Encino Man (1992)

A high school kid finds a prehistoric man preserved within a block of ice in his back yard. He lodges him in his house and enrolls him in school, in the hopes that the newcomer will somehow increase his (the teenager's) popularity.

This was better than I expected based on its harsh reception. It is a wacky film, to be sure, one that makes you wonder how much of it was improvised and how much was scripted. I suppose Shore created much of his character's lines, but I cannot be sure. Anyway, this is not a masterpiece, but it is clearly not the monstrosity which some accused it to be. But you have to like wackiness, and apparently silly details, as opposed to a film where a lot goes on and everything makes perfect sense.

Rating: 50