Nothing deep here. Just a "period" piece of sorts regarding men and woman of zillions of years ago. Every popular cliché in pop culture that you can think of about "caveman" and dinosaurs is here in this film, and even a few new ones.It's a simple comedy that's mostly clean, but has a couple of toilet gags and sex jokes in it (shown, not told). Ringo Starr, Shelly Long, Quaid, Bach, Matusak and the Cheetos guy slap leather, hurl rocks, confront prehistoric beasts, invent "technology" and learn a lesson in the end about what it means to be "normal" and accepted.On that level, I guess it is kind of deep stuff, but otherwise it's just good film making. And I say that not because the shots are artistic, but because the film's narrative is one that is easily comprehended to move the story forward and make the jokes stand out more.I am of course looking at this film with rose-colored glasses because I saw it when I was younger. And though it's dated by virtue of its age, I think it still holds up. It was more aimed at the young adults of the 1980s, and not really young kids nor older mature audiences who like their films with a bit more sophistication.Either way, give it a shot and enjoy.

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.

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.

I don't know why, but I guess I was just desperate for a movie last night, so I went searching through my mom's collection and found Caveman. I noticed some unknown celebs like Dennis Quaid and Shelly Long with always famous beatle Ringo Starr. Well, I figured that I'd give this movie a shot, it didn't seem so bad. After watching this I have one thing to say to the writers: You are some sick mofo's! Anywho, this was a harmless fun slap stick that I'm sure most could get a little laugh out of.What seems like a slight parody of Quest for Fire, Atoulk is a caveman who has a thing for his leader's wife, Lana, but she doesn't even notice him. When Atoulk is banished from the tribe, he and his friend Lan start a new tribe of dimwits who believe that Atoulk is the strongest of all. After a few failed attempts, he proves to save the day and falls for another cave lady.Well, Caveman is silly, but it's all in good fun, I don't think the makers of the film meant any harm to film, just looking for a good slap stick. Like I said, it's nothing special, but you might get a couple little laughs here and there. I'd rather stick to Encino Man though when it comes to comedic caveman movies, you know? 5/10