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A Balasaur Score of 43 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 17%, Metacritic 25/100. Audiences rate it 34 points higher than critics do. Most of the 1,433 1990s comedy movies in this catalog score higher. It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
High school misfits Stoney and Dave discover a long-frozen primeval man buried in their backyard. But the thawed-out Link—as the boys have named him—quickly becomes a wild card in the teens' already zany Southern California lives. After a shave and some new clothes, Link's presence at school makes the daily drudgery a lot more interesting.
Ratings
IMDb5.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes17%
Metacritic25/100
Audiences rate it 34 points higher than critics do.
741 audience votes
Key crew
- Shawn ScheppsScreenplay
- Les MayfieldDirector
- J. Peter RobinsonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Sean AstinDave Morgan
- Brendan FraserLinkovich "Link" Chomovsky
- Megan WardRobyn Sweeney
- Mariette HartleyMrs. Morgan
- Richard MasurMr. Morgan
- Pauly ShoreStanley "Stoney" Brown
- Robin TunneyElla
- Michael DeLuiseMatt Wilson
- Patrick Van HornPhil
- Dalton JamesWill
- Rick DucommunMr. Brush
- Ke Huy QuanKim
