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Early Man

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United States, United Kingdom, France · 2018
Rated PG · 1h 29m
Director Nick Park
Starring Eddie Redmayne, Tom Hiddleston, Maisie Williams, Timothy Spall
Genre Family, Comedy, Animation, Adventure

Dug, along with his sidekick Hognob, unite a cavemen tribe to save their hidden valley from being spoiled and, all together as a team, to face the menace of a mysterious and mighty enemy, on the turf of an ancient and sacred sport.

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IGN by

Early Man lacks the warmth and wit of Aardman's best clay creations.

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TheWrap by Alonso Duralde

There’s a mild chuckle every so often in Early Man...but overall the movie collapses in a heap of familiarity and lackadaisicalness. Park is an animation legend, but even the greats occasionally whiff it.

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CineVue by Daniel Green

Thankfully, some typically rich voice-acting and a plethora of visual gags help to gloss over a number of uncharacteristic stumbles.

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Variety by Peter Debruge

The result is a welcome return to a form of stop-motion that takes pride in the technique’s inevitable imperfections (such as thumbprints in the modeling clay), while putting extra care into the underlying script, with its daffy humor and slightly-off characters.

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Time Out by Phil de Semlyen

It seems a strange thing to say about a film featuring a giant man-eating mallard, but a bit more eccentricity wouldn’t have gone amiss.

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The Telegraph by Robbie Collin

There is something about the cast’s doughy physiques that has allowed Park’s flair for caricature to run completely berserk, with every character model pushed right to its expressive limits.

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