The Croods: A New Age (2020)
Directed by Joel Crawford
Searching for a safer habitat, the prehistoric Crood family discovers an idyllic, walled-in paradise that meets all of its needs. Unfortunately, they must also learn to live with the Bettermans -- a family that's a couple of steps above the Croods on the evolutionary ladder. As tensions between the new neighbors start to rise, a new threat soon propels both clans on an epic adventure that forces them to embrace their differences, draw strength from one another, and survive together.
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“The Croods: A New Age” director Crawford makes his feature-film directorial debut with this movie, after years of working as a story artist for several animated films, including the first three “Kung Fu Panda” movies, “Trolls” and “The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part.”
And 10 characters is more than this much-handled script (with four credited writers, plus franchise creators Kirk DeMicco and Chris Sanders getting story credit) and director Joel Crawford, a story artist on the “Kung Fu Panda” films and making his directing debut here, can comfortably carry.
Once again helmed by Joel Crawford (“Kung Fu Panda”), “A New Age” flickers in and out of our conscious, a diverting way to spend a couple of hours with the kids this holiday season.
First-time feature director Joel Crawford (who worked in the animation departments on such films as Bee Movie, all three Kung Fu Panda movies, Trolls and the second LEGO Movie) has a real gift for keeping things colorful, kinetic, emotionally honest, and damn funny, in varying doses.
Dreamworks seemed poise to build on the success of Shrek , How to Train Your Dragon, and Kung Fu Panda across multiple mediums.
First-time feature director Joel Crawford (who worked in the animation departments on such films as Bee Movie, all three Kung Fu Panda movies, Trolls and the second LEGO Movie) has a real gift for keeping things colorful, kinetic, emotionally honest, and damn funny, in varying doses.
Fortunately salvation is just around the bend in an enclosed (read: gated) community inhabited by The Bettermans, who have actual names like Phil (Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones ) and Hope (Leslie Mann, Iron Man 2 ) instead of sound effects.