Encino Man (1992)
Directed by Les Mayfield
High school misfits Stoney and Dave discover a long-frozen primeval man buried in their backyard. But the thawed-out Link—as the boys have named him—quickly becomes a wild card in the teens' already zany Southern California lives. After a shave and some new clothes, Link's presence at school makes the daily drudgery a lot more interesting.
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The relationship between the two feels a bit reminiscent of Of Mice and Men or Encino Man as Hank tries his damnedest to educate his newfound friend.
Based on the late '60s/early '70s TV series Depp loved as a kid, "Dark Shadows" stirs elements that by now require major inspiration to stand out from every other eccentric character existing at an incongruous time ("Encino Man," "Austin Powers" to name just a few) and countless recent vampires laboring to protect their families and control the need for blood.
The result: the moppy-headed fellow son of Poseidon spends most of the movie looking like Brendan Fraser in “ Encino Man .”
This story deserved better than the Black version of Encino Man .
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She and Steve sail to London, and the film takes an unexpected, largely successful detour into light comedy, evoking shades of “Encino Man” as Diana stumbles wide-eyed through the big city, her rapport with Steve growing closer all the while.
One of his early films, Encino Man, cast him as a thawed caveman coping with life in modern-day California (unfortunately, since it featured Pauly Shore, it was virtually unwatchable).
OK, so we’ve seen fish-out-of-water comedies aplenty in recent years, including Brendan Fraser’s hits, Encino Man and George of the Jungle.
Nevertheless, the man-out-of-time storyline for his new comedy, "Blast from the Past," could have come straight from "Encino Man" except that its reference point seems to be "Pleasantville" instead of "The Flintstones."
In a quasi-reprisal of his role in Encino Man, Brendan Fraser plays a man from the past who's forced to adjust to life in contemporary California.
Fraser, who seems to be making a career of movies in which he plays a lunky but sweet fish out of water (”Encino Man,” ”George of the Jungle,” the forthcoming ”Dudley Do-Right”) is perfect as a gentle but upright epitome of old-fashioned masculinity and innocence.