Starring Sean Astin, Pauly Shore, Brendan Fraser
Teenagers aren't given much credit. After John Hughes movies that gave them intelligence, it feels as if certain teenagers have only the drives of trying to get the girl and overthrow the bully.
And why shouldn't a cave man who's been frozen in your back yard for centuries help you achieve all this?
Rather well behaved but geek type teenagers Dave and Stoney discover a huge block of ice within their back garden. So they quickly hide it only to discover it holds within it a prehistoric human.
The human escapes and Dave and Stoney have themselves a new toy friend. Someone to mould into their own design and possibly let loose on the problems we all faced at one stage.
Even as a fun and quick ride the film doesn't do anything I haven't seen before. There's some fun from Brendan Fraser, but being the main focus of the film, even he feels restricted. But I suppose you can't give a cave man too much dialogue. The audience will suspect there's something up.
Maybe I took it too seriously. Maybe I need to chill.
Or maybe I just think John Hughes was right and didn't reduce everyone down to their desires. He at least gave them interests.
2 / 5
If you like this you should try
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) 3 / 5
Wayne's World (1992) 4 / 5
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