a stunningly beautiful adventure for the whole family.

Rating: 7/10 (13 September 2013)

The Croods is Dreamworks's latest animated project. It's about a family of cavemen who are suddenly blasted out of their comfort zones into a whole new world. when the separation of Pangea begins.
And let me tell you, it's done beautifully. The visuals alone are spectacular, the animation is jaw dropping, the cinematography is astounding, the creature and world design is extraordinarily creative, the designers didn't hold back anything. They made their own entire world and let their imagination soar freely. I don't think I've seen one unoriginal creature design in the entire movie. It kinda reminds me of Avatar: The Last Airbender's creativity, and thats one of the highest compliments i can give to an animated feature. Even if everything else was crappy about this film(and it wasn't) it'd still be worth to watch for the visuals alone.
The voice-acting is good, Nicolas Cage does a surprsingly good job as the caveman father. Emma Stone is great and the rest of the cast as well.
The story itself is nothing new really. You can almost always guess what's gonna happen, but i didn't really expect an Oscar winning script from a family movie. The characters are still nicely developed, the jokes almost always land (even if most of it is cheap/slapstick humor, but hey they're cavemen afterall), and overall it's done well, even if its nothing special.
All in all, it's one of the better animated features I've seen in a while(certainly one of the most creative), and it's very well worth the watch for anyone, you wont regret it.