Genre:
Animation/Adventure/Comedy/Family
Directed by:
Chris Sanders, Kirk De Micco
Starring:
Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds, Catherine Keener, Emma Stone
Release date:
Fri 22, Mar 2013
The Croods is 2013
American 3D computer-animated adventure comedy film produced by DreamWorks
Animation and distributed by 20th Century Fox. It will star Nicolas Cage, Ryan
Reynolds, Catherine Keener, Emma Stone, Clark Duke, and Cloris Leachman. The
film is set in the prehistoric era, when a man's position as a "Leader of
the Hunt" is threatened by the arrival of a prehistoric genius who comes
up with revolutionary new inventions like fire.
The Croods is being written and
directed by Kirk DeMicco and Chris Sanders, and produced by Kristine Belson and
Jane Hartwell. It is set to be released in theaters on March 22, 2013. As
part of the distribution deal, this will be the first film from DreamWorks
Animation to be distributed by 20th Century Fox, since the departure of
Paramount Pictures in 2012.
Plot
Eep is a girl in a family of
Neanderthal Cavemen (Homo sapiens neanderthalensis) living in pre-historic
times, talking about how her family is one of the few to survive nearby, mainly
due to the strict rules of her overprotective father, Grug. When in their cave
home, Grug tells a story to the rest of the family which includes his wife
Ugga, his daughter Sandy, his son Thunk, and his mother-in-law with a character
that mirrors Eep's curious nature. He uses this story to warn the family that
exploration and 'new things' pose a threat to their survival, and says to never
not be afraid. This irritates the bored and adventurous Eep, and when the
family falls asleep after dark, she ignores her father's advice and leaves the
cave when she sees a light moving outside the cave.
Seeking the light's source, she
meets Guy, an intelligent caveboy (Homo sapiens sapiens). She becomes
fascinated with the fire he manages to create and is eager to learn more. He
tells her about his theory that the world is reaching its 'end' and asks her to
join him. She refuses and Guy leaves, but not before giving her a noise-making
shell to call him if she feels the need for help. Shortly afterwards, Eep is
then caught by Grug (who had been frantically searching for her). Much later,
he brings her back home, planning to keep her in the cave for the rest of her
life. He is later joined by the rest of the family, who Eep then tells them
about Guy and shows them the shell given to her, only for them to destroy it in
fear of 'new things'. An earthquake then occurs, sending everyone running for
the cave, only to be stopped by Grug moments before the cave is destroyed by
falling rocks. All the family then climb over the wreckage to discover an
other-worldly land, much different from their usual surroundings of rocky
terrain. Grug takes his family into the deep forest to find a new cave.
While becoming aware of their new
surroundings, the family are chased by a "Macawnivore" (a large,
macaw colored machairodont later called 'Chunky') and attacked by a swarm of
"Piranhakeets" (deadly red-furred, piranha-like birds). In an act of
panic, Eep sounds a horn similar to that which Guy gave her. Guy hears this and
rushes to her. Thinking quickly, he creates a torch of fire, which scares the
birds away. The rest of the family are then captivated by the fire, having
never seen it before. They steal Guy's torch and accidentally set the land
around them up in flames. Eventually, some giant corn is lit, which all rockets
up to the sky, prompting a display of fireworks until landing on them as
popcorn. After feeling impressed with Guy's intelligence and mind of 'ideas,'
Grug bottles him in a hollow log to carry him in, then suggests that they take
solitude in the cave of a nearby mountain mentioned by Guy. Guy is forcibly
persuaded to lead the way, and soon begins to learn of the Croods' way of
living, which he thinks of as unusual.
After an unsuccessful hunting
attempt, Guy along with his 'pet' sloth, Belt (Chris Sanders), as well as Eep,
build a puppet to fool and lure nearby animals. Having captured something
afterwards, the family greedily devour everything they caught. Guy and Eep are
more sparing. The others realize their greediness and stop eating. Grug then
tells another of his morale-lowering tales, this time mirroring the events of
their day, mentioning a girl Grug and Ugga had before Eep was born who did
venture away from her cave and died. Guy then tells a story of his own, about a
paradise he nicknames "Tomorrow".
In the morning, the family reaches
a path coated in spiked rocks. A freed Guy then presents one of his various
inventions called shoes. He makes some out of all the resources he can find,
for each family member. This gains him some respect from the others, except for
Grug, who starts to feel jealous of Guy's cleverness. After a slew of Guy's
ideas help the Croods on their continuing journey, all the family members gain
something. Ugga, her mother and Sandy have their first idea to get past
carnivorous plants (which showed what Ugga looked like without her hairband),
Thunk encounters a crocodile-like dog who he calls Douglas (and later teaches
him to roll off a tree), Eep and Guy grow closer together, while Grug is
stranded in a ravine, forcing Ugga to go back for him. They all reach a tree to
stop for another night–except for Grug, who feels distraught by his family
abandoning his traditions of 'Yesterday' for Guy's traditions of 'Tomorrow.'
The next day, a 'desperate' and left-out Grug shows the others some of his
ideas, which all end up failing and humiliating himself. They soon reach the
mountain, where Grug is unable to convince the family that settling in nearby
cave is a better option, reaches to full anger, and proceeds to attack Guy. The
two become stuck in tar and Guy reveals his family died drowning in it, and
their last words inspired his traditions of "Tomorrow." Grug has a
change of heart towards Guy, before he and Guy use a trap to use Chunky to free
themselves.
As they are about to reach the land
of "Tomorrow," an earthquake opens a deep ravine in their path. Grug
throws each of them across the gap and reconciles with Eep, but is left behind.
He takes shelter in a cave and makes a torch. After seeing a large blank rock
face, he paints a large cave-drawing of the Croods and Guy together. He then
encounters Chunky, who proceeds to attack him until the torch is accidentally
blown out, panicking them both. The newly reformed Chunky lies near Grug where
he has an idea. He then uses a skeleton carried by the piranhakeets to
transport himself, Chunky, Douglas and several other animals toward
"Tomorrow," barely escaping the oncoming "end" destruction.
He and the whole Crood family settle down in a paradise-like environment, and
Grug invents the first hug with Eep. Grug becomes less protective, letting the
family be more adventurous and risk-taking, and gaining some pets, thus
bringing happiness to them all and head out towards the sun for
"Tomorrow."
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References.
External links:
"Main Page." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 06 April. 2013. Web. 06 April. 2013. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page>.
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