THE CROODS: A NEW AGE
A funny, heartwarming family adventure about sticking together.
Should You Watch It?
If you want a movie night filled with laughter, warmth, and strong family values, this is an easy choice. THE CROODS: A NEW AGE has great dialogue, silly characters who may remind you of your own family, and a story that celebrates commitment, marriage, love, forgiveness, reconciliation, sacrifice, fatherhood, and community.
The movie does include brief allusions to evolution, though the subject is not explicitly discussed. It also has slapstick violence, including characters hitting one another and sticks flying into one character’s eye twice. Those concerns are brief, but parents of younger children may want to guide the conversation.
For older children and adults, WORTH THE TRIP for a funny, heartwarming family adventure.
The Story
NO SPOILERS — WE KEEP THE SURPRISESEep has fallen in love with Guy, the teenage boy her prehistoric family found. Her father, Grug, loves his daughter and fears losing her when Eep and Guy begin imagining a life together.
Then the Croods discover a beautiful garden and meet the Bettermans, a family who seems to have made everything a little better. The Bettermans know Guy and have plans of their own. Soon, the Croods must learn whether family, love, and belonging can survive when everyone wants things their own way.
Is It Any Good?
Four stars means this is an exceptionally entertaining family film. THE CROODS: A NEW AGE is extremely funny, with great dialogue and an entertaining plot. Its silly characters feel recognizable, especially in the way they clash, love one another, and try to find their place within the family.
The animation is creative, though some of it assumes naturalistic evolution. The movie remains a very funny, heartwarming experience with moral lessons throughout.
The Worldview
THE CROODS: A NEW AGE strongly celebrates family sticking together. It presents commitment and marriage as good things, along with love, forgiveness, sacrifice, reconciliation, repentance, community, and reaching for light and hope in the world. It also offers a beautiful message about fatherhood and children, especially through Grug’s struggle to love Eep without trying to control her future.
The film’s moral vision aligns with biblical values in many important ways. It treats family relationships as worth protecting and shows that love may require sacrifice, forgiveness, and reconciliation. Its view of marriage and commitment is positive.
The film does depart from a biblical view in its brief allusions to evolution. Some character designs assume naturalistic evolution, although the theme is not explicitly discussed or mentioned. The movie’s emphasis on family and community is strongest when it points beyond selfishness toward loving responsibility for others.
The longing to belong and remain together reflects Scripture’s celebration of unity: “Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!” (Psalm 133:1).
The Content Guide
The specifics — spoilers included by nature — so you can judge for your own family.
Dominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements
Very strong moral worldview with redemptive elements extols families sticking together, commitment, marriage, sacrifice, love, positive father/daughter relationships, repentance, forgiveness, reconciliation, community, and reaching for light and hope in the world, plus some character designs suggest evolution but it’s not discussed or mentioned
Foul Language
One light obscenity
Violence
Some slapstick violence and other violence includes a character’s parents have died, characters fight one another, jeopardy, monkeys hit people, people hit other people, two times a stick gets into a character’s eye
Sex
No sexual immorality but there’s brief kissing
Nudity
Upper male nudity
Alcohol Use
No alcohol, but one character is poisoned from bee poison and is acting like they’re drunk
Smoking and/or Drug Use and Abuse
No smoking or drugs;
Miscellaneous Immorality
Some deception and scheming or lying.
Talk About It
Questions for the drive home, the dinner table, or the youth group.
Grug loves Eep but struggles to let her grow up. How can love protect someone without controlling them?
1 Corinthians 13:4–7 · Ephesians 6:4The film celebrates commitment, marriage, forgiveness, and reconciliation. Why do these qualities matter in a family?
Colossians 3:12–14 · Ephesians 4:31–32The Croods learn the importance of sticking together. When has your family needed to work as a community?
Ecclesiastes 4:9–10 · Romans 12:4–5The movie reaches for light and hope in the world. Where do Christians find lasting hope?
John 8:12 · Romans 15:13The Final Word
THE CROODS: A NEW AGE is an extremely funny, heartwarming movie with creative animation, great dialogue, and a strong message about family, love, forgiveness, and sacrifice. Brief evolution allusions and slapstick violence call for parental guidance with younger children, but older children and adults can enjoy this family adventure. WORTH THE TRIP.
