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Audiences rate it 20 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Natural changes have the clans moving. Iza, medicine woman of the "Clan of the Cave Bear" finds little Ayla from the "others"' clan - tradition would have the clan kill Ayla immediately, but Iza insists on keeping her. When the little one finds a most needed new cave, she's allowed to stay - and thrive.
Ratings
IMDb5.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes10%
Metacritic34/100
Audiences rate it 20 points higher than critics do.
138 audience votes
Key crew
- Michael ChapmanDirector
- John SaylesScreenplay
- Alan SilvestriOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Daryl HannahAyla
- Pamela ReedIza
- James RemarCreb
- Thomas G. WaitesBroud
- John DoolittleBrun
- Curtis ArmstrongGoov
- Martin DoyleGrod
- Nicole EggertMiddle Ayla
- Salome JensNarrated by (voice)
- Joey CramerYoung Broud
- Lycia NaffUba
- Paul CarafotesBrug
Stills
Themes
animal attackstone agetribebearprehistorycavemenneanderthalprehistoric manpleistocene