A Short Cut Movie Review is normally less than 400 words, but in some cases may go slightly over. This is my attempt to keep writing about as many films as I see without getting bogged down with trying to find more to say. They are meant to be brief snapshots of my reaction to a movie without too much depth.
I can’t figure out how The Croods, an animated film from Dreamworks, was nominated for the
Oscar for Animated Feature over a couple of other options that were
demonstrably better movies.
Emma Stone voices Eep, a typical American teenager in
most respects excepting the fact that she lives in prehistoric caveman days.
She whines and complains about not being able to leave the cave at night, her
family is a real drag, and she goes bonkers over some new shoes. Her dad, Grug
(Nicolas Cage) is an excessive worrier. Ugga (Catherine Keener) is the mom who
goes along to get alone. Cloris Leachman is Gran, the hanger-on in the family,
and Clark Duke is the dim-witted son, Thunk.
