The Croods

Ratings: 8.4/10

Film Class: A

Genre: Family Action

The Croods just makes me wanna blog... I've been procrastinating a bit for the past few weeks, have watched quite a number of movies but The Croods is different. It made my heart tingle, and rekindled the movie-blogging fire that had been gradually fading away... 

Heart warming, touching and absolutely fun to watch. It's entertaining and laughing-out-loud funny at times. I wasn't very drawn towards it initially, cos' the caveman thing isn't exactly appealing. But wrong I was because underneath its seemingly simple story, is a deep concept about survival, about adaptation, about ideas. 

I rank this as an animation gem, similar to Meet The Robinsons, despite its failing publicity, the movie delivered more than impressive CG and great entertainment value, it delivered a hard-to-come-by movie experience. 

What really impressed me is that every character in the movie steals a balanced bit of fondness from the audience, with their unique personalities, it's hard not to like every single one of them. At the same time, the focus is kept on the 3 main characters, the father, the daughter, and the new guy. 

The Croods is a family of cavemen who were forced to explore the world after their cave is destroyed by what seemed to be signs of the end of the world. That's when their rebellious daughter meets this new guy who "leads" them the way, to find the light...

*spoilers ahead* Just a quick spoiler, one of the impressive points about the movie is how "inventions" seem to seamlessly tie in with the plot (or perhaps the other way round)... and I loved the "hug", "taking photo", and "caveman drawings" parts the most (assuming the concept of "mosts" comes in threes, an idea worth mentioning). There's even a slight twist at the end, and the "extended ending" just made my day. 

A great family movie that's definitely going to be a part of my kids life in future. Couldn't recommend it more.