Taglines: Meet the first modern family.
The Croods is a 3D comedy adventure that follows the world’s first modern family through the journey of a lifetime. When the cave that has always been their home is destroyed — with the rest of their world not far behind it — The Croods are forced to set off on the first family road (or path) trip. Rocked by generational clashes and seismic shifts, The Croods discover an incredible new world filled with fantastic creatures, and a future beyond any they imagined.
The Crood family dynamics, though unfolding a few million years ago, feel like they could come from your own household. Like most fathers, family patriarch Grug (Nicolas Cage) is fiercely protective of his wife and three kids. His hyper-vigilance has kept his cave-bound family safe, secure and… super- bored. Grug’s strong and dutiful better half, Ugga (Catherine Keener), accepts her husband’s “fear is good; change is bad” mentality, as does their son Thunk (Clark Duke), who’s content with the static status quo. Feisty mother-in-law Gran (Cloris Leachman) never tires of needling (or sometimes assaulting) Grug; and stone-tough toddler Sandy might be the fiercest Crood yet.
But leave it to a rebellious teenager (is there any other kind?) to stand up to parental authority. Grug’s sole focus is survival, but Eep (Emma Stone) wants to actually live, her about the world outside their cave collides with her dad’s primitive rules. (Ever the defiant outsider, Eep gets her own ledge to sleep on while the rest of the Croods form a “sleep pile” for some group shut-eye.)
A cataclysmic event forces the Croods to venture into parts unknown and rethink their way of living. En route, they encounterGuy (Ryan Reynolds), whose dazzling new discoveries — like fire…and shoes — shake up the Croods in unexpected ways. Most of the family (especially Eep) is smitten by Guy’s vision of a new place called “tomorrow,” but Grug sees the biggest calamity yet: a charming teenage boy from which he must “protect” Eep. The Croods soon realize that if they don’t evolve…they’re history.
The Croods (2013)
Directed by: Kirk De Micco, Chris Sanders
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Nicolas Cage, Catherine Keener, Emma Stone, Clark Duke
Screenplay by: Kirk De Micco, Chris Sanders
Senaryo: Chris Sanders, Kirk De Micco
Production Design by: Christophe Lautrette
Cinematography by: Yong Duk Jhun
Film Editing by: Darren T. Holmes
Art Direction by: Paul Duncan, Dominique Louis
Music by: Alan Silvestri
MPAA Rating: PG for some scary action.
Studio: DreamWorks Pictures
Release Date: March 22, 2013
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