The Flintstones

Through the miracle of movies, we all join the The Flintstones in becoming living, breathing, snorting garbage disposal units.

Once again, prehistory has been good to the film's producer, billed here as Steven Spielrock.

Our Flick of the Week is "The Flintstones," and unfortunately, much less thought has been put into this screenplay than into the production design and publicity campaign for this profoundly dull enterprise.

While the movie may act like a madeleine for television-obsessed baby-boomers, it works even better as a colorful playland that will appeal to small children.

It's just a series of nicely shot and over-bright sets with the cast blocking your view of the background.

State-of-the-art effects, courtesy of Industrial Light and Magic and presenter "Steven Spielrock," and throwaway sight gags that will encourage return visits, turn what might have been a yabba-dabba-dud into a yabba-dabba-doozy of a summer movie.

Levant just points a camera at his sets&#59; he’s a tourist sightseeing in Bedrock.

Despite a contrived climax and some expected schmaltz, this is a solid enough diversion with some one-liners worthy of the original series.

...a bright, colorful, and entirely exhausting endeavor that'll surely fare best among small children.