Product Description Take your favorite prehistoric pal with you wherever you go when you buy Belt's Buddy Pack — includes The Croods on Blu-ray plus an exclusive Belt toy Limited time only, while supplies last. .com Grug: The hardest working father in history. For Grug, there are no weekends, holidays or sick days. Like most dads, Grug is fiercely protective of his family, and his hyper-vigilance is defined by his “fear is good; change is bad” philosophy. But in order to keep his family truly safe, Grug must learn the difference between surviving and living.Ugga: Grug’s mate. She’s every bit as solid and sure as Grug, but over their many years of raising their children together, Ugga has always deferred to her husband’s authority. When she suddenly finds herself in the position of being a cave-wife with no cave, Ugga is forced to make the right decision for her family -- even if it means changing the way they live.Eep: Grug’s rebellious teenage daughter is trying to drag her family kicking and screaming into the future. Her nagging feeling that there might be more to life outside the family cave is confirmed when the Croods embark on a journey of a lifetime.Thunk: Grug’s son is 6-feet, 3-inches tall, 280 pounds, and 9 years old. Thunk wants to be a great hunter like his dad, but Thunk can’t hit the broad side of a mammoth.Gran: Grug’s feisty mother-in-law is truly ancient, at age 45. Her twilight years haven’t diminished her irascibility, or her instincts for survival.Sandy: The youngest of the Croods, four-year-old Sandy is as feral and vicious as a baby wildcat. In a dangerous world full of creatures trying to take a bite out of her, Sandy is not afraid to bite back.Guy: A charming teenage boy who makes dazzling discoveries (like fire and shoes), Guy is a catalyst for change. His inventive ideas ultimately expose the Croods to new possibilities... and a new world.Belt: This sloth is the world’s first pet, and Guy’s best friend. Belt can't talk, but his signature sing-song expression of doom – “Da da daaaaaaaa!” -- speaks volumes.Macawnivore: With the body of a small tiger, an over-sized head and the colorization of a Macaw Parrot, the Macawnivore is an imposing creature who towers over the Croods.Crocopup: An unexpected blend of canine and crocodile, his menacing looks and razor sharp teeth mask a friendly demeanor. Thunk makes him his pet, and names him Douglas.Punch Monkey: Fun and charming, until they feel threatened, the Punch Monkeys aren’t easily intimidated and, as their name suggests, pack quite a wallop.Even breakfast is an adventure when you're the last surviving prehistoric family, and the conviction that fear keeps you alive and curiosity will get you killed definitely drives the Crood clan. But Eep (Emma Stone), who's in many ways a typical teenager intent on testing her boundaries and the resolve of her parents (Nicolas Cage and Catherine Keener), yearns for more than hiding out in a dark cave all day. Eep sneaks out of the cave one night and almost gets the whole family killed, but her path crosses with a boy named Guy (Ryan Reynolds), who it seems is destined to change everything for the Crood family. Forced to flee their cave home after it's destroyed, the Croods reluctantly follow Guy on a perilous journey that leads them to discover a whole new world full of breathtaking views, fascinating creatures, and blood-stirring adventure. The animation is lush and gorgeous and the abundance of physical and slapstick humor, especially from Nicolas Cage as Grug and Cloris Leachman as Gran, keeps the plot moving and viewers chuckling throughout the film. What the Crood family's journey eventually reveals is twofold: that focusing on living life and following the light is a viable alternative to hiding in the darkness and that anyone can change. (Ages 8 and older) --Tami Horiuchi P.when('A').execute(function(A) { A.on('a:expander:toggle_description:toggle:collapse', function(data) { window.scroll(0, data.expander.$expander[0].offsetTop-100); }); }); Review Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 “One Of The Best Animated Movies We’ve Ever Seen.” - NEWSDAY /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} See more
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A Sweet Little Caveman Tale- That's Pretty Funny Too!
