- Film Review
- Reviewed By John Ferguson
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2 out of 5
This was a belated attempt to cash in on Bill and Ted-style comic capers, although by now Californian teen speak was becoming more irritating than funny. Sean Astin and Pauly Shore play the nerdish teenagers who gain a ticket to "cooldom" when they dig up a deep-frozen caveman (Brendan Fraser) and educate him in the ways of adolescent etiquette. Fraser makes for a pleasingly gormless hunk and Richard Masur is a reliable presence among the supporting players, but the comic posturing of Shore, who rose to fame on MTV, quickly grates. There are some amusing moments, but this lacks the winning stupidity of Bill and Ted's two adventures. It was released in the USA as Encino Man.
Plot Summary
Comedy fantasy starring Sean Astin, Brendan Fraser and Pauly Shore. High-school friends Dave and Stoney discover a prehistoric man encased in ice while digging a swimming pool in Dave's back garden. They thaw out their discovery and, realising that he could be their passport to popularity, take him to school, pretending that he is a foreign exchange student called Link.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Dave Morgan
- Sean Astin
- Link
- Brendan Fraser
- Stoney Brown
- Pauly Shore
- Robyn Sweeney
- Megan Ward
- Ella
- Robin Tunney
- Matt
- Michael DeLuise
- Phil
- Patrick Van Horn
- Will
- Dalton James
- Mr Brush
- Rick Ducommun
- Kim
- Ke Huy Quan
- Mrs Morgan
- Mariette Hartley
- Mr Morgan
- Richard Masur
- Teena Morgan
- Ellen Blain
- Mrs Mackey
- Esther Scott
- Mr Beady
- Steven Elkins
- Maria
- Wanda Acuna
- Science teacher
- Furley Lumpkin
- Officer Sims
- Peter Allas
- Kathleen
- Michole White
- Nora
- Rose McGowan
Crew
- Director
- Les Mayfield
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