The Nut Job
2014
Search results
Aug 11, 2017 · The animated film “The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature” features fluffy creatures and not much else. The jokes are thin, the computer animation is wanting and the inane plot is a series of...
- Cal Brunker
Aug 11, 2017 · The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature may be a slight improvement over its predecessor, but its frantic animated antics still offer minimal entertainment to all but the least discriminating...
- (61)
- Cal Brunker
- PG
- Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Aug 11, 2017 · Surly and the others join forces as they try to sabotage the crews destroying the property. But the mayor hires an animal control company to keep them at bay and his evil plot to make money while endangering lives by installing faulty rides continues apace.
- This is nut a good movie.
- Verdict
By William Bibbiani
Updated: Aug 12, 2017 3:03 pm
Posted: Aug 11, 2017 7:00 am
The Nut Job 2 is one of those rare examples in which the sequel is technically better than the original, but it’s still not a compliment. The bar was lowered so far the first time that even a squirrel could have reached it.
The original The Nut Job starred Will Arnett as Surly Squirrel, a squirrel who was admittedly quite surly, but who was also trapped in a bizarre and contradictory social commentary about the importance of sharing and the dangers of socialism. The film ended with every one of the animals at a metropolitan park benefiting from Surly’s latest scam, which gave every little furry creature an equal share in a lifetime supply of nuts. The end. Roll the credits sequence in which all the animals dance “Gangnam Style” with an animated version of PSY, in a truly desperate and instantly dated bid to look hip, now, and/or wow.
Like many sequels before it, The Nut Job 2: Nutty By Nature hits the reset button as soon as possible, robbing Surly and his pals of their hard-earned hoard and forcing them back to the park to scavenge for their lives. Unfortunately, the park is now being bulldozed to make way for “Liberty Land,” a new amusement park owned by the city’s corrupt Mayor (Bobby Moynihan), who hates animals and spoils his bratty and equally despicable daughter, Heather (Isabela Moner).
The Nut Job 2 is a whole lot of not much. It’s a mediocre distraction, the cinematic equivalent of dangling your keys in front of an infant, with about as much lasting artistic merit. You could argue that its relative harmlessness is a selling point for parents looking to distract their children, but it’s not like those parents are smarting for opt...
- William Bibbiani
Aug 10, 2017 · Film Review: ‘The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature’ Reviewed at Dolby 24, New York, August 8, 2017. MPAA Rating: PG. Running time: 91 MIN.
Aug 11, 2017 · General. ‘The Nut Job 2: Nutty By Nature’ Wants You (And Also Some Squirrels) to Start a Riot and Resist the Government — Review. The animated sequel is not a fan of big government, personal...
Aug 10, 2017 · An animated adventure featuring a frantic menagerie of urban park dwellers, the feature boasted little that separated it from the anthropomorphic pack save for a scene-stealing Maya Rudolph as an...
