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Every statuesque, beautiful blonde woman has spent more time in the company of Neanderthals than she cares to remember. Seems it's always been that way: Clan of the Cave Bear, a 1986 feature scripted by John Sayles and based on Jean Auel's bestselling novel set in prehistoric times, stars former mermaid Daryl Hannah as an intelligent Cro-Magnon woman adopted and raised by lesser-evolved Neanderthals. Berated for her brains, sexually exploited, and generally treated as uppity chattel, Hannah's character sets out for the far country to see who else is there. Eventually, she finds more Baywatch-like gods and goddesses similar to herself, including an Aryan-looking stud with whom she discovers how good sex can feel with a warm, caring, proto-human. Sayles's writing on this project is forceful but cheeky. It's hard not to laugh at a number of scenes that shouldn't, in the strictest sense, be laughed at (the use of subtitles to decipher caveman grunts and clucks may or may not be an intentional running joke), but one gets the feeling Sayles looked upon this challenge as a pop exercise instead of (as many of the book's fans would have preferred) a religious experience. Michael Chapman, ace cinematographer of Mean Streets and The Wanderers, directed with an eye toward primitive exotica and made this a terrific-looking movie. Author Auel was reportedly unhappy with the final results on screen, but the film is well worth a fascinated look. With Pamela Reed and James Remar. --Tom Keogh
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1.0 out of 5 stars
pretty bad,
This review is from: The Clan of the Cave Bear (Widescreen/Full Screen) (DVD)
I have been reading the series of books which is why I got the movie. What a waste of money. It is reallly very bad. Very poor acting, the special effects - oh yea there weren't any...were just awful. It is an interesting storyline, and I hope that perhaps someday someone will pick it up again and try to do a better job at the movie.
4.0 out of 5 stars
a pleasant surprise,
This review is from: The Clan of the Cave Bear (Widescreen/Full Screen) (DVD)
As a fan of Jean Auel's Earth's Children series, I thought I would watch The Clan of the Cave Bear again (I had watched it in the 80's but had forgotten it completely). I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. I was hesitant since movies often don't measure up to the book not only because of the time constraints within 90 minutes of film but the risk of not connecting and translating the essence of the book to film. But The Clan of the Cave Bear succeeded in bringing this wonderful story to film. Many scenes were exactly how I had envisioned them while reading the book, and Daryl Hannah is great in this role as well. The Neanderthal's sign language and simplified speech is portrayed just right. For a film from the 80's the cinematography is quite nice. There were a couple of things that differed from the book but that happens in film and it's to be expected. It would have been great to see this in a mini series to be able to experience more of the detail from the book, but then it might not have had the quality that one movie could provide. It helped that they mostly used real animals in this film rather than cheap looking models, and the musk ox hunt was impressive in this aspect. Because of this I missed seeing any extinct creatures like mammoths, sabre tigers, whooly rhinos etc. If this movie was made today these would have been encorporated with CGI for sure. A fun movie to watch, and a nice change from today's over done and over stimulating movies that lack substance.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
In some ways, better than the book,
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This review is from: Clan of the Cave Bear (VHS Tape)
Few movies are as good as the books they're based on, but this is one of them. This movie actually improves on the book in that it takes out most of the soap-operish qualities of the original, even though it does, by necessity, edit and change the story a bit. It's difficult to make a popular and appealing movie about cavemen. Most people even get bored watching National Geographic. I disagree with the Amazon review; the subtitles are anything but laughable, and the sign language used seems plausible and natural. There are not a lot of caveman movies, but this one, along with Quest For Fire, is one of the best. Anyone watching this movie or reading the book will learn a lot about the lifestyle of our ancestors. The story elements make it entertaining for all ages, and the scenery is gorgeous.
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