Caveman

1981 "Back when you had to beat it before you could eat it..."
5.8| 1h31m| PG| en
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Disgraced and cast out of his tribe for lusting after Lana, the mate of the tribe's head muscle man, Atouk stumbles along gathering other misfits and learning a bit about the world outside of his cave. Eventually he and friends Lar and Tala learn the secrets of fire, cooked meat, and how to defend themselves from the brutal, yet very stupid dinosaurs.

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Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
Linbeymusol Wonderful character development!
TrueJoshNight Truly Dreadful Film
Solidrariol Am I Missing Something?
possibilus Although one need not be stoned to watch and enjoy this movie, it doesn't hurt, and I would rate Caveman up there with The Marx Brothers' Duck Soup in terms of excellent stoner movies. Have seen it both ways, by the way, and it is equally hilarious so being in an altered state has nothing to do with the enjoyment of the experience.Great scenes after scenes after scenes, and while sophomoric and moronic, Caveman is gentle and feels like a cuddly sheepdog happy to see its master return home...don't think it gets much better than that. The first review, while tongue in cheek (and maybe other body parts in cheek), is right on in terms of superlatives and accolades.
Claudio Carvalho In the Stone Age, the strong caveman Tonda (John Matuszak) is the leader of a hostile tribe and the outcast Atouk (Ringo Starr) feels unrequited desire for Tonda's mate Lana (Barbara Bach). One day, Atouk is walking with his best friend Lar (Dennis Quaid) and they meet the cavewoman Tala (Shelley Long). They save her blind father Gog (Jack Gilford) from a tar pit and Tala fells unrequited affection for Atouk. Soon the smart Atouk becomes the leader of the misfit tribe and dispute the leadership of the whole clan and Lana with Tonda. But in the end, the leader needs a worthwhile mate."Caveman" is a hilarious silliness and is among the silliest movies ever made. But is funny and makes laugh a lot with the gags. The movie has its own language that is very easy to translate and understand the meaning of the words. Shelley Long is very beautiful and this movie introduced Ringo Starr to Barbara Bach that married each other in the end of the release year (1981). In the end, it is worthwhile watching this entertaining comedy. My vote is six.Title (Brazil): "Caveman – O Homem das Cavernas" ("Caveman – The Caveman")
jessegehrig A staple of TBS summer afternoons. A horrible movie which Ted Turner got his hooks into and played it constantly on his network. How many times have I seen this movie? Obviously too many times. Thank you TBS. Misguided. As in, making this movie was a MISGUIDED effort. People thought it would be funny- they were like 'hey Ringo Stars gonna be in it it will be groovy'. And you know what, Caveman is not groovy. Yeah, even with Ringo, not groovy. When you lose time, you can never get that back. That time is gone- whenever I watched Caveman I lost that time, it will never come back. These are our lives, unknown struggles to understand what cannot be.
megunticook It's funny reading the external reviews for this film. Roger Ebert was such a sourpuss! Whereas Janet Maslin and Pauline Kael, both very serious critics as well, took it for what it was--a harmless, enjoyable little romp through the stone age. I'm sure in 1981 it would have been classed in the same category as "Holy Moses", "History of the World, Part I" and the like, an "adult" comedy filled with innuendo and sly scatological humor. These days it would probably be considered a family film. I was 9 or 10 when I saw it on cable at the baby sitter's house and it tickled me to no end. Watching it again recently it's a ghastly enterprise that would barely make the cut on Comedy Central but it does have its charms, chief among them Ringo Starr as the hapless hero. He's a great physical comedian, using only his face, body and a vocabulary of grunts to express himself. The dinosaurs that seem to be around every corner are goofily rendered in stop motion animation, yet they have twice the personality of any modern CG monster. It's all harmless fun and I wouldn't be horrified to show it to my 10 year old nephew.