Early Man review

Early Man is the latest Aardman animation, about a group of cavemen trying to win back their valley from the Bronze Age.

I, like everyone else, am a big fan of Aardman. I think all their films (minus Flushed Away) are hilarious and wonderfully creative. The work by Nick Park is especially so. Therefore, I think it's fair to say I was quite excited to see this film. Even if I was afraid of how many jokes the trailers had shown.

I laughed a lot. There are many good jokes, and I'm sure there are plenty I won't notice until I see it again. I highly recommend seeing Early Man to have a good laugh.

However, I don't recommend seeing it if you want a great story. About halfway through I realised it has an extremely similar plot to Dodgeball. It is the same story, but set in a different time period and with football instead of dodgeball. That's not to say that if you've seen Dodgeball you shouldn't see Early Man. I think that Dodgeball is a hilarious film, but I can recognise that they are two completely different styles of comedies. So if you've seen one, don't let it stop you from watching the other.

In short: Early Man is another successful, if familiar, Aardman comedy.