Brian Levant directs John Goodman, Rick Moranis and Rosie O’Donnell in this live action remake of the beloved Sixties cartoon about a suburban family surviving the Stone Age.

Visually this is astonishing. Massive blocky sets and chunky props and cute foamy dinosaurs that the cast blend magically into. Just look at that note perfect recreation of the iconic credits sequence and again later the sabre-tooth sting. WILMA! What happens inbetween is uninspired and narratively ugly. Not particularly funny and a little mean spirited. Half the cast don’t want to be there. Goodman is perfect casting but unhappy, Rosie O’Donnell is a very 1994 choice. There’s just enough trailer moments to shake loose a ton of money and it did. Yet it isn’t a smooth rewatch. Yabba-Dabba- Don’t.

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Perfect Double Bill: Inspector Gadget (1999)

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