Movie Review

'Early Man': claymation caveman comedy falls a bit flat

Tymon Smith expected a bit more from this film by the Oscar-winning genius behind 'Wallace & Gromit'

22 April 2018 - 00:00 By tymon smith

For two decades Nick Park has proven himself to be one of animation's true geniuses. Beginning with his Wallace and Gromit films and including the Oscar-winning whimsy of his Creature Comforts series and children's favourite Shaun the Sheep, Park's facility for combining the hard work of his plasticine stop-motion and very British sense of humour has brought him multiple Oscars and created a unique genre that's given much pleasure over the years to adults and children alike.
If you've seen the documentary about Aardman, the company started in the 1970s by Peter Lord and David Sproxton, which Park joined as a student, then you'll know that in the flesh Park is also one of the nicest and most unassuming people in the business.
All of which is just a way of saying that it's a hard task to not like anything he does - but unfortunately not everything he touches is necessarily gold...

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