- Studio: Universal Pictures
- Release Date: May 27, 1994
- Starring: Halle Berry, John Goodman, Rick Moranis, Rosie O'Donnell
- Summary: A rock solid cast breathes comic life into Fred Flintstone and his friends' hilarious attempts to make it in a barely civilized world. (Universal Studios)
- Director: Brian Levant
- Genre(s): Comedy, Crime, Family
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 5 out of 15
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Mixed: 5 out of 15
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Negative: 5 out of 15
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80And while more than 30 writers worked on the screenplay and untold numbers labored to re-create the ambiance and effects that the animators once tossed off with a few squiggles of their pencils, The Flintstones doesn't feel overcalculated, over-produced or overthought.
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75The Flintstones is a big, shiny package of comic nostalgia, as much a theme park as a movie.
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60After lightly going through the motions of a plot, it all ends up in the quarry, where assorted machinery provides the excuse for a parade of slapstick gags and amusement park-like predicaments that seem mostly lumbering.
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38The transition from Hanna-Barbera animation to manic-barbaric live action falls flatter than a granite slab, from the first of many deadly stone-age wordplays - "Steven Spielrock Presents" - to the gross-out shots of dirty tootsies. [27 May 1994 Pg. 01.D]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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