"Cave Girl" (1985) is a movie that just about everyone will either really hate or avidly love. There is no in-between. I loved it – but then, as most of you know, I'm a sucker for movies in which the bungling, overweight, getting-on-in-years comedian ends up with the really luscious eighteen, or nineteen year-old girl with the blonde hair, the beautiful voice and the gorgeous breasts. In this movie, the casting is perfect. Daniel Roebuck is not only a first-class bungler, but he's the guy all the women just love to tease and mortify. The girl who really likes Dan and totally overlooks his many faults, is the ultra-lovely Cynthia Thompson. The movie was written, produced, photographed and directed by a gent named David Oliver. Oddly, despite all his talent, Oliver has no other screen credits at all. Where he came from and where he has now landed is a total mystery to me, but he sure knows how to transform a very familiar theme and expertly make an extraordinarily pleasing and utterly delightful romantic comedy. Available in Mill Creek's B- Movie Blast collection.
Review of Cavegirl
