THE PLOT THUS FAR
After their cave is destroyed, a caveman family must trek through an unfamiliar fantastical world with the help of an inventive boy.
WHAT WE THOUGHT
“The Croods” offers a set of ridiculous sequences to easily get to know about these characters. When it finally proceeds to the actual plot, it tells something sophisticated. It’s an opposition between safety and getting away from your comfort zone. It ends up being obvious when it is suppose to be complex. But that is what the film wants, be simple and delightful all the way. The film doesn’t necessarily need to be deep or emotional, but there is something clever to its concept that could have been
What makes “The Croods” work so well are the characters, which were likable and interesting: Instead of being just bland archetypes, each one of them had their own virtues and flaws: That makes their interaction in the story to be funny and slightly more complex than in other Dreamworks movies, which rely too much in scatological humor and tired cultural references. Fortunately, “The Croods” avoids those kind of content, including instead of that some little black comedy elements which adults viewers would appreciate.
The Blu-Ray comes with a DVD and Digital HD Copy. You get featurette, cut scenes, a coloring app and a ton of related stuff. The A/V Quality is pretty sharp with a keen 1080p transfer. Plus, the DTS-HD 7.1 master audio track really pops across the field. The fourth quarter of 2013 is really killing it in terms of audio quality. In the end, I’d recommend a purchase.
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