A Masterpiece!

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

When it comes to Aardman Animation they tend to produce good films but not amazing films. Early Man continues this trend as whilst the story may seem very predictable it makes up for it with good animation and highly entertaining characters. This isn't any masterpiece but it is an enjoyable ride. I would recommend this film to Aardman and football fans. 7/10

My wife and I watched this movie at home on DVD from our local public library system.One of our favorites of this genre is "Chicken Run", the claymation is always good but that movie also has a superb story.In "Early Man" the story is more straightforward. It is a clash of stone age men vs bronze age men. An ancient meteorite created a huge crater near Manchester, England, and the center of it contained what appeared to be a soccer ball, when they began kicking it soccer (or football) was invented by these cavemen.In time the big crater grew lush vegetation and the stone age men thrived, until one day a strange group invaded with modern weapons, with bronze tipped spears and other bronze items, driving the stone age people out. Eventually one of them, Dug, bargained that if they could defeat their soccer (football) team then the bronze age guy would give their land back. If they lost they would be banished to a lifetime working in the mines.So the climax of the whole story is the soccer (football) match. I also viewed the extras on the DVD and one can't help be impressed with the massive effort that went into making this movie, the sets, the number of technicians and animators. Truly a first-rate effort and it turned out great. I just wish the story itself had been a better one, it just didn't strike an overwhelming chord with me.

I went and saw this movie with 78 children ranging between 5 and 12 years of age. And the cinema was dead silent. They maybe laughed once. This movie was boring and not worth the time it took to watch it

Very enjoyable, it is a bit predictable at the end but it is still fun.