The Clan of the Cave Bear | | Cast : | Daryl Hannah | | Director : | Michael Chapman | | Studio : | Warner Studios | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby, HiFi Sound, Widescreen | | Released Date : | January 17, 1986 | | DVD Released Date : | February 03, 2004 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), French (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), English (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | April 30, 2005 | | Summary | Huge Disappointment | Content
 | I have read all 5 of the "Earth Children" series, which are wonderful books. Jean Auel is one of the best writers I have ever read. I've read the complete series at least 6 times and look forward to the 6th and final book. As for the movie, it may be the worst adaptation of a book I have ever seen. In my opinion, an hour and a half simply isn't enough time to capture the true context of the story. Perhaps after the 6th book is released another try at a screenplay should be made. Maybe a mini series would be appropriate so there would be enough hours to convey the story line properly. To be fair to the attempt at a recreation of the story in film, the effort was there. I think with the modern special effects this could be a well made movie. Even though the movie was a disappointment I still love the series and learned a great deal about the ancestors of our time from Jean Auel. |
| Rating | | | Date | March 02, 2005 | | Summary | I couldn't figure out | Content
| Why so many panned this movie? I read the book. Yah, there were things left out, but I actually thought they did a good job. Mind you, I read this book at thirteen(in two days; I guess I liked it), and my thirteen year old girl, even though I was almost eighteen when the movie came out, was still excited, and still appreciated it. |
| Rating | | | Date | January 23, 2005 | | Summary | Pretty good for a book adaptation... | Content
| Ok...I have read the book and I admit, the movie doesn't really do the book justice. BUT if you just watch the movie without comparing it to the book (with an open mind) then it's actually pretty good. Daryl Hannah (though a little old for the part) does a great job as Ayla. The other actors are fabulous as well. I mean, for a movie like this, the actors have to really act with their faces and bodies, not with there voices and I thought all of the actors did a great job. I think that, if this movie had been made now, it would have been a lot better and a lot different. But, considering it was made in 1985, it's really, really good. Just watch it with an open mind, ladies and gentlemen. You might be surprised. |
| Rating | | | Date | December 26, 2004 | | Summary | Stone Age Others | Content
| If you're fascinated by the mysterious disappearance of the Neanderthals, but want more than just a jawbone and burin documentary, this is the film for you. A Bertolucci or Bunuel it is not, but if you liked Jean-Jacques Annaud's The Bear, you'll find Clan of the Cave Bear just as fascinating in its attempt to bridge the gulf between us and the "other".
Daryl Hannah becomes Ayla, the token Cro-Magnon, and even though she looks great in a rabbit fur miniskirt, you'll think twice when the squat and frizzy haired Neanderthal women look at her sadly and sigh, "Ayla is so ugly; she will never get a mate." Yet her innocent boyish-girlishness makes her the perfect breaker of taboos as she successfully becomes the "Woman Who Hunts". In the end she defeats bad boy Broud and restores fairness to the clan.
Pamela Reed and James Remar are unforgettable as Iza and Creb, the brother/sister shaman/medicine woman. And Nicole Eggert is endearing as the teenage Ayla. I will never forget when, at a dull moment by the fire, Creb teaches her how to count to 5 (the rest of the clan can only get to 3). Ayla instantly learns her lesson then becomes HIS teacher and shows him a way to count to 20! "Don't talk about this to the clan," he warns.
Ferny redwood forests, snowy mountains, and the majestic music of Alan Silvestri surround this fine ensemble of actors who seem so natural speaking in signs and thinking with their eyes. Maybe it's a little sentimental, maybe a little Hollywood, but Clan of the Cave Bear satisfies our desire to see that love and compassion are inherently human and that people as diverse as Neanderthals and Cro-Magnon were, maybe, just maybe, able to get along and for a brief period share love, thought, and genes.
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| Rating | | | Date | December 18, 2004 | | Summary | For one who hasn't read the book, astonishing. | Content
| For the viewer who hasn't read the corresponding books, and I must speak from this perspective only because that is my condition, this movie is quite amazing. "Clan of the Cave Bear" is an excellent, touching movie that uniquely communicates through the establishment of a cast that is made up of neanderthals. It's beautiful and unusual and acted with extraordinary tenderness and perception; what a challenge it must have been to act out a story about cavepeople. After seeing this, it's reasonable to believe that this may just have been what life was like among prehistoric humans. I found this movie to be well, well worth watching. |
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