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Brendan Fraser made his film debut in this 1992 comedy that never quite discovers its audience constituency. On the one hand, it features Pauly Shore, which would seem to define the picture's tone and identity accordingly. On the other hand, the film's other leading man is Sean Astin, the earnest star of Rudy, suggesting that Encino Man will have a lot of heart despite its silly premise. But none of that turns out to be true. Fraser plays an unfrozen caveman discovered by a pair of California high school outcasts (Shore and Astin). As the grunting newcomer becomes popular with the other kids, Shore and Astin try to bask in his reflected glow. Fraser, beginning a long movie career playing cartoonish goofballs, works entirely on instinct and earns his laughs. Shore, however, relies on his familiar verbal shtick, and Astin makes a great overgrown puppy pining after a lost girlfriend. Directed by Les Mayfield, who came to this project from his acclaimed documentary, Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse. --Tom Keogh
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SWEET AND LIKEABLE
Jun 20 2004
Format:DVD
ENCINO MAN has no agenda, no political statement to make...it's a sweet and likeable film. And I'll bet there are many future PhD's who quoted liberally from this one...and can repeat verbatim the convenience store scene. Sometimes it's great to just sit back and watch one like this.
Another disaster from (use)Les Mayfield
May 17 2004
Format:DVD
This stinking cesspool of dung is one of a long list of movies starring Pauly Shore. Forgive me, Dinah, but your son may be the most useless and unentertaining clods Hollywood has ever offered, and this movie showcases Pauly's terminal buffoonery. Did girls at the time think that he was "cute?" Perhaps, but as far as being a convincing actor, even in the horrible parts he has played, he has shown me nothing but a foul odor. I have also read the list of movies directed by Mr. Mayfield and, while having a fair amount of success over the years, he has failed to leave us with anything truly memorable. Most of his films are aimed at stupid teenagers and are supported by VERY shallow comedy. I wish Mr. Mayfield well and hope that someday he can find something to direct that he can be proud to be remembered by, not some Martin Lawrence crap or this awful, awful movie. This is in my top 10 WORST movies of all time.
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One of the best comedies EVER made!!!
How can I elaborate how funny this movie is?
First off, for as funny as he is, this is Pauly Shore's BEST performance ever! Read more
Published on Jan 19 2004 by Muhammad Miguel Ali Hasan
bodacious
well i stumbled upon this diamond in the rough whilst trying to look up T3 and pirates of the carribean. Read more
Published on Sep 17 2003
Groove to the Stone age, Buddy!
Pauly Shore and Lord of the Ring's Sean Astin with Brendan Fraser star in this hilarious and fun comedy about a Prehistoric Caveman being thawed out from a million years and now in... Read more
Published on Dec 9 2002 by John Lindsey
Funny
Two high school geeks find a frozen cave man and become instantly popular. The movie is hilarious and I thought Brendan Fraser was so adorable as Link. Read more
Published on Nov 2 2002 by OmegaWolf747
A real guilty pleasure
I find it hard to put a movie down that gives you some real good laughs and this movie does have it's moments. Read more
Published on Sep 15 2002
Wheez the juice!-from Linko Vich Chomalski(Garry Hixon)
You see you've got your 4 basic food groups,cornnuts-meat group, sweettarts-fruit group, Abba Zabba'a-vegatable group, milk duds-dairy group. Read more
Published on Mar 18 2002 by Marilyn Monroe
No No Weeging the Ju uice!!
This movie was funny as hell especially when he described the basic food groups to the caveman... And you've got to love the crazy arab clerks.
Published on Jan 22 2002
DAVE!
This is truly one of the greatest movies of all time. It's witty comedy defined the year 1992 and raised the bar for all other comedies. Read more
Published on Jan 5 2002 by Kuvyn Robann
One star for each laugh in the movie
Sadly enough, if you were only comparing this movie to today's teen movie drivel it would rate five stars. Read more
Published on Nov 16 2001
A brilliant what-if movie
After watching "Caveman" (1981) with Ringo Starr, to see what life was really like way back then, it is time to speculate on what-if a cave dweller was thawed out in our time. Read more
Published on Aug 3 2001 by bernie
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