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Hard '90s. I dig it. _Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go._
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Encino Man
“When the stone age meets the rock age.”
58%
Movie
1h 28m
AI Analysis
Encino Man (1992) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Encino Man (1992) — a movie tagged as Comedy with funny and nostalgic moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: 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… Our models also surface themes such as ai from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night and casual background watching. Expect steady storytelling (~88 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Encino Man 58% (701 votes) — mixed but watchable scores for this movie.
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TMDb audience score
58%
from 701 TMDb votes
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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.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1992-05-22
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- TMDB rating
- 5.8
- TMDB ID
- 10406
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What is Encino Man about?
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' alread... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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How long is the movie Encino Man?
The official runtime for Encino Man is approximately 88 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Cast
Sean Astin
Dave Morgan
Brendan Fraser
Linkovich "Link" Chomovsky
Pauly Shore
Stanley "Stoney" Brown
Megan Ward
Robyn Sweeney
Robin Tunney
Ella
Michael DeLuise
Matt Wilson
Patrick Van Horn
Phil
Dalton James
Will
Rick Ducommun
Mr. Brush
Ke Huy Quan
Kim
Mariette Hartley
Mrs. Morgan
Richard Masur
Mr. Morgan
Ellen Blain
Teena Morgan
Esther Scott
Mrs. Mackey
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Steven Elkins
Mr. Beady
Wanda Acuna
Maria
- F
Furley Lumpkin
Science Teacher
Peter Allas
Officer Sims
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Hard '90s. I dig it. _Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go._
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