The Flintstones Details

[Highly rated reviewer]

Yabba dabba don't

A pathetic excuse of a kids film trying to be funny.

It's definitely one of those 'watch it once' films, just so that you've done it. I've had the misfortune of seeing this about three times and it just gets worse. The special effects are OK if a little polystyrene but it does insult the viewing audience, even the kids said it was rubbish.

This film was released when 100% cgi animation films were in their infancy and there is no comparison. They leave Flinstones standing, stratching its head wondering how.

It went plunging past the 'so bad it's funny' stage and descended into the deepest bowels of bad movies. The spirit of the cartoon is non-existent here. The characters just argue, screw up, argue some more, screw up some more. People lie, cheat, and back stab. Everyone is boorish and mean; and just make you angry. The script goes nowhere, in story or comedy.

John Goodman, Rick Moranis, and Elizabeth Perkins (all normally good comic actors) seem lost in this primeval slop. As for some other actors in the cast, they were so obnoxious I was hoping a pterodactyl would sweep them up and toss them into a tar pit somewhere.

Yabba dabba doo! That modern stone-age family is back and on the big screen in this live-action version of the beloved cartoon series. When Fred Flintstone (John Goodman) generously loans his pal Barney Rubble (Rick Moranis) enough money to adopt a child, Barney wants to return the favor. So he helps Fred on his IQ test at the quarry... which gets Fred an executive position. But what Fred doesn't know is he's the sap meant to take the fall for a bunch of corporate con-men out to rook the company. The all-star cast is rounded out by Elizabeth Perkins as Wilma Flintstone and Rosie O'Donnell as Betty Rubble, with special appearances by Halle Berry