Jeff2sayshi Aardman studio has had a good run, dating back to Wallace and Gromit, Shaun the Sheep, and Chicken Run. That all comes to an abrupt thudding halt with Early Man.The main concept of Early Man seems like it should be ripe for concepts of plots. Set as one tribe of Stone Age cavemen are being replaced with new Bronze Age humans, there should be a story here that could be told humourously. Nick Park and Aardman Studios decide to tell this story through football (soccer). In and of itself, this wouldn't be a problem, except that whole 90 minute movie is dedicated to the soccer theme. Early Man is gifted football from the heavens, Bronze Age man plays football to line the coffers of the local emissary of the queen, Stone age man must learn how to play football, etc, etc. It's basically a sports movie, but without any of the uplifting themes of sports movies.The humour also falls flat most of the time. Some stuff early on gave some chuckles, but as the movie kept dragging along, small little jokes become eyerolling, instead of guffaws.The positives here is the animation. As ever, the Claymation look is excellent, and obviously done with love. In the end, however, Early Man is a rare miss from a studio that had done great work previously.

Charles Herold (cherold) I watched the first 25 minutes of Early Man, and laughed a couple of times. It's pretty much a kid's movie with the same basic premise as the Indian movie Laagan; if you want to see a movie about scrappy underdogs playing soccer, it's way better than Early Man.Director Nick Park, whose Wallace and Grommet films are wonderfully funny, has somehow never been able to translate that success to anything non W&G related. Chicken Run wasn't especially funny either, but at least it had a pretty interesting story. Early Man lacks both the humor and the story that would keep me watching.Humor's a very individual thing, and I cannot deny that a lot of people in these IMDB movies find this movie very funny. But I just find that puzzling.

gemmamcdermott I imagine kids would enjoy this film a lot but only if they are into football. I agree with other reviews, although it is funny it still only average

daveman-75055 Bitterly disappointing effort from Aardman. Although the animation is up to the usual high standards of Nick Park the story is boring and very few of the jokes hit. I found myself getting bored after about 25 minutes and reaching for my phone. Tedious jokes and dull script. I have been a fan for some time but this is the worst effort by far from the Aardman Studio. Please hire some decent writers. The budget is shown as 50 million, They certainly didn't spend much on the script. It must have cost 50 million snuckles. Disappointed