Family trips haven't changed ever since the dawn of time.

Rating: 8/10 (11 March 2014)

At first, you would think that this would be a story about our past. You know; cavemen, dinosaurs, animals that were back during the time that cavemen would actually exist. Strangely, that is not the case. There are some animals that look like they could be similar to animals that really did leave back in the stone age but then we get flying turtles, whales that live on land, and a whole manner of creative animals that seem to help keep the feeling of adventure. I was actually surprised with each new animal that came out giving the sense of wonder that the family was experiencing. It brought me into the video without having to change too much. We still had a normal family that felt as though it could have been my own with the same interactions that I would have between my mother and father but then there was always a feeling of just how new the world around them was.
There are so many things about the family that we followed that made me have a feeling of familiarity. We have a girl who thinks outside the 'cave' just as myself but she is held back by an over protective father and a family who will follow the father just because he had kept them alive the whole time. I can understand the rest of the family's ideas but yet it just feels that Eep is just singled out because she has a more adventurous personality. The father even uses a character in his stories that is based on her to keep the family scared and warn them not to be curious. Then there is the fighting between the father and the rather interesting mother-in-law. Anyone who has a family who the mother-in-law as a live in family member, the stereotype is that the father and her would not get along in a almost funny way.
The ending was actually not what I would of thought would happen so it caught me off guard. I would not have thought it would pan out exactly how it did but that's why it was actually a lot of fun to watch. Let's just say the comedy aspect to the show really mixed it up nicely.
The CG is actually really nice with a lot of bright colors contrasted to the sort of dry area the family lived in before. Although the colors and textures are a bit unrealistic, they add to the wonder of the movie. The designs of the characters are easy to pick out what character is what and even change every once in a while, especially the mother who surprisingly seems to becomes bit more 'beautiful' and 'free spirited.' It was like she was able to get the life back into her when she was able to relax and have some adventure.
The voices were awesome! I couldn't pick one out that did not fit the voice that did not fit the characters. There were so many large named voice actors and even some that didn't normally just do voice acting like Nicolas Cage and Emma Stone. All the voice actors worked so well together that they felt like a family even better then I would of thought. You know there are times when the actors or the voices were more like they were trying to force a family relationship; well here it wasn't like that. The characters had great chemistry as though they were family themselves.
I think this is a great movie for the family that would make anyone laugh. I felt as though this was my own family every once in a while just because of the way the family interacted.