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)
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Reviews Counted:15
Fresh:3
Rotten:12
Average Rating:4.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins
Genre: Comedies
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... [More]
Starring: Ringo Starr, Barbara Bach, Shelley Long, John Matuszak
Director: Carl Gottlieb
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Reviews for Caveman
1 - 15 (sorted by rotten rating)
[An] occasionally funny film.
09/10/07
No review available.
08/22/03
Even your typical neanderthal will find this spoof beneath him.
12/26/07
No review available.
08/09/05
No review available.
09/03/02
A long way from the Lester Beatle films
08/14/02
No review available.
09/30/05
No review available.
09/22/02
It has a basic problem, which is that there is no popular original material for it to satirize.
10/23/04
Top Criticthe worst former-beatle-tryin'-to-rape-a-woman movie ever
07/14/07
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 CriticDismiss 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
01/01/00
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