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.

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.