Nanny to Mommy

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2020 is trying to find some normal again and one way is by finding new ways to go to the movies! Whether your local theater has started a drive-in type style or are requiring you to choose your seating ahead of time and only allowing a certain amount of people in, going to the movies can still be a fun, family experience. And what else is new for 2020? The Croods are BACK!



Coming to a theater near you (check here for availability) November 25th which is THIS Thanksgiving Day! Featuring the returning voices of Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Catherine Keener, Clark Duke, and Cloris Leachman, with new cast members including Peter Dinklage, Leslie Mann, and Kelly Marie Tran.

"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 form a “sleep pile” for some group 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. Most of the family (especially Eep) is smitten by Guy’s vision of a new place called “tomorrow,” but Grug sees the biggest calamity yet: a charming teenage boy from which he must “protect” Eep.



The Croods soon realize that if they don’t evolve...they’re history."

The features Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds, and Emma Stone as just some of the voice talents.



I am excited for the opportunity to see the imagination of Dreamworks on screen again.
And as a special treat, I am giving away a 'THE CROODS' movie poster and Belt (Belt is the loyal sloth who accompanies Guy, the nomadic caveboy played by Ryan Reynolds) plush toys available to give away to one reader! Just enter the RaffleCopter below. All entries are verified but the only required entry is to comment on this post. Giveaway open to US only. No P.O. boxes, please.

*Disclaimer: I received a poster and plush toy as compensation for this post. All opinions are my own.