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Dom Robinson reviews

California Man

Where the stone age meets the rock age.

Distributed by
Warner

Way down deep in the middle of the congo, a hippo took an apricot, a guava and a mango, but enough of Um Bongo as we're here today to talk about the film California Man.

It's a well-worn plot, but a likeable one for most of the time. Teenage best friends, Dave Morgan (Sean Astin) and Stoney Brown (Pauly Shore) are the school nerds. There's no way they'll ever get the girls unless they can come up with something special that will make everyone sit up and take notice (in a nice way), not to mention dispatch of the school bully who just so happens to be going out with the most gorgeous girl in school.

Their luck changes when the Morgans are building a new swimming pool in their backyard and they come across a huge piece of ice under the earth, which appears to have something trapped inside. They place it in the shed and defrost it, the end result being that it contains a caveman from prehistoric times who they call Link (Brendan Fraser, in his first major role).

From here on in, Dave and Stoney introduce Link as the new boy at school, getting up to all sorts of high-jinks such as climbing about the joint, driving recklessly around the school and making a big impression, which turns around the fortunes of our hapless heroes. If I was to mention the school prom at the end of the film, I think you can work out how it ends.

Of the main cast members, it's clearly been Brendan Fraser whose career has taken off with a wealth of films to his credit including a forthcoming sequel to the actioner, The Mummy. Pauly Shore starred in a number of similar comedies with his bizarre brand of humour, but Sean Astin's career has hardly been as prolific as any of theirs.

The picture quality isn't a great deal to shout about. The box claims it's framed at the original 1.85:1, but it's closer to 1.70:1 and certainly isn't anamorphic. It can comfortably be zoomed-in to fill a widescreen TV, albeit at the loss of resolution, but not if you plan to watch with subtitles, in which you'll have to zoom in to 14:9 at most, due to where they're placed onscreen. The print could use a remastering and there are some artifacts. The average bitrate is 5.67Mb/s, occasionally peaking just over 8Mb/s.

The sound is presented in the original Dolby Surround soundtrack. It's fine, but not outstanding. The songs include Def Leppard: Let's Get Rocked, Right Said Fred: I'm Too Sexy, The Smithereens: Wooly Bully, K-Klass: Rhythm is a Mystery and Queen: Keep Yourself Alive.

Extras :

Chapters :

Only a measly - and unlucky - 13 and two of those are reserved for the Buena Vista logo and the end credits. There's no trailer, unlike the Region 1 release.

Languages/Subtitles :

English, Italian and French in Dolby Surround, with subtitles for English (and for the hard of hearing) and Spanish.

Menu :

A static and silent menu with Pauly Shore and Brendan Fraser, plus selections to choose the languages/subtitles or select a scene.

Overall, California Man is a half-decent comedy which outstays its welcome towards the end but is worth a watch. However, the lack of an anamorphic picture and extras make this a disc that won't be at the top of anyone's list, but if you have to have it, find it in the second-hand selection.

DVD Trivia: In the USA, this film was originally titled, Encino Man, being set in that particular suburb of California, of which hardly anyone in the UK has heard of. 

FILM CONTENT 		: ***
PICTURE QUALITY		: ***
SOUND QUALITY		: ***
EXTRAS			: 0
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OVERALL			: **½

Review copyright © Dominic Robinson, 2000.

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