Early Man
- 2018 film
Comedy film from Aardman Animations about a caveman. Stars Eddie Redmayne, Maisie Williams, Tom Hiddleston, Timothy Spall, Richard Ayoade and more.
- Repeated at 9am on BBC1
Streaming rank this week: 10,191
Press clippings
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Andrew Pulver, The Guardian, 19th September 2019Early Man is a delightfully English caveman comedy
Nick Park's return to claymation films melds a neolithic saga with a tale of soccer triumph.
David Sims, The Atlantic, 17th February 2018Early Man director Nick Park interview
Animation genius Nick Park tackles the origin of soccer and the Bronze Age in his eccentric new Early Man.
Don Kaye, Den Of Geek, 14th February 2018Maisie Williams interview
"Even in kids' films female characters are over-sexualised"
The Big Issue, 30th January 2018Early Man review
If the film industry ever handed out awards for sheer determination, Nick Park and his animation team would surely be first in line to pick up a gong.
Philip Caveney, Bouquets & Brickbats, 28th January 2018Early Man review: A joyous claymation comedy
After a brief flirtation with Hollywood's DreamWorks, Bristol animation studio Aardman is back on home turf with Early Man. In this joyous claymation comedy, Wallace And Gromit director Nick Park poses that age-old question: what would happen if Stone Age Britons and Bronze Age Europeans slugged it out at football?
Andy Lea, The Daily Express, 28th January 2018Nick Park Early Man interview
Nick Park discusses his casting choices, the importance of a strong female character and how he became the voice of a pig...
Mym Buzz, 27th January 2018Early Man the latest claymation from Aardman
This is another likeable, affectionate family animation that benefits from the human touch.
Ross Miller, The National (Scotland), 26th January 2018Early Man review: doesn't quite hit the back of the net
A team of prehistoric footballers take to the pitch in the latest stop motion animation from Aardman.
Will Gore, The Spectator, 26th January 2018Early Man review
A scene in which Lord Nooth unwittingly receives a warthog massage is the kind of absurdist vignette that brings out the best in this Bristol-based powerhouse.
Neil Smith, Games Radar, 26th January 2018