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The Croods
The prehistoric Croods family live in a particularly dangerous moment in time. Patriarch Grug, his mate Ugga, teenage daughter Eep, son Thunk, and feisty Gran gather food by day and huddle together in a cave at night. When a more evolved caveman named Guy arrives on the scene, Grug is distrustful, but it soon becomes apparent that Guy is correct about the impending destruction of their world.
2013 · Directed by Chris Sanders · 99 min · Animation · Adventure · Family · Comedy · Screenplay in the scene database · 16 frames
Tagline
The journey begins.
Plot
The Croods, a cave family, have survived various natural disasters, due to the overprotective father Grug refusing to let anyone leave the cave except for short periods to gather food. Eep, his teenage daughter, loves her family but frequently rebels against Grug's strictures. One night, Eep sneaks out after seeing a light, and encounters a modern human boy named Guy and his pet sloth Belt, who have made a torch. He warns her of an impending apocalypse and offers to help her escape, but Eep elects to stay with the family. Guy leaves her a shell horn to blow if she needs help, but when Eep returns to her family, Grug and the others destroy the horn out of fear of the "New".
An earthquake destroys the cave and surrounding lands, and the Croods flee into a jungle they discover below their home mountains. Encountering a "Macawnivore" (portmanteau of "macaw" and "carnivore"), a Saber-toothed Cat whom Eep's grandmother dubs "Chunky", the family flees him, until he is scared off by "piranhakeets" (portmanteau of "piranha" and "parakeet") that devour a ground whale. Eep makes another horn and calls to Guy, who rescues them with his fire. After some confusion regarding the Croods' first contact with fire, Grug imprisons Guy in a log so he can guide them somewhere safe. To appease Grug, Guy suggests the Croods go to a mountain where there are caves, though in reality he and the other Croods doubt the wisdom of this.
During the journey, Guy is eventually trusted enough to be allowed out of the log. Grug attempts to steal a bird's egg for dinner, but catches a scorpion instead, and Guy teaches Eep how to lay a trap for the bird itself. Guy endears himself to most of the Croods by inventing rudimentary shoes, and other "ideas" which help them along the way. He also talks about "Tomorrow", a land of light where curiosity is not to be feared. Grug becomes jealous of Guy, especially after noticing he and Eep are falling in love. His disastrous attempts to fight against change, and to come up with inventions and ideas of his own, distance him from his family and cause his wife Ugga to argue with him.
Plot summary from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
Crew
- Screenplay: Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco
- Cinematography: Yong Duk Jhun
- Edited by: Darren T. Holmes
- Music: Alan Silvestri
- Production design: Christophe Lautrette
- Produced by: Kristine Belson, Jane Hartwell
Cast
- Nicolas Cage as Grug (voice)
- Emma Stone as Eep (voice)
- Ryan Reynolds as Guy (voice)
- Catherine Keener as Ugga (voice)
- Cloris Leachman as Gran (voice)
- Clark Duke as Thunk (voice)
- Chris Sanders as Belt (voice)
- Randy Thom as Sandy (voice)
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: DreamWorks Animation
- Budget: $135,000,000
- Box office: $587,204,668
- Themes: daughter, parent child relationship, stone age, father, prehistory, ancient world, family, cavemen, aftercreditsstinger, duringcreditsstinger
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