The Flintstones

_**The animated show comes to life with John Goodman in the lead role**_ While critics love to bash this live-action cinematic version of "The Flintstones" and the rating here at IMDb is surprisingly low, the movie was a huge hit in 1994 and fittingly so because this is a great movie for what it is. Speaking of which, this explains why "The Flintstones" is such easy prey to incessant panning – it's a movie based o…

Rock-solid nostalgia, prehistoric wordplay, and enough geological humor to make even a fossil crack a smile: *The Flintstones* is a surprisingly faithful big-screen adaptation that knows exactly which bedrock its audience came to see. Rather than simply borrowing the name and characters of the beloved cartoon, the film makes a genuine effort to bring its entire prehistoric world to life, and the results are considera…