I've liked a decent amount Nick Park's work. I grew up on Wallace & Grommit and Chicken Run and enjoy them even now, but I think that maybe you have to like other things if you want to enjoy Early Man, things I personally, don't.

Final rating:★★ - Definitely not for me, but I sort of get the appeal.

I'm not so fond of the Aardman full length features. The standard of stop-motion animation is always great, but the stories and characterisations can prove to be a bit on the thin side - and that's certainly true here. Some prehistoric folks are harmlessly going about their business when an asteroid strikes the planet. Aside from robbing them of their dino-dinners, this presented them with a glowing sphere that they realised they could kick about - the beautiful game is born! Years later, "Dug" and his pal "Hognob" are caught up in an hunt for mammoths that introduces them to the sophisticates... read the rest.