Absolutely Fantastic

The movie is wildly uneven but lively and timely - in its own surreal way

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

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.

this is my all-time favorite movie.I love the acting of RINGO STARR and the whole premise of the CAVEMAN time period.i remember watching this when it first came out in 1981,i was seven years old and stumbled upon it one Saturday afternoon on the USA channel and from there on it has turned into my fav of all time.Sincerely I must have watched this movie 100 times from beginning to end and it never gets old in fact it gets better after each viewing..i recommend this strongly and it didn't win any awards but it is a crowd pleaser.There are many movies that try to hard to be funny.I think this one just flows natural.Also SHELLY LONG and DENNIS QUAID give solid performances.If this movie came out today it would be loaded with cgi...I love the fact that it used stop-motion animation.It just adds to the mystique of this movie.

While not for everyone, this is a fun film. Admittedly, it can seem super cheap at times, and not all the comedy works as well as intended, but often, thats what draws people to shows of this ilk.I could never appreciate the cheap, simple mindedness of Mel Brooks, but it somehow managed to garnish a following ~ For me,'Caveman' while in a similar class, is actually better. Perhaps it's because, within all the simplicity, there's an over-all caring aspect written into the main characters. This could have been inspired by Stan Laurels early silent Caveman opus.The crazy stop motion Monsters are the shows high points. Obviously, with a relatively small budget, the quality of this creative work by Jim Danforth and David Allen rivals early Harryhausen.The casting of Jack Gilford is another plus, this under used actor has graced many of my favorite films...check him out in "Whose Minding The Mint" (another underrated masterpiece of zany comedy) or his serious performances in "Save The Tiger" and the difficult to watch "The Incident"Pity they overdid the crude cheesecake type sexual innuendo, the film was more suited to a juvenile audience...talk about missing your target audience.May not always be on target, but still a lot of fun .

This was one of the top films of my childhood, and I still enjoy it today. It's basically One Million BC as made by Mel Brooks with sight gags, funny moments and good characters, but it is also a misfit tale with a hero finding medicine, fire, music, cooking, tools and friendship as he tries to get the attention of the woman he loves. The characters have simple phonetic one-word names and the special effects, anachronistic as they are,bring to life a bloated fat tyrannosaurs, an anorexic pteranodon and a generic ambiguous lizard among cavemen with Afros. Barbera Bach emotes a kittenish cave girl named Lana, Ringo Starr plays the hero Atuk using sounds, gestures, grunts and faces to emote his character and John Matuzsak plays the oafish and bullying Tonda who dominates the cave. Shelley Long, long before "Cheers," plays the other lady-love with virginal grace and the late character actor Jack Milford is given a few jokes as the suffering blind father to Shelley. Richard Moll, long before "Night Court," is even on hand as the comically lonesome Abominable Snowman. It's a great movie with very little dialogue, funny situations, interesting character development and a great message for the child in all of us. It would really be interesting to see a sequel or update of the movie with the advanced special effects of today.