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The Croods 2: A new age
2021
PG
Director: Joel Crawford
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Catherine Keener, Cloris Leachman, Clark Duke, Leslie Mann, Peter Dinklage, Kelly Marie Tran etc
The Croods 2 a new age follows the prehistoric family the croods, who are challenged by a rival family the Batterman’s, who claim to be better and more evolved. Wow what a fantastic film and for me, one of the strongest animations I have seen in a long time.
My first few positives would be the fantastic animation. Great character background and charm. As well as the chemistry between the characters and the development between the family. Whilst also executing excellent humour. This films animation was absolutely stunning. It has improved considerable since the first film. It was visually bold, creative, and striking and truly beautiful to see. I often was in awe at the beauty of some of the shots and the richness of the world they created. I also really liked the background they gave to Guy, I think the film added some interesting background and depth to Guy that was missing from the first film. Having his parents die and him searching for his new tomorrow made you connect with his character a lot more and set up the main plot point and developed the story well. The film also had such a loveable charm to it. All the characters just work so well and are fun to watch, and how the plot was structured with the creative visuals catching you up with the family it was just very charming, and this stayed consistent throughout. What helped is that the family have fantastic chemistry as well as all of the voice actors, the characters just bounce off each other so well. The line delivery was fast paced, and all of the voice actors went all in and you could really tell as the characters had a natural and fun connection with each other. I also really liked the development to the family, each character had grown since the first film, in terms of there relationship or what they wanted to do with there life, and it was really interesting to see the conflict and themes that came from this. Finally, the humour was fantastic. I haven’t laughed or had such a good time with a film in so long. Pretty much all of the jokes landed, they were quick paced. Well delivered and cleverly done. The characters had there own distinct personality and were all funny in their own way. A lot of the humour was stupid and silly but there is nothing wrong with embracing that side to you every once in a while.
I only had a few slight issues with the film. There were some conflicting plot points, the conflict was resolved too easily. And the pacing was slightly too chaotic in places. I did feel like there was certain plot points that conflicted too much. They tried to break Eep and Guy up with the Betterman’s daughter but also set up a friendship with Eep and their daughter, and there were just a few instances where there was two conflicting plot points and I preferred one over the other, so I thought the film tried to add slightly too much in places. I also thought conflict was resolved too easily. There were moments where the film was building some good conflict between two characters. But then they resolved it and the film just moved on with the characters very quickly, it needed to have slightly more focus in parts. Finally, I also thought the pacing was slightly too chaotic in places. It mostly wasn’t an issue, but there were certain scenes that did need time to breath. Instead, there was a lot of chaotic character moments that got a little too much too process in parts especially when first being introduced to the Betterman’s.
My final few positives would be the development to the plot, the great villains. The great character development, fun final act and satisfying ending. I really loved the development to the plot; I think it had fun twists and the movie went in a fun new direction that wasn’t limited to just one setting and therefore expanding the scope and appeal of the film. I also thought the character development was excellent. Every single one of the characters grew in the film and changed for the better. The Betterman’s realised there faults and fought to improve themselves. Grug really grew as a father. And Eep really grew as a person and learned to accept herself. The villains were a lot of fun as well. The monkeys were a really fun element to the film, with funny and creative different versions of them, and fun little details like how they communicate was great. The final act was so much fun. I loved the separate storylines and when they blended together it was excellent. It was entertaining, hilarious and really fun, with the thunder sisters definitely being one of my highlights. The film ended in a really satisfying way, the arcs for the characters were excellent and the characters were just in a really good place, it ended on a high note and I hope there is more to come.
Overall, the croods 2 is a visually stunning, hilarious and creative sequel. That completely exceeded my expectations. With an extremely rare improvement over the first film.
Overall score 91/100
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