The Croods (2013)

Most people think so. 75% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics gave it 63%.

The prehistoric Croods family live in a particularly dangerous moment in time. Patriarch Grug, his mate Ugga, teenage daughter Eep, son Thunk, and feisty Gran gather food by day and huddle together in a cave at night. When a more evolved caveman named Guy arrives on the scene, Grug is distrustful, but it soon becomes apparent that Guy is correct about the impending destruction of their world. Wikipedia ↗

The Croods is a 2013 American animated comedy-adventure produced by DreamWorks Animation and directed by Kirk DeMicco and Chris Sanders. Nicolas Cage voices Grug, an overprotective caveman patriarch who keeps his family alive by hiding in their cave and following rigid rules about never leaving or trying anything new. When the cave is destroyed by tectonic upheaval and the family must journey through a dangerous, fantastical prehistoric landscape, they encounter Guy, a resourceful young Homo sapiens voiced by Ryan Reynolds, whose inventive thinking and curiosity about the world challenges everything Grug believes about survival.

The Croods worked as both a colorful family adventure and a surprisingly nuanced exploration of the tension between safety and growth — Grug's protective instincts keep his family alive but also prevent them from truly living, a metaphor for helicopter parenting that resonated with adult audiences. The prehistoric world was designed with imaginative creatures that blended real evolutionary concepts with fantasy. The Croods earned $587 million worldwide on a $135 million budget.