He etches computer-generated cave painting figures. He wolfs down dog food, cologne and hot salsa. He copies rappers and martial-arts movies. Even ice babes Megan Ward and Robin Tunney turn their heads.įraser likes video games. After Shore and Astin deck him out in '90s gear and attitude, Fraser becomes a popular fixture at school, as do his pals. ![]() Under his new friends' tutelage, adaptative Fraser (dubbed "Link") picks up their strange buzzwords, such as "buff" (cool), "grindage" (food), "chillin' " (hangin' out), "flamage" (cigarette lighter) and "fundage" (money). "And we hope you don't gnarl our beaks," adds Shore. "It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance," a quaking Astin tells the caveman when he thaws. Digging a hole for a swimming pool one day, they uncover prehistoric guy Brendan Fraser in a cocoon of ice. The new idioms are uttered by likable MTV personality Pauly Shore and unlikable pug Sean Astin, outcasts at Encino High. ![]() Less funny than your own funeral, its mission is to introduce us to yet another strain of post-surfer Cal slang. If this Cro-Magnon-dumb film scores, prepare yourself for an avalanche of "isn't teenspeak bitchin'?" movies. ![]() A lot is riding on Hollywood Pictures' "Encino Man." A youth comedy about a caveman who appears in 20th-century California, it scrambles hopefully after the success of the "Bill & Ted" and "Wayne's World" movies, its comic knuckles smashing every bump on the ground.
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