{"id":2891,"date":"2014-02-09T15:22:14","date_gmt":"2014-02-09T23:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviesharkdeblore.com\/site\/?p=2891"},"modified":"2014-10-15T15:24:33","modified_gmt":"2014-10-15T22:24:33","slug":"cavemen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/reviews\/cavemen\/","title":{"rendered":"CAVEMEN"},"content":{"rendered":"

By: debblie lynn elias<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Written and directed by first-time director Herschel Faber, CAVEMEN boasts some entertaining and emotionally arced performances by Skylar Astin, Chad Michael Murray, Kenny Wormald and the lone gal in the group, Camilla Belle (look, she faced off with baby Velociraptors in The Lost World<\/em>, I think she can hold her own with the guys), but its strongest suit is its cinematography and technical excellence.<\/p>\n

Dean is a struggling screenwriter. Jay is a wannabe actor and prides himself on screwing a different girl every night. Pete kinda just hangs around whining as their best friend while Andre thrives on cheating on his girlfriend.\u00a0 And of course, all are bartending while waiting for their big breaks.\u00a0 Together, they live in a Downtown LA\/Little Tokyo loft with no doors or windows which they affectionately refer to as \u201cthe cave\u201d.\u00a0 In typical guy fashion a la It Happened One Night<\/em>, sheets hung from the ceiling separate their sleeping compartments which means that \u201cwhen one of us has sex, we all have sex.\u201d\u00a0 But for Dean, something is missing.\u00a0 He wants a girlfriend and not just a girl to have sex with; a girl to love and who will love him.\u00a0 Dean\u2019s female BFF is Tess and while everyone else can see these two are a match made in heaven, Dean is oblivious, ultimately pushing Tess into Jay\u2019s arms while he enters into a relationship with the severely flawed and heavily medicated Sara.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, CAVEMEN is replete with genre cliches of wine, women, sex and song but then there are moments of brilliance as writer\/director Faber steals our hearts with beautifully lensed, emotionally evocative montages that showcase not only the work of cinematographer Nic Sadler, but show Faber\u2019s technical skill as a director and also in surrounding himself with good people.\u00a0 There is a gloss, polish and saturation to the visual bandwidth of the film that metaphorically captures the fast life and hard living of the boys, punctuating life with color and emotion.\u00a0 While story methods may be trope and some of the dialogue dated, the visuals are not, and neither are the performances.<\/p>\n

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Skylar Astin is endearing.\u00a0 As Dean, he is textured.\u00a0 We feel his frustration as a struggling writer.\u00a0 He makes us feel Dean\u2019s sadness with his love life.\u00a0 But above all, we see the distinct differential between Dean\u2019s relationship with \u201cthe boys\u201d and with Camilla Belle\u2019s Tess and that is what sets this story apart.\u00a0 So often the female and male BFF situation has everyone playing in the sandbox as one of the guys, but not here.\u00a0 Astin, together with Belle, radiate different levels that are welcoming and defining as to the dynamic of Dean and Tess.<\/p>\n

Embracing the character of Jay, Chad Michael Murray dazzles.\u00a0 Superficially a womanizing \u201cdouche\u201d, Murray then weaves a tapestry of redemption by film\u2019s end that is heartwarming.\u00a0 In the hands of a less skilled actor, Jay would have proven a one-note, but not with Murray in charge.\u00a0 Beautifully played.\u00a0 A nice surprise is a cameo by Jason Patric as Dean\u2019s wannabe agent\/producer.\u00a0 Sage, wise and always drinking, the character is reminiscent of old Hollywood in look and feel while casting Patric is a nice touchstone to rom-coms of the 80’s and 90’s.<\/p>\n

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Disturbing and distracting are the superficial relationships of Andre and Pete, and most particularly with a positing of the \u201cmud puddle test\u201d and a subsequent scene involving Pete\u2019s lady falling into a mud puddle.\u00a0 Any guy that even thinks it\u2019s a funny situation doesn\u2019t deserve a girlfriend. The whole idea just doesn\u2019t sit well.\u00a0 Cutely sweet are some scenes involving Dean and the local florist that make your heart go \u201caww\u201d, especially the final scene which is a star-kissed Valentine.<\/p>\n

Written and Directed by Herschel Faber<\/p>\n

Cast:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Skylar Astin, Chad Michael Murray, Kenny Wormald, Camilla Belle, Jason Patric<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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