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Cavegirl

  • 1985
  • R
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
3.7/10
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Cynthia Thompson in Cavegirl (1985)
ComedyFantasy

Thanks to a strange crystal, a shy student finds himself in the Stone Age, where he falls in love with a beautiful cave woman and helps her clan stave off a tribe of cannibals.Thanks to a strange crystal, a shy student finds himself in the Stone Age, where he falls in love with a beautiful cave woman and helps her clan stave off a tribe of cannibals.Thanks to a strange crystal, a shy student finds himself in the Stone Age, where he falls in love with a beautiful cave woman and helps her clan stave off a tribe of cannibals.

  • Director
    • David Oliver Pfeil
  • Writers
    • David Oliver Pfeil
    • Phil Groves
  • Stars
    • Daniel Roebuck
    • Cynthia Thompson
    • Darren Young
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  • IMDb RATING
    3.7/10
    884
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    • Director
      • David Oliver Pfeil
    • Writers
      • David Oliver Pfeil
      • Phil Groves
    • Stars
      • Daniel Roebuck
      • Cynthia Thompson
      • Darren Young
    • 24User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
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    Daniel Roebuck and Cynthia Thompson in Cavegirl (1985)
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    Daniel Roebuck and Cynthia Thompson in Cavegirl (1985)
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    Daniel Roebuck
    Daniel Roebuck
    • Rex
    Cynthia Thompson
    Cynthia Thompson
    • Eba
    • (as Cindy Ann Thompson)
    Darren Young
    Darren Young
    • Dar
    Saba Moor-Doucette
    • Saba
    • (as Saba Moor)
    Jeff Chayette
    • Argh
    Charles Mitchell
    • Char
    Cynthia Rullo
    • Aka
    Tom Hamil
    • Casey
    Bill Adams
    • Bill
    Chris Noble
    • Hank
    Bill Sehres
    Bill Sehres
    • Ralph
    Sydni King
    • Karen
    Stacey Swain
    • Brenda
    A.A. Cavallaro
    • Rex's Father
    Maggie Ostroff
    • Rex's Mother
    Lawrence Gabriel Jr.
    • Professor
    • (as Larry Gabriel)
    Valerie Greybe
    • Attila
    David Castro
    • Catso
    • Director
      • David Oliver Pfeil
    • Writers
      • David Oliver Pfeil
      • Phil Groves
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    • Trivia
      According to a magazine interview with Daniel Roebuck, two months after the principal shooting had wrapped, Mark Tenser of distributor Crown International Pictures saw a rough cut of the movie and said "We need more tits in it!" So they filmed the locker room scene with the nude girls. Roebuck said all the girls they hired were nude models and porn actresses, so they didn't feel anywhere near as "weird" being naked as he felt being around them while they were naked.
    • Goofs
      There were no humans in North America in 25,000 BC.
    • Quotes

      Eba: Eba have big boobs. What Rex have big?

    • Connections
      Referenced in CaveGirl, a Second Journey Back in Time (2013)
    • Soundtracks
      Synthicide
      (uncredited)

      Performed by Stacey Swain

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    5/10
    Relationships with a 25,000-year age difference are tough
    The 1980's were a virtual golden age for low budget teen sex comedies, a reliably successful genre whose purveyors cranked out new titles throughout the decade with such frenzied regularity that many video stores gave these movies their own dedicated section. Cavegirl is fairly prototypical aside from its admittedly novel concept, neither the worst nor the best of its species, but it's still a good time despite its sophomoric execution making something like Hardbodies look like a masterpiece by comparison.

    The action centers around a hopeless high school egghead named Rex (played by an actor who looks to be in his late 20's, naturally) who encounters some nebulously defined magic crystals during a field trip to a mine and somehow gets transported back in time to the dawn of homo erectus. There, he meets the titular Cavegirl, a gorgeous neolithic nymphette named Eva, and proceeds to spend the rest of the movie awkwardly lusting after her and teaching her to say the word "boobs".

    The bulk of the hijinks here are more amusing than truly funny, but this flick is still fairly endearing in its own quirky way. The introduction meant to establish Rex as a lovable loser is done away with in the first ten minutes, which mostly consist of his classmates punking him with a series of pranks like dropping firecrackers on him while he's sitting on the toilet and leading him into the girls' locker room to be chased by a group of topless women wielding tennis rackets. Oddly, other than those gals, there only seems to be five other students at Rex's school and their entire purpose for attending seems to be to torment him. Even odder, Rex doesn't seem particularly put-off by their shenanigans-though one gag results in the entire backside of his trousers being torn off, he's wearing fresh pants in the next scene, which suggests he's so resigned to their oafish antics that he plans ahead by bringing an extra pair of jeans to class just in case.

    The story hits its stride once Rex reaches the "Stone Age" (although the "Stone Age" looks suspiciously like the California mountains). Once we meet Eva (played by the stunning Cindy Ann Thompson), it isn't hard to gather why her presence was flagged as the focal point of the film. Amidst a series of pratfalls, flatulence vignettes, and Rex's thwarted attempts to score with his prehistoric princess, he gradually integrates himself into her furry-loinclothed family and becomes one of their rock-dwelling tribe. There's also a fleeting subplot about Eva and her squad being kidnapped by cannibals and Rex conquering his geeky skittishness to come to their rescue, but since that entire thread is introduced and resolved within the span of exactly five minutes, it's rendered more of a skit than a legitimate conflict.

    But hey, taking a caper like Cavegirl seriously is missing the point. Those with a healthy appetite for '80s nostalgia will have plenty to chew on here. The whole production is so evocative of its era it practically serves as a postcard, and a smattering of choice synth-rock numbers by bands so obscure they aren't even identified in the credits are almost worth the movie alone. Rex turns out to be a likeable goofball, Eva is a delight to behold every time she's on the screen, and despite the horny-adolescent mindset of the humor their clumsy courtship unfolds with a genuine sweetness that makes it difficult not to root them on.

    There are certainly raunchier and funnier entries in this crowded canon, yet Cavegirl has enough appealing attributes to make it worth a $2.99 rental-which is precisely the result the producers were counting on when it was released. Today, it serves as both an enjoyable reminder of a simpler time and an untaxing way to turn off your brain for 80 minutes. And as far as I'm concerned, that result is equally worthy.
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    • Release date
      • May 1985 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Primal Urge
    • Filming locations
      • California, USA(locations: Arvin and Twin Oaks)
    • Production company
      • Crown International Pictures
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      1 hour 25 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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