The Croods: A New Age
AI Woke Score
No detectable agenda — story first.
confidence: medium
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The Verdict
A colorful, gag-driven animated sequel with essentially no identity messaging. The only mildly notable element is a brief girl-power 'Thunder Sisters' rescue and dads written as goofy comic relief, both standard family-comedy fare rather than ideological. Clean across nearly every axis.
What the AI Flagged
Each axis scored 0–100, with the receipts. The headline score weights the worst offense, so a single egregious element isn't diluted by the rest.
Identity Swaps
0Original animated characters; nothing established to swap.
Girlboss & Male Demotion
30Features a 'Thunder Sisters' girl-power moment where the women rescue the men, and dads are played as comic buffoons, but it's light comedy rather than a 'men are the problem' message.
- The women team up as the 'Thunder Sisters' to save the captured men
- Grug and Phil bumble together while the women take charge in the climax
LGBTQ+ / Trans / Non-Binary Content
0No LGBTQ+, trans, or non-binary content.
DEI Casting
0A fantasy prehistoric setting with no real-world lore to override.
Preachiness
15Mild themes of cooperation and embracing differences, fully folded into the family-comedy story.
- Two families learn to work together against a common threat
Anti-Masculinity / Anti-West
15Dads are comic relief but there's no anti-masculinity or anti-West messaging.
- Grug and Phil's 'man cave' bonding played for laughs
Source Betrayal
0Sequel to an original property; no source material to betray.
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Cast & Crew
Nicolas Cage
Grug (voice)
Emma Stone
Eep (voice)
Ryan Reynolds
Guy (voice)
Catherine Keener
Ugga (voice)
Cloris Leachman
Gran (voice)
Clark Duke
Thunk (voice)
Leslie Mann
Hope Betterman (voice)
Peter Dinklage
Phil Betterman (voice)
Kelly Marie Tran
Dawn Betterman (voice)
Kailey Crawford
Sandy (voice)
Joel Crawford (Director)
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