Empire | ‘Early Man’ Review
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Once fairly prolific (for a man whose actors can only move millimetres a day), Nick Park’s directorial output has slowed over the past decade — before Early Man, the BBC’s 2008 Christmas Day Wallace and Gromit short A Matter Of Loaf And Death was the last time he yelled, “Action!” to a cast of Plasticine figures. And so his pre-civilisation-set return carries with it the weight of expectation only a long absence can achieve.
