A journey through a brightly colored world and relationships

Rating: 7/10 (18 September 2013)

The DreamWorks Animation this time seems to want to go beyond itself in order to succeed and has invented prehistoric era full of references to the current one without aping "The Flintstones".
The Croods family consists of six members living in the last Stone Age family. They live in a cave and exit only in daylight, because in the darkness, it hides too much risk. The rebellious teenage daughter Eep (Emma Stone) hates life behind the stones and therefore opposes one night her father Grug's (Nicolas Cage) instructions. She leaves the cave and meets the Guy (Ryan Reynolds), a boy of the same age who can make fire. She learns that the earth will soon be destroyed and you can still find survival only in the direction of the sun from him. Shortly after-wards the Cave of the Croods is destroyed, they have no choice but to find a new home.
Together with Guy they embark on a journey into the unknown and witness for the first time the world outside their stone dwelling. It goes through a colorful landscape, peppered with never seen before fanciful animals and many adventures. Only Papa Grug has a problem with the Guys because he has many ideas and innovation which overshadow Grug, but it eventually, it is replaced by Guy as a leader. However, sometimes we sense the personal feelings queued up in order to survive.
We all know that every woman loves shoes. But it is heavenly to see how the Stone Eep girls can enjoy their first pair of boots and when it is handmade by a smart boy of the same age. What women want? The prehistoric 3D animated film The Croods is made by DreamWorks and directed by Christopher Sanders (How to Train Your Dragon) and Kirk DeMicco (Quest for Camelot). The animated adventure shows, just like the predecessor from the think tank of DreamWorks (Shrek, Madagascar, it again are the big ideas of the makers not only in inventing stories, but also in the creation of fantastic worlds and whimsical characters.
The story is not only about survival, but about life, relationships and the experience of life with all its adventures. In the foreground of course there is a family and their lovable characters that are not always dissimilar to our own, with all their idiosyncrasies and quirks. So in the Stone Age too, one has to deal with adolescent problems, or catty granny. But it's also the way for each other to cohesion, mutual aid and taking responsibility for intelligence and the beginning of civilization. Lots of nice ideas, sloping figures and lovable animals like piranhas or a feathered rainbow colored giants cat à la Alice in Wonderland there is to admire. Many brightly colored scenes reminiscent of the immersion in the alien world of Avatar. With all the vividness of the film we sometimes surprised by the absolute silence, which is rather unusual for an animated film.
It really is great fun to watch the Croods with all its endearing quirks and their whimsical environment in which they are looking for a new home. Actually, you do not want to quit gazing, there are too many beautiful things to discover and above all, heartily to laugh at.
7.5/10...