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The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000)

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Reviews Counted:69

Fresh:17

Rotten:52

Average Rating:4/10

Consensus: The prequel to the first full-length feature set in Bedrock, Viva Rock Vegas is a surprising improvement over The Flintstones. Aimed towards an audience of adults and children alike, critics feel Viva will appeal to a broad range of viewers.

Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: In this live-action prequel to the 1994 comedy hit, THE FLINTSTONES, the history of the two Stone Age couples are explored with cartoon-like comedy. Their fateful unions begin when quarry workers... In this live-action prequel to the 1994 comedy hit, THE FLINTSTONES, the history of the two Stone Age couples are explored with cartoon-like comedy. Their fateful unions begin when quarry workers Barney (Stephen Baldwin) and Fred (THE FULL MONTY'S Mark Addy doing an amazing American accent) meet Betty (Jane Krakowski of ALLEY MACBEAL fame) and Wilma (Kristen Johnston of 3RD ROCK FROM THE SUN) at a Bedrock burger joint. Betty is a bubbly waitress, and Wilma, as it turns out, is a poor little rich girl who has run away from the prospect of a loveless marriage to once-wealthy Chip Rockefeller (DHARMA & GREG's Thomas Gibson). Desperate to marry Wilma for her fortune, the scheming Chip offers the newly-in-love Betty and Barney, and Wilma and Fred, an all-expenses-paid trip to his Rock Vegas casino hotel, planning all the while to get Wilma back into his clutches. This brightly colored comedy filled with references to old Elvis movies, is, at times, so intentionally silly that it's absolutely hilarious (picture a giant fartosaurus, Joan Collins doing a spit take, and Mark Addy and Stephen Baldwin in show girls' dresses). But, though there's plenty of child-friendly sight gags involving cute dinosaurs, it's not for kids. Then again, neither was the original cartoon series which aired first during adult prime time. [More]

Starring: Mark Addy, Stephen Baldwin, Jane Krakowski, Kristen Johnston

Starring: Mark Addy, Stephen Baldwin, Jane Krakowski, Kristen Johnston, Joan Collins, Alan Cumming, Harvey Korman, Thomas Gibson, Rosie O'Donnell

Director: Brian Levant

Director: Brian Levant
Screenwriter: Harry Elfont, Deborah Kaplan, Jim Cash, Jack Epps
Producer: Bruce Cohen, Steven Spielberg
Composer: David Newman

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James Berardinelli
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01/01/00
James Brundage
James Brundage
Filmcritic.com

If you are a kid -- or the parent of a kid -- this movie may, in fact, be your best bet out there. But if you are neither, Viva Rock Vegas is much more of a gamble.

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Jay Boyar
Jay Boyar
Orlando Sentinel

All you really need to know is that it's an idea that should never have been tried once, much less twice.

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01/01/00
Jeff Vice
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Forsaking story for sight gags and brief comedic moments, the film simply doesn't have enough of them to compensate for a lame and lackluster plot.

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Jim Judy
Jim Judy
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Not bad, not bad at all.

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Joe Baltake
Joe Baltake
Sacramento Bee

We need another live-action Flintstones like we need a club to the head.

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John Monaghan
John Monaghan
Detroit Free Press

The new Flintstones movie is bad. Prehistorically bad. Neolithically bad. Bad enough that you should take your youngsters and run in the opposite direction to My Dog Skip.

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Karen Hershenson
Karen Hershenson
Contra Costa Times

The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas stumbles at its outset by setting up an adult premise inevitably undone by the film's aspirations to family entertainment.

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Lawrence Van Gelder
Lawrence Van Gelder
New York Times

Kids will love the crowd-pleasing depiction of an entire prehistoric world, complete with an adorable baby Dino -- and loads of great sight gags and puns.

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Lou Lumenick
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
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Anyone who hated the first movie will almost certainly hate this one too.

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Luke Y. Thompson
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Mac Verstandig
Mac Verstandig
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Madeleine Williams
Madeleine Williams
Cinematter

This brightly colored, lowbrow comedy is so dumb it could get lost on its way to the take-up reel, and it's proud to be dumb. But it's also clueless: Who makes a movie about dating aimed squarely at 10-year-olds?

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Maitland McDonagh
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Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
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The jokes are pathetic.

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Michael Wilmington
Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune
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If you liked the first Flintstones movie, you will love this one.

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Mike Kerrigan
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