The Croods is a very funny film, with humorously-kinetic set-pieces, such as the first time we watch the family’s daily hunt and their first encounter with fire. The Croods watch the most recent VMA Awards. Much of the story centers around the conflict between the idealistic Guy and Grug, who’s stubborn and resents this young kid’s intrusion on the family (especially Eeps infatuation with him). Guy also informs the family their world is ending (because of the continental drift), but he knows the way to safety and suggests they should come with him before it’s too late. He introduces them to such wonders as fire, footwear and traps to make hunting easier. Then she meets Guy (that’s his name, played by Ryan Reynolds), who’s her age but a lot smarter and more-evolved than the rest of her family. His teenage daughter, Eep (Emma Stone) longs to see more of the world and resents Dad’s over-protectiveness. They spend their nights in the safety of a cave, venturing-out every few days to hunt for food. The story itself is somewhat similar to the godawful Ice Age: Continental Drift, only with a family of dimwitted cavemen, led by the overprotective Grug (Nicholas Cage), who keeps all of them safe by instilling a healthy fear of everything in them.
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However, Dreamworks (the studio which actually produced The Croods) has occasionally risen to the occasion and made the playoffs ( Shrek, How to Train Your Dragon). This is actually hard to admit, since history has so-far shown Pixar to be the New England Patriots of CG animation, while most other studios are the Cleveland Browns. Maybe it’s because my expectations were low, but I personally enjoyed it more than Pixar’s recent (and more-ambitious) films, Cars 2, Brave and Monsters University. I’ll be damned if The Croods didn’t turn out to be the funniest, most-entertaining family film I’ve seen since Toy Story 3. While my youngest daughter wanted to see it, I’m pretty sure I told my wife I’d rather shit glass than sit through this cynically-produced product.īut, as ESPN’s Chris Berman loves to say, “That’s why they play the game.”
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On paper, this sounded like the worst movie ever. Further damning was the fact one of its co-directors was responsible for Space Chimps ( ahh!). Worse-yet, its casting of Nicholas Cage, Ryan Reynolds & Emma Stone reeked of a desperate stunt to plant more adult butts in theater seats. The ads were dumb, generic and pandering, appealing to undemanding kids still bowled-over by CGI & 3-D. To be honest, I was prepared to hate this movie from the day I saw the first trailer, which made it look like pre-digested swill created to part parents from the cash in their wallets just to shut their kids up. (2013, 98 min).Īt the beginning of the 2012 NFL season, I wouldn’t have given the Baltimore Ravens a snowball’s chance of winning the Super Bowl because, on paper, they simply didn’t match up to the Falcons, Patriots, Broncos, 49ers or Eagles. Directed by Kirk DeMisso & Chris Sanders. Staring the voices of Nicholas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Catherine Keener, Clark Duke, Cloris Leachman.
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