The Flintstones

PG

Released May 27, 1994

1 hr. 32 min.

Kids & Family

Comedy

List

23%

48 Reviews

Tomatometer

25%

250,000+ Ratings

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Big-hearted, dim-witted factory worker Fred Flintstone (John Goodman) lends money to his friend Barney Rubble (Rick Moranis) so that he can adopt a baby. As thanks, Barney swaps his IQ test for Fred's during an executive search program. After getting promoted, however, Fred becomes embroiled in the dastardly scheming of his boss Cliff Vandercave (Kyle MacLachlan), who enlists his secretary, Sharon Stone (Halle Berry), to seduce Fred, angering Fred's wife, Wilma (Elizabeth Perkins).

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Critics Consensus

The Flintstones wastes beloved source material and imaginative production design on a tepid script that plunks Bedrock's favorite family into a cynical story awash with lame puns.

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Jonathan W

This movies was my absolute favourite when I was a little kid! Watching it now as an adult, I love it even more with all the adult based jokes I never heard before as I was too young to understand!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/30/24

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Anthony M

You can tell that a lot of detail went into this movie and I love the story

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/27/24

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Owen H

This is a brilliant film. I dont understand why there's so much Disdain for it. It was fun and entertaining as a kid, and I still love it today. It's funny, clever, and is enjoyable for the whole family.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/27/24

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Justin O

Okay I don't understand the hate this movie gets. It's a great adaptation with a fantastic cast, excellent sense of humor, and an amazingly realized world.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/27/24

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SkyRo P

The film is funny and its own right, it's definitely a cult classic and an nostalgia film It should not have a rotten score. It should be right at the minimum of a rotten score, but to at least be fresh, because it does deliver everything than it needs to deliver to make it a fun and quirky movie. I think that the film itself is underrated and overlooked, for what it did during that timeframe but it's definitely a very creative and funny film. The CGI is bad but that's OK. I definitely recommend the film

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/09/24

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Ashlee H

This was one of my favorite childhood movies and I still love it 30 years later!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/09/24

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Brian Levant

Director

John Goodman

Fred Flintstone

Elizabeth Perkins

Wilma Flintstone

Rick Moranis

Barney Rubble

Rosie O'Donnell

Betty Rubble

Kyle MacLachlan

Cliff Vandercave

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

Through the miracle of movies, we all join the The Flintstones in becoming living, breathing, snorting garbage disposal units.

Rated: 1/4

Jun 6, 2022

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Richard Schickel

TIME Magazine

Once again, prehistory has been good to the film's producer, billed here as Steven Spielrock.

Aug 16, 2017

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Gene Siskel

Chicago Tribune

Our Flick of the Week is "The Flintstones," and unfortunately, much less thought has been put into this screenplay than into the production design and publicity campaign for this profoundly dull enterprise.

Rated: 1.5/4

Aug 16, 2017

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Steve Warren

Southern Voice (Atlanta)

State-of-the-art effects, courtesy of Industrial Light and Magic and presenter "Steven Spielrock," and throwaway sight gags that will encourage return visits, turn what might have been a yabba-dabba-dud into a yabba-dabba-doozy of a summer movie.

May 9, 2023

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Rob Gonsalves

Rob's Movie Vault

Levant just points a camera at his sets; he’s a tourist sightseeing in Bedrock.

Rated: C-

Aug 31, 2022

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Calum Baker

Radio Times

Despite a contrived climax and some expected schmaltz, this is a solid enough diversion with some one-liners worthy of the original series.

Rated: 3/5

May 2, 2022

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Synopsis

Big-hearted, dim-witted factory worker Fred Flintstone (John Goodman) lends money to his friend Barney Rubble (Rick Moranis) so that he can adopt a baby. As thanks, Barney swaps his IQ test for Fred's during an executive search program. After getting promoted, however, Fred becomes embroiled in the dastardly scheming of his boss Cliff Vandercave (Kyle MacLachlan), who enlists his secretary, Sharon Stone (Halle Berry), to seduce Fred, angering Fred's wife, Wilma (Elizabeth Perkins).

Director: Brian Levant
Executive Producer: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna, Kathleen Kennedy, David Kirschner, Gerald R. Molen, Steven Spielberg
Screenwriter: Tom S. Parker, Jim Jennewein, Steven E. de Souza
Distributor: Argentina Video Home, Universal Pictures
Production Co: Universal Pictures, Hanna-Barbera Productions, Amblin Entertainment
Rating: PG
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 27, 1994, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 19, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $130.5M
Sound Mix: Stereo, DTS

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