The Flintstones (1994)

The Flintstones is a 1994 American live-action comedy film based on the Hanna-Barbera cartoon television series of the same name about a Stone-Age man, his family and his best friend. The film was directed by Brian Levant, written by Tom S. Parker, Jim Jennewein and Steven E. de Souza and produced by Bruce Cohen. The film stars John Goodman as Fred Flintstone, Rick Moranis as Barney Rubble, Elizabeth Perkins as Wilma Flintstone, and Rosie O'Donnell as Betty Rubble, along with Kyle MacLachlan as an executive-vice president of Fred's company, Halle Berry as his assistant and Elizabeth Taylor, in her final big screen appearance, as Wilma's mother. The B-52's performed a different version of the theme song. Released on May 27, 1994, the film was a box-office success, though it was poorly received by many critics who negatively criticized the storyline and tone which they deemed too adult for family audiences. In 2000, a prequel, The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, was released.