Searching for a safer habitat, the prehistoric Crood family discovers an idyllic, walled-in paradise that meets all of its needs. Unfortunately, they must also learn to live with the Bettermans -- a family that's a couple of steps above the Croods on the evolutionary ladder. As tensions between the new neighbors start to rise, a new threat soon propels both clans on an epic adventure that forces them to embrace their differences, draw strength from one another, and survive together.
Searching for a safer habitat, the prehistoric Crood family discovers an idyllic, walled-in paradise that meets all of its needs. Unfortunately, they must also learn to live with the Bettermans -- a family that's a couple of steps above the Croods on the evolutionary ladder. As tensions between the new neighbors start to rise, a new threat soon propels both clans on an epic adventure that forces them to embrace their differences, draw strength from one another, and survive together.
The film consciously balances themes of tradition and progress, advocating for a synthesis of different lifestyles and the importance of family and community over ideological purity, resulting in a neutral political stance.
The movie features a diverse voice cast, but the prehistoric characters are not tied to specific modern ethnicities, thus avoiding explicit DEI-driven recasting of traditionally white roles. The narrative focuses on family dynamics and the clash of different lifestyles, without explicitly critiquing traditional identities or making DEI themes central to its plot.
The Croods: A New Age does not feature any discernible LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The story centers on traditional family units and their interactions, resulting in no portrayal of queer identity.
The film features strong and capable female characters like Eep and Ugga Crood, who participate in action and survival sequences. However, their conflicts are primarily against non-human creatures or environmental challenges, and there are no instances of them defeating male human or humanoid opponents in direct physical combat.
The Croods: A New Age is a sequel featuring the original Crood family, all of whom maintain their established genders from the previous film. New characters introduced in this installment do not have prior canonical genders to swap from.
The Croods characters were originally depicted as a generic prehistoric human group in the first film. The sequel maintains these depictions, and no character's race was changed from a previously established canonical or widely recognized portrayal.
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