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30 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 78Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesAustin ChronicleKimberley JonesA spirited and eye-popping stealth charmer.
- 75McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreMcClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreThe first pleasant surprise of spring, a gorgeous kids’ cartoon with heart and wit, if not exactly a firm grasp of paleontology.
- 67The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe film itself doesn’t practice what it preaches: From the typically blocky DreamWorks CGI to the emphasis on bruising slapstick over verbal wit, The Croods takes the low road at every opportunity, giving lip service to enlightenment while following a Flintstonian instinct to keep punching the clock at the quarry.
- 60Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzArizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzThe jokes only make up for the pedestrian plot for so long. There was a time when animated fare with generic stories sufficed. But now we expect more from them, because they have, pardon the pun, evolved. The Croods, like its title family, hasn’t.
- 58The PlaylistJessica KiangThe PlaylistJessica KiangThough it's impressive in many technical and surface ways, The Croods lets us down on the essentials of character and story, and no amount of late-stage father/daughter bonding or vertiginous 3D cliffside tumbling can make up for that.
- 58Entertainment WeeklyKeith StaskiewiczEntertainment WeeklyKeith StaskiewiczA handful of adrenalizing sequences of animated anarchy can't save this story from feeling overly primitive.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneySanders 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.
- 40Total FilmJames MottramTotal FilmJames MottramBut for the most part it’s Neanderthal compared to the Pixar stable.
- 38Slant MagazineSlant MagazineThe film takes more than a few pages from the James Cameron playbook.