The Nut Job

1/17/20141h 25m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ No nuts, no glory. ~

Overview:

Surly, a curmudgeon, independent squirrel is banished from his park and forced to survive in the city. Lucky for him, he stumbles on the one thing that may be able to save his life, and the rest of park community, as they gear up for winter - Maury's Nut Store.

Director:

Peter Lepeniotis

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$42,000,000.00

Revenue:

$120,885,527.00

Key words:

squirrel
villain
heist
anthropomorphism
park
animals
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Cast

Will Arnett

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Surly (voice)

Brendan Fraser

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Grayson (voice)

Liam Neeson

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Raccoon (voice)

Katherine Heigl

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Andie (voice)

Stephen Lang

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King (voice)

Maya Rudolph

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Precious (voice)

Jeff Dunham

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Mole (voice)

Gabriel Iglesias

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Jimmy (voice)

Sarah Gadon

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Lana (voice)

James Rankin

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Fingers (voice)

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Reviews (1)

Kamurai
Written 4 year(s) ago
2
Horrible watch, won't watch again, and can't recommend, even for younger audiences.

I have no idea how this thing got a sequel. It's supposed to be two parallel mob heist stories, but they don't really line up past there being a heist.

None of the characters are interesting or likeable, maybe the girl squirrel, the dog, and the mute rat but that's more because they are lovable stupid / naive. You're not supposed to still dislike the "heroes" at the end of the movie. The writing parts of this that are remotely interesting are too complex for kids to get and they don't pan out.

It's literally a lot of "squirrels like nuts", "squirrels try to get nuts", "humans don't like squirrels", repeat.

Anything endearing about this is more annoying. Even when the "twists" happen, they don't mean anything because they're all still jerks, even if they happened to do the right thing.