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The Croods Activity Sheets: Door Hangers and Picture Frames

September 13, 2013 by The Mom Jen 130 Comments

As you know, The CROODS is coming soon to Digital and Blu-ray. We can’t wait to make it a part of our family’s collection! Take a look at the trailer to refresh your mind:

To get your kids excited about the movie, I have some assets to share with you. Click on the picture frames and door hangers below to enlarge and print them on your home computer! My youngest can’t wait to hang that “Girls Only!” on her door to keep her big brother out!

Product for review and giveaway is offered through my partnership with Fox Home Entertainment Insiders. No compensation was received for this post.

Dreamworks Animation: The Croods Debuts on Digital HD and Blu-ray/DVD

September 11, 2013 by The Mom Jen 4 Comments

Dun Dun Dahhh! Lauded by critics as “the first great animated film of 2013” (Pete Hammond, Movieline), Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment announces the blockbuster hit, DreamWorks Animation’s THE CROODS, will debut on Digital HD™ on September 15 and Blu-ray 3D™, Blu-ray™ and DVD on October 1. We loved this movie in the theater and fell in love with the characters! We to this day tease my youngest by calling her EEP!

Join the Croods on the journey of a lifetime in the epic comedy-adventure. When their cave is destroyed, the Croods set out to explore a spectacular landscape filled with fantastic creatures, strange surprises…and a whole new world of adventure! The Blu-ray™ and DVD are chock full of fun bonus material that will bring the vibrant, amazing world of THE CROODS home for the whole family to enjoy. The perfect treat for kids of all ages, THE CROODS Blu-ray™ and DVD comes with a lovable Belt plush toy for a limited time only.

The purchase of the Blu-ray™ or DVD unlocks additional content on THE CROODS Coloring App, which allows children to color their favorite characters and scenes from the film, add text and voice to the story, and then share their storybook on their TVs at home. Also on the Blu-ray™, families can join Guy, Eep and Belt as they introduce the crazy “Croodaceous Creatures” – the striking and unique animals from the film – and much more. And for a limited time only, any purchase of the Blu-ray™ or DVD comes with a lovable Belt toy! Dun Dun Dahhh!

DreamWorks Animation’s The Croods Blu-ray™ Deluxe Edition
The Croods Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy Deluxe Edition include a Belt plush toy for a limited time and more than an hour of bonus features:

Feature film in high definition
Blu-ray Exclusive Bonus Features:
● The Croodaceous Creatures of Croods! – Find out more about your favorite Croods creatures!
● Be An Artist! – Now you can draw Belt, Macawnivore and Mousephant
● The Croods Coloring & Storybook Builder App

Additional Bonus Features:
● Belt’s Cave Journal – Take a journey with Belt and Guy as they rescue a Jackrobat
● Belt’s Cave Journal – Take a journey with Belt and Guy as they rescue a Jackrobat
● World of DreamWorks Animation – Music videos from your favorite DreamWorks Animation feature films

DreamWorks Animation’s The Croods Blu-ray™ 3D Deluxe Edition
The Croods Blu-ray™ 3D + Blu-ray™ + DVD + Digital Copy Deluxe Edition includes the following:

Feature film in high definition and 3D
All the Blu-ray™ and DVD content listed above

DreamWorks Animation’s The Croods DVD
The single disc DVD includes a Belt plush toy for a limited time plus the following:

Feature film in standard definition
Bonus Features:
● Belt’s Cave Journal
● Croods Cuts (Lost Scenes)
● World of DreamWorks Animation
● Previews

Looking forward to the release! Who’s your favorite character in the movie?

The Croods Movie Review #TheCroods

March 14, 2013 by The Mom Jen 376 Comments

THE CROODS is a 3D comedy adventure that follows the world’s first modern family as they embark on a journey of a lifetime when the cave that has always been their home is destroyed. Traveling across a spectacular landscape, the Croods are rocked by generational clashes and seismic shifts as they discover an incredible new world filled with fantastic creatures — and their outlook is changed forever. Starring the voices of Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Catherine Keener, Clark Duke and Cloris Leachman.

Watch the trailer:

My family and I got to attend a screening before the March 22 premiere last weekend and we enjoyed it! First and foremost, my husband and I exchanged many glances at eachother as Eep, the oldest “teen” daughter. We giggle that she was modeled after our own teenager in her desire to be independent and push the boundaries a bit. The Crood family made us laugh, nod our heads in agreement, and the antics of the grandmother were some of our favorite moments! Though there were lots of explosions and end of the world catastrophic events, the movie was not scary and was so very age appropriate for my family and I think great for those as young as 3-4!

The animation was great as the Croods were portrayed in slightly different stages of moderism with “Guy” as the most evolved. The bright colors and scenery and the exotic animals made for lots of eye candy and being that we saw the movie in 3D, the technology was impressive. The momentarily creepy animals turn out to be pets in the end, my daughter wants a “Douglas”of her own!This was a super family movie, I’m glad we all got to see it, it really made us all think. My 7 year old asked so many questions about grunting, vocabulary, body size, tearing food off the bone, facial features, and we really had a mature discussion on the way home.

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We attended a screening to facilitate this review, prizing for us and the giveaway is courtesy of 20th Century Fox and DreamWorks Animation.