Review | The Croods: A New Age movie review – animated sequel a surprisingly fun-filled family film
- Grug Crood and the rest of the clan are back for more wild goings on, which begin when they find a promised land with plentiful food and tree houses
- Leading the voice cast, Nicolas Cage is on form with his wildly cartoonish delivery; Ryan Reynolds and Emma Stone return and Peter Dinklage is a smug addition
4/5 stars
Here’s a good example of a sequel you probably didn’t know you wanted, but now it’s here you’ll be rather pleased that it is.
The Croods: A New Age is the follow-up to 2013’s The Croods, the animated adventure about a prehistoric family living in the wilds. Once again, we have the overprotective father Grug (voiced by Nicolas Cage), mother Ugga (Catherine Keener), son Thunk (Clark Duke), daughter Eep (Emma Stone) and her boyfriend Guy (Ryan Reynolds). Also along for the ride are grandma (Cloris Leachman) and assorted stone-age pets.
The story kicks off when Grug discovers a gateway to a multicoloured promised land, where food is plentiful. There, they meet Phil (Peter Dinklage) and Hope Betterman (Leslie Mann), a more evolved couple who live the good life with their daughter Dawn (Kelly Marie Tran) in a fabulous tree house.
The family sleep in separate rooms, rather than all piled on top of each other like the Croods. It also comes with all mod cons – including a window, which mesmerises Thunk as if it’s a TV set.