I'm 22 and I love cartoons. My boyfriend on the other hand, is not-so-fond of Disney, Pixar, Nickelodeon, and all of the other magnificent artsy movie creators out there. Needless to say I begged and begged to watch "The Croods" because my foster kiddos had seen it with their birth mom and quoted it CONSTANTLY. I wanted to know what all of the hype was about! And on our weekly movie-night date-night, I finally persuaded him to sit down and watch this movie.By the end, he was swallowing his own words, and definitely agreed that The Croods was one of the more hysterical movies we'd watched in quite some time. This fantastic animated movie is about a caveman family- essentially the last of their kind. The father is stuck in his 'old ways' and refuses to move on and evolve. His eldest daughter, on the other hand, strives to learn knew things. In walks a stranger boy, who not-purposely introduces the eldest daughter to "fire" and after that, everything changes. The family ends up going on a magnificent journey where they discover evolution, and even more than that- discover themselves!This movie is sweet, quirky, funny, and strewn with humor that anyone could appreciate. It has both adult and child comedy that people of all ages will enjoy. Everyone from toddlers to teens to parents will find themselves laughing out loud at some point during this fun film. All of the humor is clean, in fact the entire movie is so darn family friendly! I was so happy to find a film that just had a genuinely upbeat message to it, that wasn't too dramatic, too over-done, or too adult-oriented. The Croods was a child-appropriate film that spans it's targeted audience to fit into the hearts of people of all ages- and genders too!This movie had me smiling the entire way through, and occasionally laughing out loud. The message is a cute one, of a family learning how much they mean to each other, and how not all changes are bad changes. It's a very beautiful film that will capture the imaginations of children and the hearts of adults. I LOVE children's movies- especially ones that are sweet and innocent. This is definitely one of those movies, and I would highly recommend it to everyone- families, children, and adults alike!
P**R
Funny movie!
Great movie and came in Great condition.
T**A
Good movie
Love this movie, rented for classroom and students enjoyed as well.
C**N
Great family movie
One of my grandson's favorite movie. We watch it over and over again.
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Great family movie
My grandson is only 2 and LOVES this movie! I actually think it is pretty good also! The Croods, about a cavemen family who rarely venture out of their dark cave for fear of dying horrible, prehistoric deaths, has a tight script, inspired voice performances and some unexpectedly tender moments.Eep, the teenage daughter of Grug, her paternal warden who lives his life in constant fear of the unknown and has taught the rest of his family to live a routine, reclusive life that only involves emerging from the darkness every few days to hunt down a giant egg to eat. The rebellious daughter who longs for freedom.The story picks up once the family meets Guy, a slender young man with a more advanced brain capable of coming up with solutions for common everyday caveman problems (shoes, umbrellas, stilts, fire, etc) and he warns them that, yes, their entire valley is about to get swallowed up by earthquakes and lava. From there, poor Guy is basically, for lack of a better term, thumped on the head and forced to lead them to a higher plateau. The fun here though is Grug's hatred of Guy's intellect and Eep's methods of courting a boy - which mostly involve accidentally pummeling him. Also, through the lens of Guy, we're able to see just how hilariously inept The Croods are at just about everything.There is a lot of physical humor in The Croods, but - shockingly - none of it involves bodily functions! There's slapstick galore, and a ton of hyperkinetic action-y chase sequences, but they all come together nicely. In fact, one of the most entertaining sequences in the movie happens within the first five minutes when the Croods head out and try to track down breakfast. You'll still find a lot of animated movie staples in this one; the idiot, the sassy granny, the cute animal sidekick.
W**C
CROOOOOOOD
The Croods is a good, very good, not great movie. It has wonderful acting (voice) and the CGI/animation is well done (not the style I adore, but the quality of the work is very apparent). I saw this movie in 3D when it first came out with my son (6 at the time) and it was the first time he sat through a whole movie. Plot is clever and the animals are cute. The "chemistry" of the cast is really good. The HD version on Amazon streamed perfectly and the controls were fine, just not intuitive. Once I knew where and what the control did it was good. I personally watch movies with closed caption turned on, Not hard of hearing but like to keep up with clever scripts.
