Meet the ’first modern family’

MANILA, Philippines - Get ready for a million adventures when The Croods opens March 22 in 3D in cinemas nationwide.

The Croods is a 3D comedy-adventure that follows the world’s first modern family through the journey of a lifetime. When the cave that has always been their home is destroyed — with the rest of their world not far behind it  — The Croods are forced to set off on the first family road (or path) trip. Rocked by generational clashes and seismic shifts, The Croods discover an incredible new world filled with fantastic creatures, and a future beyond any they imagined.

The Crood family dynamics, though unfolding a few million years ago, feel like they could come from your own household.  Like most fathers, family patriarch Grug (Nicolas Cage) is fiercely protective of his wife and three kids. His hyper-vigilance has kept his cave-bound family safe, secure and....super- bored.  Grug’s strong and dutiful better half, Ugga (Catherine Keener), accepts her husband’s “fear is good; change is bad” mentality, as does their son Thunk (Clark Duke), who’s content with the static status quo.  Feisty mother-in-law Gran (Cloris Leachman) never tires of needling (or sometimes assaulting) Grug; and stone-tough toddler Sandy might be the fiercest Crood yet. 

But leave it to a rebellious teenager (is there any other kind?) to stand up to parental authority. Grug’s sole focus is survival, but Eep (Emma Stone) wants to actually live, and her curiosity about the world outside their cave collides with her dad’s primitive rules. (Ever the defiant outsider, Eep gets her own ledge to sleep on while the rest of the Croods pile on top of one another for some family shut-eye.)

A cataclysmic event forces the Croods to venture into parts unknown and rethink their way of living.  En route, they encounter Guy (Ryan Reynolds), whose dazzling new discoveries — like fire…and shoes — shake up the Croods in unexpected ways.

From DreamWorks Animation SKG, The Croods is directed by Chris Sanders and Kirk DeMicco, and produced by Kristine Belson and Jane Hartwell.  The screenplay is by DeMicco and Sanders, with a story by John Cleese, DeMicco and Sanders. The music is by Alan Silvestri.