{"id":25231,"date":"2013-03-21T01:06:10","date_gmt":"2013-03-21T08:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=25231"},"modified":"2013-03-21T08:56:18","modified_gmt":"2013-03-21T15:56:18","slug":"the-croods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=25231","title":{"rendered":"The Croods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/The-Croods-small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25233\" alt=\"The Croods small\" src=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/The-Croods-small.jpg\" width=\"587\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/The-Croods-small.jpg 587w, https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/The-Croods-small-300x127.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 587px) 100vw, 587px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Grug Crood&#8217;s credo &#8211; &#8220;Never not be afraid&#8221; is sorely challenged by EEp, his tough teen daughter in <em>The Croods<\/em>, a wonderfully crazy walk on the wild side of prehistory. The a 3D animated comedy adventure takes a look at the lighter, brighter side of risk and change, in a prehistoric time of the imagination, when getting eggs for breakfast might just be a life-threatening situation.\u00a0 Over-protective Dad Grug Crood (Nicolas Cage), mild-mannered Mom Ugga Crood (Catherine Keneer), and the Crood brood Eep (Emma Stone), kid brother Thunk &#8211; yes, the name really says it all (Clark Duke), ferocious baby Sandy (Randy Thom) and outrageous Gran (Cloris Leachman) all live\u00a0 in a cave. Grug always wants the family to stay inside, where it&#8217;s safe; Eep wants to explore. What would Plato do?<\/p>\n<p>Well, as it turns out, the times they are a changin&#8217; big time: Eep meets a guy named Guy (Ryan Reynolds) who&#8217;s got fire, and the earth moves. Literally. Earthquakes and volcanoes destroy the world as they know it, the cave is no more and the family sets out on a great adventure, searching for that better place, tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/eep-guy-small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25234\" alt=\"eep guy small\" src=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/eep-guy-small.jpg\" width=\"590\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/eep-guy-small.jpg 590w, https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/eep-guy-small-300x124.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The juxtaposition of contemporary sensibility and prehistoric setting ensures a steady supply of laughter, the cast is phenomenal (you really can&#8217;t go wrong pitting Emma Stone against Nicolas Cage) and the art in this film is a lot of fun! A lovely 2D intro shifts into 3D when the action begins, making a nice visual parallel to the storyline. The makers of this film chose very wisely in abstaining from any attempt at accuracy and firmly setting <em>The Croods<\/em> in the realm of imagination. It&#8217;s a glorious celebration of the imagination and invention, with strange colorful creatures and anachronistic ingenuity. <em>The Croods<\/em> is fun, fun, fun.<\/p>\n<p>In Israel, the film will be screened in English and Hebrew-dubbed versions, in 3D, 2D and DX4. Hebrew dubbing: Grug &#8211; Yoav Bar Lev, Guy &#8211; Liron Lev, Eep &#8211; Dikla Hadar, Thunk &#8211; Itai Gerofi.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Croods<\/em> (2013, USA, 98 min, English)<br \/>\nWritten and directed by Kirk DeMicco and Chris Sanders<br \/>\nOriginal music by Alan Silvestri<br \/>\nCinematography by Yong Duk Jhun<br \/>\nEditing by Eric Dapkewicz and Darren T. 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