Early Man’s trailers proudly bill its prehistoric dwellers as the ancestors of Wallace & Gromit. In one sense, that genealogy holds true. Both its heroes and villains are charmingly brought to life by Aardman’s talented animators – expect impossibly wide grins, fat hands, and jutting ears, sculpted out of colourful clay. But in another sense, the historical line is harder to trace. Not only does Early Man lack the regional charm and cosy humour of Aardman’s most famous duo, it fails to explore its rich primeval setting, delivering a formulaic story with few genuine laughs.
The movie isn’t quite what you might expect either. It opens with a meteor hurtling towards Earth. A T-Rex tussles with a triceratops, while early man takes shelter. The meteor hits, obliterates the dinosaurs, and is reduced to spherical glowing rock at the centre of a sizzling crater. Intrigued, the cavemen try to move it, but due to its intense heat they drop it and begin to kick it. And so the sport of football is created. (Soccer for my North American chums reading.) Yes, Early Man – despite its prehistoric setting – is a football film.
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