Review of The Croods (2013) by Dylan D — 01 Nov 2014

The Croods offers a hugely satisfying animated movie experience, particularly beyond the fairly stale and predictable superficial dynamics. Under the surface is a warm, welcoming story; a fun, honest, heartfelt tale of discovery, of satisfaction, of accepting new things, of understanding the greater world.

It's a very sweet and touching experience amidst all of the humor, most of which hits and none of which falls completely flat. To be sure, there's not much room to reinvent the wheel -- the wheel, in this case, being the modern Pixar/DreamWorks/Sony Animation-style Family animated film -- but there's something to be said for sprucing it up and getting the most out of its capabilities, which The Croods does very well.