I've just seen it for the first time and won't repeat the obvious (silliness, rubber dinosaurs, stage sets looking so artificial, simple plot, juvenile humor) - oh wait, didn't I just repeat that? Oh well, the pleasant surprise was the acting (in this, of all films), especially Ringo's (who would have thought of that?) and of course Shelley Long. Most of the actors were pretty expressive and as natural as they could in that zany spoof (except a few too well groomed hairdos). Even the simple plot is somehow telling with regard to the basic motivations lurking sometimes behind our fancy psyche. Maybe if they didn't want to make fools out of themselves, it all had indeed some potential of becoming a real, serious film about our ancestors' way of life.

I have seen and read about caveman comedies. They all lacked monsters and creatures. If you want monsters, then leave them for the cartoons. Somehow, an executive cannot say no to such a project, especially when it has a celebrity cast and wacky humor. In fact, this film is a live-action cartoon, but it contains cool special effects such as the sop-motion animated dinosaurs. I mean look at them! They look comical than scary. This is an underrated film. Jim Danforth wanted to animated so badly. When he was given the script, he didn't like it because of the gross humor and drug references. Well it was worth it. This whole thing is a live-action cartoon. Family appropriate? Yes it is, but there are some scenes such as the drug references and the gross out scenes such as the burping and farting that might turn off some viewers. That's why it is rated PG. Also there is one scene that shows Dennis Quaid in an icy mountain, taking a wee and you hear the sound of an ice-machine. Chuck Jones should be proud. Remember the Bugs Bunny cartoon "8 Ball Bunny" (1950) where the little penguin cries ice cubes? Well this scene in "Caveman" is the equivalent to that. Ringo Starr meets all these other cavemen and there are two gay ones and the Asian caveman who talks perfect English and they all don't understand him and he rolls with it. This is a spoof of such films as ONE MILLION YEARS B.C. and CAVEMAN. John Matuszak, who played the film's baddie Tonda, would be perfect for Bluto. He is our live-action Bluto. Jack Gilford as Gog the blind caveman is funny. Avery Schriber is a howl! If you didn't see this movie when you were a kid, shame on you! Bottom line: Monster movie fan or not, this picture is a must see. The special effects like the dinosaurs and goofy yeti (by Chris Walas) are well executed. If you enjoy cartoons or need a good laugh, then this is for you. Rated PG for peril, sexual references, drug references, and crude humor.

I have not seen the movies since the 80's so for all I know if I were to watch it now I would hate it or find it completely unfunny. However, I have not seen this movie since I was a kid and as a kid I enjoyed the movie a lot. It used to come on all the time on HBO back in the day, but it seems one of those films that has completely faded from most people's memories. The film is basically a comedy about cavemen most likely making fun of the many cave adventures that were put out in the 60's and 70's. It has Ringo Starr as a caveman who is part of a tribe that treats him very badly along with kicking out the injured. His character yearns for the tribal leader's girl and who wouldn't as she is played by Barbara Bach who for my money is one of the most attractive Bond girls playing XXX in "The Spy Who Loved Me". This misfit eventually gets thrown out of his tribe, but ends up making his own clan full of a motley crew of misfits. The film might have been better had they gotten a better lead than Ringo, not that he is bad, but he is not really acting material. Granted one can say you did not really need to be all that much of an actor for this film. This movies is also Shelly Long's first feature film as her film career has to be one of the most bizarre assortment of movies ever. There are monsters in this one, looking just a bit better here than those found on the kid's show "Land of the Lost". I particularly liked the mosquito scene as a kid. So while I can not say for sure if I would like it now, I did find it pretty good as a child.

I watched this movie on a Saturday night on a TV channel, which claims that the movies they show on Saturday night are so Bad that they are Good. I like to watch garbage movies and so I sat down for this.However, contrary to my expectation, this movie turned out to be not one with lots of unintended humor, but rather a funny one with intentional humor. I'm a man in my 30's and yet I must say that what captivated me most were the dinosaurs. They are made of plastic or something, and yet they are not just a piece of plastic but rather characters. One especially appears to be pretty amused and enjoying itself, with eyes rolling. (I know, it sounds weird for an adult to find a plastic dinosaur enjoying itself, but I am ready to say it under oath that I am not under the influence of any controlled substance, suffering from sleep deprivation or being held at gunpoint by the makers of this film). This dinosaur even joins in a war between two groups of cavemen. Most of the dinosaurs seem to be chasing the humans for fun rather than with any serious intention of harming them.This movie has something for everyone: "Bikini"-clad beauties for us male population, cute dinosaurs for kids, even a demonstration of simple harmonic motion (or the conservation of linear momentum) for students of physics in a scene that involves a big egg and a group of cavemen, as well as some romantic elements for the romance-minded and a war for the action movie fans.I must say once again that I will not forget the amused look on the face of the dinosaurs for quite sometime now. If you want to know how men knew, before they domesticated rooster, when the night was going to be over, you must see this movie.