Meanwhile, at home, Fred manages to get in hot water with his sprightly wife Wilma (Elizabeth Perkins), whose mother (Elizabeth Taylor) keeps harping about how Wilma could have done a lot better in her choice of husband, and still might do so. The boss (Kyle MacLachlan) and his foxy secretary (Halle Berry) easily manipulate the lazy simpleton for their own financial ends, setting him up for a big fall as they plot to make off with ill-gotten gains. when his best friend Barney Rubble (Rick Moranis) substitutes his own exam answers for Fred’s. Bedrock is a town of slanting rock roofs with animals that wash dishes with their trunks and “Bedrock’s Most Wanted,” hosted by Jay Leno, playing on Stone Age TV.įred, of course, is the happy, rock-solid working man, thick of bicep and skull, who shockingly wins a promotion out of the rock pile and into the executive suites of Slate & Co. Much of the imagination poured into the pic - production design by William Sandell and his team, the costumes by Rosanna Norton and the special-effects details by many hands - is exhausted very quickly. Fred paddles his car along with his outsized feet and takes his family to the drive-in to see George Lucas’ “Tar Wars.” There are giant reptiles working in the rock quarry where Fred Flintstone (Goodman) and his buddies toil, and dog-and-cat-like pets at home. First reel will keep tykes’ eyes popping, as the cast of dinosaurs is introduced in rapid succession along with the human characters. Inside humor is tipped from the outset, as opening title announces a “Steven Spielrock” presentation. Millions of kids will be learning the word for financial trickery if they ask mommy and daddy about it during unspoolings. This film’s use of at least a dozen writers, of whom only three receive final screen credit, was widely reported, and choice of a storyline involving embezzlement is slightly puzzling given the 7-year-old target audience. In a day when popular movies have more in common with theme parks than old-school artistic traditions, this one fits right in. Watching this fast-paced, advisedly brief confection is akin to taking a quick spin on the Universal Studios tour with a detour through the City Walk attraction, so loaded is it with technical gizmos, showbiz in-jokes and product plugs.
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