The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature

"Get ready. Get set. Get nuts!"

2017 1h 31m EN

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6.2

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15%

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METACRITIC

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5.5

IMDB

★6.2TMDB · 485🥫15%Rotten Tomatoes●36Metacritic★5.5IMDB · 8,252

AnimationFamilyAdventureComedy

Synopsis

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When the evil mayor of Oakton decides to bulldoze Liberty Park and build a dangerous amusement park in its place, Surly Squirrel and his ragtag group of animal friends need to band together to save their home, defeat the mayor, and take back the park.

“Get ready. Get set. Get nuts!”

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Cast

Will Arnett
Surly (voice)
Maya Rudolph
Precious (voice)
Bobby Cannavale
Frankie (voice)
Bobby Moynihan
Mayor Muldoon (voice)
Isabela Merced
Heather (voice)
Peter Stormare
Gunther (voice)
Gabriel Iglesias
Jimmy (voice)
Jeff Dunham
Mole (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Cal Brunker
Writers: Bob Barlen, Cal Brunker, Scott Bindley
Languages: English
Countries: Canada, South Korea, United States of America

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ERA

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Released 9 years ago.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: Canada, South Korea, United States of America.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "The Nut Job Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Heitor Pereira. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Paul Hunter shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Will Arnett and Maya Rudolph and Bobby Cannavale carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Get ready. Get set. Get nuts!".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt3486626 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Cal Brunker directs. Heitor Pereira scores. Paul Hunter cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in Canada, South Korea, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 9 years ago.
2International production across 3 countries: Canada, South Korea, United States of America.
3Part of the "The Nut Job Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Original score by Heitor Pereira. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Paul Hunter shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Will Arnett and Maya Rudolph and Bobby Cannavale carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Get ready. Get set. Get nuts!".
8IMDB entry: tt3486626 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 8 themes, including "squirrel", "mayor", "villain", "sequel".

The technical file

Original score: Heitor Pereira
Editing: Paul Hunter
Production design: Andrew Woodhouse
Sound: David Evans
Runtime: 91 min · 1h 31m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $40,000,000
Box office: $68,743,485
Return: 172% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes: 15% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 36/100
IMDB rating: 5.5/10 · 8,252 votes
MPAA: PG

Awards

1 win & 3 nominations total

Part of

The Nut Job Collection

A computer-animated comedy film series based originally on the short film, Surly Squirrel by Peter Lepeniotis. The films follow the animals of Liberty Park: Surly, Andie, Buddy and various other characters.

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Cal Brunker

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Reno2018-02-04
★ 6/10
Returning home and fighting back for it. Frankly, I did not think there will a sequel, but this one came out and I say I'm not fully disappointed. It is an acceptable film with a good message told with full of cliches. The story continued from where the previous one had ended. Right away a new adventure begins. Surly and his friends, after losing their stock of food, now forced to return to their natural home, the park. But the place is getting turned into an amusement park by an evil mayor. So they plan to fight back and how they succeed are the revealed in the remaining part. As I said, not bad. At least the children would enjoy it better. The new characters are good, but that did not bring more fun. The comedies were average. With this year's average result from all the animated feature that had released, this film does not look so bad at all. Only if the story had been much better, it would have achieved a better result. The production and all the voice-over work were good. I don't know there will be another sequel, but I don't wish, except if they come up with some good story to tell for all ages. It's just once watchable! 6/10

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