A prehistoric family are forced to flee their cave after it's destroyed by a disaster that threatens to change their lives forever in this animated adventure featuring the voices of Nicolas Cage and Emma Stone. As a protective caveman father leads his family out of harm's way, the clan crosses paths with a resourceful teen named Guy (voice of Ryan Reynolds), who offers to help them reach a distant land where they'll be safe from an impending catastrophe that will soon alter the entire world. Catherine Keener, Clark Duke, and Cloris Leachman round out the cast of vocal performers. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
Director: Kirk De Micco
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Catherine Keener, Cloris Leachman
Release Date: Mar 22, 2013
Rated PG for some scary action
Runtime: 1 hr. 31 min.
Genres: Action/Adventure, Animated, Family
Review:
The Croods is the type of animated family film that made for everyone to enjoy. Working from a simplistic and tried and true formula its script brims with enough energy to every keep it from being tedious. It’s funny and touching throughout. Kirk De Micco’s direction is deft; he keeps our attention with a lush virtual cornucopia while ably handling the family dynamics at play. De Micco has a strong track record going for him, (Lilo and Stich, How To Train Your Dragon) so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that his film has some tangible heart in between all the action set pieces and gags. The voice work by the assembled talent is all great with Cage, Stone and Reynolds deserving specific praise. Cage and Reynolds really seem comfortable doing voice work as both have distinctive voices and personalities that lend itself to this kind of film. Throw in some wonderful character designs and fun 3D and you have a family film that enjoyable for everyone.
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Wasn't interested in this all until I recognized the voice cast. Even though Cage isn't the best actor, he is fun to watch even in mediocre movies and Emma Stone has become one of my favorites actresses after The Amazing Spider-Man. Looking forward to renting this when it's released on Blu-Ray, great review Daniel.
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Cage can be good in certain movie and he's good here. Stone I just adore, her character is great fun. Hope you enjoy it.
Deletewow, well this seems pleasant enough. i'm gonna have to rent this.
ReplyDeleteIts a really enjoyable movie Candice!
ReplyDeleteGood review Dan. Pleasant little movie that's fun for the whole family, and at least enjoyable enough for the loner, such as yours truly.
ReplyDeleteI don't have any kids myself so it's rare I get out to see one of these. The Croods really impressed me, really enjoyable for an adult as well as kids. Thanks for reading!
DeleteI commented on this last week but the page froze due to my dodgy laptop and I forgot to check back to make sure my comment saved! Sorry about that!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely loved this film - definitely one of the best animated films for a long time.
Who knew Nicolas Cage suited voice work so well!
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I was surprised at how much I enjoyed, I thought it was one of the better animated films in a long while. Nic Cage was made for voicework, he should do more!
DeleteIt's also very quotable.... we get good use out of "avenge me" and "tell my story"!
DeleteIt really is, such a strong script!
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