Early Man

"Time to test their metal"

Feb 16 2018 PG 1h 29m
Adventure, Animation, Comedy

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.

Plot

An asteroid collides with the prehistoric Earth, causing the extinction of the planet's dinosaurs, but sparing a tribe of cavemen living near the impact site. Finding a roughly spherical chunk of the asteroid that is too hot to touch, the cavemen begin to kick it around and invent the game of football. Many years later during the Stone Age, a young caveman named Dug (Eddie Redmayne) lives in the village with the chief Bobnar (Timothy Spall) and many other cavemen such as Asbo, (Johnny Vegas), Gravelle (Gina Yashere), Treebor (Richard Ayoade), Magma (Selina Griffiths), Barry (Mark Williams), Grubup (Richard Webber), Thongo (Simon Greenall) and Eemak (Simon Greenall). One day, Dug suggests to Bobnar that they should try hunting woolly mammoths instead of rabbits, but Bobnar brushes him off..

Written by

Mark Burton, James Higginson, Nick Park

Directed by

Nick Park

Production Countries

United States of America, United Kingdom, France

Production Companies

BFI Film Fund, Summit Entertainment, BFI, Creative Skillset's Skills Investment Fund, Amazon Prime Video, StudioCanal, Aardman Animations

Languages

English

Awards

1 win & 15 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
25,017
Average Rating
6.1 out of 10
Metascore
68
Popularity
NA