Early Man - Steinzeit bereit

The story is mostly a pretext for gags, as well as for impressive bits of comedy staging by Park...

...its straightforward storytelling and gentle humour still work a treat.

Lovability, wit and fun...

An often amusing reimagining of Bronze Age history - that, while it doesn’t quite match the best of Aardman, is still solid family entertainment.

Of course, the animation of Aardman, the British studio that Park has called home since the late 1980s, remains delightful in its blend of lavishness and hobby-ishness...

...finds a place somewhere at the top of Aardman’s evolutionary tree with Chicken Run and Shaun the Sheep.