Eric Till

Fun-loving, cave-dwelling creatures don’t understand their neighboring species.

Toward the end of the season, characters and relationships develop as if this were a stand-alone movie, not a potentially-syndicated franchise. Everything is changed and completely resolved by the end. It's pretty exciting to watch it all happen.

Concept: A
Story: A
Characters: A
Dialog: A
Pacing: A
Cinematography: C
Special effects/design: B
Acting: B
Music: A

Enjoyment: A plus

GPA: 3.7/4

The story follows the same plot as Dickens' classic (which makes a cameo appearance as an heirloom book), but uses none of his dialogue or narration. However, the screenplay is not bad. Unfortunately, Winkler is not a good enough actor to pull this off, and his make-up is pure Halloween. I could see George C. Scott in the role as he played it in the "classic" version (he was not quite believable as a Brit).

Fun-loving, cave-dwelling creatures don’t understand their neighboring species.

The writing is back up to near where it was for the first season. Some episodes are a little weak, but none of them are bad. The relationships between species are developing; I'm pretty excited to see where it goes in the last two seasons (which we have but haven't watched yet).

Concept: A
Story: B
Characters: A
Dialog: B
Pacing: A
Cinematography: D
Special effects/design: B
Acting: B
Music: A

Enjoyment: A plus

GPA: show more 3.4/4

(Nov. 2009) show less

First rate coming-of-age story with Haim falling for a beautiful neighbor in a troubled marriage. Funny and sad in equal parts, like the best of these stories are.