Director: Herschel Faber
Running time: 1 hour and 28 minutes
In the mood for a light and hopefully fun movie and after a two-day binge watch of Ground Floor (starring non other than Skylar Astin), last Sunday, i decided to give Cavemen a chance.
Cavemen is about a group of 20something guys all living together in a loft they, so originally, named the Cave. Our male lead is Dean (Skylar Astin). He is a struggling screenwriter. Our female lead is Tess (Camilla Belle). She is a struggling singer. They are just friends, right? I'll let you guess this one (but i'll give you a hint: it's an easy answer).
So let's get this review going. The only thing I like and what made Cavemen bearable was the chemistry between the main couple, Dean and Tess. Their banter was fun, light and enjoyable and made it so that I wanted to see them on screen, together. I wanted more Austin-Belle action rather than having a whole subplot about the two other couples and their relatiobships, which were unbelievable and frankly, a little (let's be honest: a lot) annoying.
Despite my comments about Den and Tess, everything else I have to say about the movie is on the negative side of the spectrum. I'll start with what I noticed the most and what I kept thinking about after the movie was over. The fact that I didn't believe for a second that Austin's and Murray were friends, let alone best friends. It seemed as though Dean disagreed with anything that came out of Jay's mouth. When they were together they looked and acted like people who were forced to spend time with each other.
Furthermore, as I do in almost half the reviews in this blog I have to mention that Cavemen is as predictable as they come. From the two best friends that realize their love for each other after one of them starts dating someone else to the (extremely stupid "water-on-the-sidewalk") reference in act one that ends up happening in act three, even if it makes little to no sense. If you want to be surprised, this is not the film for you.
Finally, the most annoying flaw of the movie is the reference I just talked about. The whole mud paddle test is idiotic in and of itself but the fact that it actually happens, especially, in a totally unrealistic moment and way is ridiculous. So to make my point even clearer I pose this question to you: let's say you just saw your boyfriend checking out another woman and you are pissed about it so you decide to storm out and you, accidentily, fall into a dirty, muddy paddle of water that is on the sidewalk, will you laught about it and playfully throw water at your boyfriend, who you were mad at 5 seconds ago? I'm guessing you won't, or at least I wouldn't.So that it happened in the movie is super unrealistic and unrelatable.
In conclusion, even though Astin and Belle are charismatic in it, Cavemen isn't worth anyone's time, with it's many flaws overpowering the one good thing this movie has to offer.
Final thought/question:
Which is better Cavemen or That Awkward Momment (review: http://moviereviewsbym94.blogspot.gr/2014/05/that-awkward-moment-movie-review.html) ?
Hard to say, but I have to go with That Awkward Momment because in that movie the friendship between the guys was believable, cavemen doesn't even get that right.
Do you agree with my choice, would you pick differently? Let me know in the comments down below.
Score: 17%
Tomatometer: 8%
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Well Go USA Entertainment
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