Product Details

• Actors: John Goodman, Rick Moranis, Rosie O'Donnell, Halle Berry, Elizabeth Perkins
• Directors: Brian Levant
• Writers: Jim Jennewein, Steven E. de Souza, Tom S. Parker
• Producers: Bruce Cohen, Colin Wilson, David Kirschner, Gerald R. Molen
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, Live, Subtitled, NTSC
• Subtitles: Spanish
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Universal Studios
• VHS Release Date: November 8, 1994
• Run Time: 91 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (57 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 630323688X
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #498,594 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

This pleasant, lightweight live-action version of the popular cartoon is about as good as you might expect. The kids should love the broad humor and the Henson Studios creatures, but like The Addams Family movies, the look and the cast are the best things going for it. Considering that the nature of the material is so sparse, the thinly plotted story works better than other TV-to-movie fare. Our fabulous Stone Age man is promoted per a calculated move by a scheming exec (Kyle MacLachlan, whose casting ensured at least one cute guy). As a comedy, the humor is one-note and flat for anyone older than 12. The special-effects creatures look wondrous, though not as seamless as in other movies, such as in Roger Rabbit. The most joyous moments come during the full-scale re-creations of the famous credits. The Flinstones provided a major launching pad for Halle Berry as a vamping secretary. --Doug Thomas

From The New Yorker

The latest and least advisable attempt to turn a cartoon into a live-action feature. The cast looks sound enough-John Goodman as Fred Flintstone, Elizabeth Perkins as Wilma, Rick Moranis and Rosie O'Donnell as the Rubbles-but the script, cobbled together by a crowd of writers, gives them nothing but a handful of limp gags. Adaptations of "Batman" and "The Addams Family" offered a chance to root around in the dark side of the comic strip, whereas the original "Flintstones" thrived on energetic friendliness, which is destined to dry up on the big screen. Everything takes place in a horrible, plastic light, and even the main comic hook-primitive man as the first suburban American-is bent out of shape by the film's aggressive merchandising; a sign saying "RocDonald's" is not a joke; it's a plug. The saving grace is Elizabeth Taylor as Fred's mother-in-law, the terrifying Pearl Slaghoople. The director is Brian Levant, who made "Beethoven." This is an even bigger dog. -Anthony Lane
Copyright © 2006 The New Yorker

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A *FANTASTIC* Movie!!, September 24, 2002

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"jem-aja" (Kingston, Georgia United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Flintstones (Collector's Edition) (DVD)

I have loved this movie since it first came to the theatre. I must have seen it at least twelve times in the theatres. After I watched the movie at the theatre I simply had to have the soundtrack. At the time I only bought cassettes, so I got the Flintstones cassette. Just yesterday, I bought the Flintstones soundtrack on CD. When the movie came out on VHS I bought it. I plan on buynig the DVD.

Rick Moranis is one of my all time favorite actors. He was a fantastic at playing Barney Rubble. Barney was always my favorite character.

A few years ago, when I went to Orlando, Florida I got to see the actual Flintstones car, and some of the other props from the film. Naturally, I had to have pictures taken of them.

If you haven't seen this film I suggest going to your local Blockbuster and renting it. You won't be disapointed.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Why do some people hate this, April 23, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Flintstones (Collector's Edition) (DVD)

I thought this movie would be terrible,but when i saw it I loved it. It was very funny. I also like Rosie Odonnell as Betty. John Goodman was a good Fred,Elizibeth Perkins was a wonderful Wilma,and Rick Moranis was very good as Barney.But my favorite charactar is the dicta-bird.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A 'Cute' Film, May 22, 2009

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Craig Connell (Lockport, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Flintstones [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is what you'd call a "cute" movie, the cuteness mainly being the funny takeoff on objects, such as regular household appliances, that you see in here caveman-era-style. Most of those are prehistorical creatures having to perform the tasks of cleaning, but they are clever and funny to watch. In fact, there are so many of them it's tough to catch all of them. It would take a number of viewing to fully appreciate all the visuals in here.

When I first saw this, I expected a really stupid movie. I had enjoyed but not been a big fan of the animated "Flintsones" series on TV, and thought this would be more of the same except with real actors. Actually, it was much better and had a surprisingly good cast for such a lightweight cartoon comedy.

I mean, who would expect a big star like Elizabeth Taylor to be in this movie? She had the funniest lines, too, I thought. Her put-downs of poor "Fred" (the rotund John Goodman is perfectly cast) included lines such as, "the only good thing you provide for my daughter is shade." This is quite an eclectic cast with the likes of Taylor, Goodman, Rick Moranis, Rosie O'Donnell, Elizabeth Perkins, Kyle MacLaughlan and Halle Berry.