Not very ambitious from a storytelling viewpoint, but it was gorgeously animated and consistently entertaining. It didn't deliver the cheap, juvenile laughs I was expecting and it had quite a bit of heart. The film's message was contrived and it was a little too long, but I had a lot of fun with The Croods.

The biggest surprise of 2013 for me thus far. While "The Croods" lacks a strong and fluid narrative, it's kids animation at it's utter best. And, although I'm 18 years old (legally an adult) I'm still a kid, so I fucking loved it. It's an incredibly entertaining and sweet film, which throws laughter and joy at you in abundance. Nicholas Cage needs to stick to voice acting, because when he hasn't got that face-you-wanna-slap on screen, you can actually enjoy his presence. His character "Grug" is wildly amusing and will have you quoting him for ages. I'm not DreamWorks' biggest fan, I'm Pixar through and through, but "The Croods" is a lot of fun and I can't fault it for that. If you don't like this you lack a heart and a soul!

The Croods is an incredible experience, w/ it's beautiful, colorful and fantastic animation. It's also very latching and very entertaining. I was honestly always entertained. It's very relatable and funny characters were what basically made this movie. It also has a very creative and new story line, that I found totally interesting. It's direction is solid, take away the last 5 minutes of the film I thought the director did very well. It succeeds w/ it's witty kind of feel and very likable characters. Also Guy's swath/belt & the little elephants (Near the beginning) were hysterical.

"Dad, I don't have a brain"

To MrDummy566: Thanks! I am very suprised too!
To Connor Carrey: Thanks! and definitely!

Takes a while to find its rhythm, but it wins you over. Nic Cage rules even as a voice actor.

An overly aggressive "family" movie, with visuals that can't decide if they want to be "real" or over-exaggerated. Strange film and a strangely unsatisfying experience.

Chris Sanders artwork was what pulled me in on this. And a love of cavemen on film. This is the first animated movie that Roger Deakins has consulted on (well, maybe Rango, too) where I can say I actually see what he did. There are some incredible wide compositions, particularly early on in the film. The sense of fun and creative anarchy when it comes to creating animals (flying turtles and land whales anyone?) wins out over some heavy-handed, theme-spelling as the film reaches its conclusion.

i loved

This is a shame. There was definitely a really good film lurking in The Croods somewhere, but this isn't it.

Whilst beautifully animated, it's never funny enough and spends most of its running time meandering around without much really happening. Most of the voice cast, with the exception of Emma Stone, are merely going through the motions and never imbue their roles with any real character.

Only the breath-taking scale of the final act makes The Croods worth watching because, not only is it beautiful, but out of nowhere, it manages to find a heart.

Good light hearted fun, with some nice frenetic action sequences containing some very inventive 'camerawork'. Lovely animation with a Sweet story about family and the relationship between father & daughter.

Saw with the kids last night. It thought pretty well executed. Reminded me a little of Ice Age.

Nick Cage's best performance.

A great animated family adventure-drama that is funny and touching and lovely. The animation is spectacular and unexpected. The story is fresh.