The Croods
Prehistoric animated feature from DreamWorks (Shrek), featuring the voices of Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds, Emma Stone and Catherine Keener. When their cave is destroyed, the Crood family set out to find a new home and encounter a strange, new territory. Struggling already to keep order amongst his litter, things get worse for patriarch Grug (Cage) when they encounter an imaginative nomad named Guy (Reynolds) - a new romantic interest for daughter Eep (Stone). From the director of How to Train Your Dragon.
- Director:
- Kirk De Micco ('Space Chimps')Chris Sanders ('How to Train Your Dragon', 'Lilo & Stitch')
- Writer:
- Kirk De MiccoChris Sanders
- Cast:
- Nicolas CageRyan ReynoldsEmma StoneCatherine KeenerClark DukeCloris Leachman
Reviews & comments
Variety
pressAlthough state-of-the-art in its rendering of textures, movement and stereography, The Croods adopts a relatively primitive approach to storytelling.
Hollywood Reporter
pressLagging in the comedy stakes, this sweet Stone Age clan nonetheless will captivate the youngsters.
From the first frantic 5 minutes, this movie had great character development, humour for both kids and adults alike. My 12 year old loved it and so did I!
I loved every single character presented. The film was colourful, adorable, and super funny. The hybrid animals were interesting to see but lacked originality. My brother predicting a sequel to this film and that got me a bit worried - this film was wonderful enough but if they opened it to sequels I feel like it'll meet with Ice Age 10. I enjoyed the film...
Visually resplendent but the quirky humour hits below-par most of the time. Crug, Eep, Ugga, Thunk, Gran and Sandy make up the members of the boisterous, clumsy but, I guess, vernacularly bright, Croods family. The Croods are a pre-historic, hunting and gathering family, who fear 'new things' and curiosity, and live by the motto, "never not be afraid"....
This was definitely the best animated movie I've seen in a long time. The combination of animals was genius, the idea of overcoming fear of the unknown was brilliant and the humour was through and through magnificent. "Belt" was hilarious and the protectiveness Grug showed towards Eep was heart warming. Watch it, you won't regret it!!
Really well done animated film, did find it dragging a little, expected a little more comedy for the kids, the lasting impression with my four year old was the "belt" character. Really excellent feel good family movie.
Variety
pressAlthough state-of-the-art in its rendering of textures, movement and stereography, The Croods adopts a relatively primitive approach to storytelling.
Hollywood Reporter
pressLagging in the comedy stakes, this sweet Stone Age clan nonetheless will captivate the youngsters.
From the first frantic 5 minutes, this movie had great character development, humour for both kids and adults alike. My 12 year old loved it and so did I!
I loved every single character presented. The film was colourful, adorable, and super funny. The hybrid animals were interesting to see but lacked originality. My brother predicting a sequel to this film and that got me a bit worried - this film was wonderful enough but if they opened it to sequels I feel like it'll meet with Ice Age 10. I enjoyed the...
Visually resplendent but the quirky humour hits below-par most of the time. Crug, Eep, Ugga, Thunk, Gran and Sandy make up the members of the boisterous, clumsy but, I guess, vernacularly bright, Croods family. The Croods are a pre-historic, hunting and gathering family, who fear 'new things' and curiosity, and live by the motto, "never not be afraid"....
This was definitely the best animated movie I've seen in a long time. The combination of animals was genius, the idea of overcoming fear of the unknown was brilliant and the humour was through and through magnificent. "Belt" was hilarious and the protectiveness Grug showed towards Eep was heart warming. Watch it, you won't regret it!!
Really well done animated film, did find it dragging a little, expected a little more comedy for the kids, the lasting impression with my four year old was the "belt" character. Really excellent feel good family movie.
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