"I have an idea"

Rating: 6/10 (26 May 2020)

Nicolas Cage and Ryan Reynolds, two actors that just the fact they are in it gives the the movie points in my book.
Even if I did not know it was them starting in the movie the characters a great forces, butting heads both too show the short comings of the father Grug, his failure to face fear and try new things, and the comedy of Guy who is not a cave man coming up with many ideas of things just obvious to use, but in the world of the movie they are Brand New! With that Grig persist to come with his own ideas that are failed versions of things we have to day like a mobile home, rocks that he stacks together for someone to presumably carry.
The movie's message seems to be to "not be afraid of new things" and to "follow the light to tomorrow".
The movie portrays that Grug is putting his foot down on anything new, until Guy comes along to show everyone that new can be good and useful and teaches Grug that lesson.
By the end of the movie after Grug puts everyone else first be throwing them into the unknown, where minutes earlier he accepted the Guy was not wrong and new was not bad and you should not be afraid. After being stranded an idea goes off in Grugs head and he builds a contraption to return to his family.
By the end Eb, the older daughter, summarizes that's the family learned to follow the light. I think that is life we should pursue light as I. Truth and goodness, but in the context of the movie that does not make too much sense since the only development is is that they learned the previous lesson and have now become nomadic as opposed to cave people.
Eb, I think that is her name, which I think sounds too much like Eve. She starts of rebellious and shaky relationship with her father, which translates to today's society very well. Her desire for something more leads them to Guy, who she ends up falling for and as a averagely constructed romance, that is endearing and comedic, but not one of the better elements. By the end both Eb and Grug overcome their problems and Grug fixes it with a Hug his new invention. Which is very endearing, probably the best part of the film.
All the other family members have there good comedic moments, serve as comic relief.
This movie is funny. The story is ok, it did not hit me very hard, so the movie would land for me close for Ok than Good. The story is weak in the sense that it is very vague where they are going and in the end it still seems very vague. What is tomorrow obviously it means the next day, but I feel like they try to make it out to be something more as a vague place that is were they are going which is nowhere. We learn late in the movie that Guy's family died in tar which is tragic and funny at the same time. We learn his motivation is just to keep on going, but there is no clear end goal.
There is a sequel that is coming out this year that could make a clear objective of where they are going, but you can never expect too much from a sequel.
Overall this movie is funny has the threads of good story, but when watching it did not hit as hard as it might have. The movie is ok a strong 6/10, I don't plan on watching it anytime soon and probably will not stick in my memory.