Simplistic, yet funny in generous doses and even occasionally moving, ‘The Croods’ has enough to entertain young audiences. I’m going with three out of five and a recommendation to take the kids.

…you don’t wander about that much as the journey, complete with fantastical plants and animals, is interesting and funny enough — that too, without any songs.

Young audiences will soak up plenty of colour and relate to the bunch of goofy characters from prehistoric times. Briskly paced, the escapades of the surviving clan of cave dwellers also manage to provide a family-friendly message about filial duty, co-existence and self-discovery.

Zany, zippy, meaningful and sweet, there is never a single dull moment in The Croods.

A fresh, fun and mostly footloose feature, you wish there was more to the story than just a race ‘into the light’. The premise’s inherent simplicity is just as easily its only undoing.