Metacritic Movie Ratings
The Croods Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 75

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-Times

  Familiar family dynamics are amusingly exaggerated in the Paleolithic setting, where the most basic necessities require everyone's full-time attention.

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• 63

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  More than anything, the striking spectacle of primordial flora and one-of-a-kind fauna makes it easy for audiences to get pleasantly lost in the adventure.

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• 63

  out of 100

  Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips

  At least there's Cage, who has become an astute voice actor, finding some odd, clever, energetic line readings consistently fresher than The Croods itself.

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• 58

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyKeith Staskiewicz

  A handful of adrenalizing sequences of animated anarchy can't save this story from feeling overly primitive.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Variety

  Although state-of-the-art in its rendering of textures, movement and stereography, The Croods, adopts a relatively primitive approach to storytelling with its Flintstonian construction of stock, ill-fitting narrative elements.

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• 50

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterDavid Rooney

  Sanders and DeMicco’s script doesn’t have the robust plotting, consistent wit or flavorful character development of the best family animation. And some of the voice actors have too little to work with.

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