<em>Early Man</em> Is a Delightfully English Caveman Comedy
Nick Park’s return to claymation films melds a neolithic saga with a tale of soccer triumph.
by David Sims
Feb 16, 2018
3 minutes
Nick Park’s movies are so rooted in a particularly twee English spirit, they feel like they’re being projected onto a tea cozy. The veteran animator, who created the Wallace and Gromit characters and directed the wonderful feature film , has always captured his home country as a land of open-hearted, plucky people who are adorably set in their ways. When he announced his newest project , his first feature in more than 12 years (the last being), I was intrigued by how different it sounded. A prehistoric adventure set in the Stone Age? Certainly a departure for Park.
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