Amazon.com: This pleasant, lightweight live-action version of the popular cartoon is about as good as you might expect. The kids should love the broad humor and the Henson Studios creatures, but like The Addams Family movies, the look and the cast are the best things going for it. Considering that the nature of the material is so sparse, the thinly plotted story works better than other TV-to-movie fare. Our fabulous Stone Age man is promoted per a calculated move by a scheming exec (Kyle MacLachlan, whose casting ensured at least one cute guy). As a comedy, the humor is one-note and flat for anyone older than 12. The special-effects creatures look wondrous, though not as seamless as in other movies, such as in Roger Rabbit. The most joyous moments come during the full-scale re-creations of the famous credits. The Flinstones provided a major launching pad for Halle Berry as a vamping secretary. --Doug Thomas
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Rating: - Yabba Dabb doooooo
A decently recreated cartoon comes to life with Elizabeth Perkins and John Goodman. The rest of the actors were great in their parts too. I didn't care for Halle Barry's seductive character as who thinks of Fred cheating on Wilma? Other than that the story is cute and even brings a moral point in the end.....Family and Friends before fame and fortune!
Fred is set up to take the fall for the quarry's embezzlement.
Rating: - The stone age family of the 1990's
Flintstones! Meet the Flintstones! They're the modern stone-age family. From the town of Bedrock,they're a place right out of history! Many people remember the 1960-66 ABC animated sitcom created by the late William Hanna and the late Joseph Barbera. It was an all-color series,despite its 1960 premiere. Well,back then color was already common for animation but not yet for live action. Director Brian Levant(PROBLEM CHILD 2,BEETHOVEN) brings Flintstones fans live action of the stone-age family. John Goodman("Roseanne",KING RALPH,THE BABE) is Fred Flintstone,the family patriarch who is employed by ... Read More
Rating: - Don't be fooled by this .....
Okay, this was an okay. John Goodman and Elizbeth Perkins are great as Fred and Wilma. The producers couldn't of picked a choice. Rick Moranis was terrific as Barney Rubble. He hasn't lost his comedic touch. Even Hally Berry was good as the seductive, Ms. Rosetta Stone. However, once again Rosie O'Donnell just didn't cut it as Betty Rubble. Her preformance in this film was just not as good, as it could be. Which is a shame, cause this could of been a great film.
Rating: - Love Rosie O'Donnell
Rosie O'Donnell is Great in this movie. I Love her character in the movie.
Rating: - Yabba Dabba DON'T!
I recently watched The Flintstones, a stone-studded masterpiece from 1994 and, though I can't say I was necessarily surprised by the execution, (I choose my words carefully) of the film, I was interested in the decision to even make such an ill-fated concept of a live action feature.
I mean are we, as the audience, truly to believe that John Goodman (no chiseled features here), Rick Moranis, Elizabeth Perkins and Rosie O'Donnell, are actually Fred, Barney, Wilma and Betty? Apparently the makers of Hollyrock's latest White Mastodon would have you suspend your disbelief in this regard. ... Read More
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