vulgar. The delightfully ridiculous stop-motion animation dinosaurs by David Allen are especially hilarious. In addition, the enthusiastic cast have a ball with the broad material, with stand-out work by Dennis Quaid as Atouk's loyal friend Lar, Jack Gilford as blind old man Gog, Cork Hubbert as dwarf Ta, and Evan Kim as articulate Asian dude Nook. Alan Hume's slick cinematography makes nifty frequent use of wipes. Lalo Schifrin's robust, bouncy, funky score likewise hits the nutty spot. A cool and amusing romp.