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The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature
also known as “A mogyoró-meló 2,” “Findik Isi 2,” “Gang Wiewióra 2,” “Goana dupa alune 2,” “Locos por las nueces 2,” See all »
MPA Rating:
for action and some rude humor.
for action and some rude humor.
| Moral Rating: | not reviewed |
| Moviemaking Quality: |
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| Primary Audience: | Kids Family |
| Genre: | Animation Kids Family Adventure Comedy Sequel |
| Length: | 1 hr. 31 min. |
| Year of Release: | 2017 |
| USA Release: |
August 11, 2017 (wide—4,003 theaters) DVD: November 14, 2017 |
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| Featuring |
Will Arnett … Surly (voice) Katherine Heigl … Andie (voice) Maya Rudolph … Precious (voice) Jackie Chan … Mr. Feng (voice) Isabela Moner … Heather (voice) Peter Stormare … Gunther (voice) Bobby Cannavale … Frankie (voice) Bobby Moynihan … The Mayor (voice) Jeff Dunham … Mole (voice) Gabriel Iglesias … Jimmy (voice) Sebastian Maniscalco … Johnny (voice) Tom Kenny … Buddy (voice) See all » |
| Director | Cal Brunker — “Despicable Me” (2010), “Escape from Planet Earth” (2013), “Minions” (2015) |
| Producer |
Hongjoo Ahn Yer Hyun Baek See all » |
| Distributor | Open Road Films |
Here’s what the distributor says about their film: “THE NUT JOB 2: NUTTY BY NATURE follows the adventures of Surly Squirrel when the evil mayor of Oakton decides to bulldoze Liberty Park and build a dangerous amusement park in its place. Surly and his ragtag group of animal friends need to band together to save their home, defeat the mayor, and take back the park.”
Prequel: “The Nut Job” (2014)
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Movie Critics
…You never know where you’re going to find the most radical ideas. …a searing indictment of capitalistic government corruption …burns with a proletarian rage…
Katie Walsh, Tribune News Service
…an environmentalist movie where all the humans are bad and the laughs and entertainment value aren’t there… Extreme Caution… [2/4]
Ted Baehr, Movieguide
…The film’s meanspirited tone picks on both creatures and humans, like construction workers for being illiterate, animals almost too dumb to survive and the wicked rich. …slapdash animation… a dismal story…
Monica Castilloaug, The New York Times
…the Mayor's young daughter is psychopathically cruel. She torments her pets and rips apart her dolls with fevered glee… unfolds without as much toilet humor as its predecessor…
Bob Hoose, Plugged In
…louder and more frenetic than the first installment. …Frantic, violent and generally unpleasant… More hellish than hilarious… [1/4]
Rafer Guzmán, Long Island Newsday
…Loud, bright, and hollow… lazily written and cruddily animated… underwritten characters, slack comic timing… [1½/4]
Keith Watson, Slant
…a cringe-worthy cartoon… The great thing about bad movies like this is they remind you just how difficult it is to make better movies… [1½/5]
Stephen Whitty, The Star-Ledger
…largely unengaging… stale slapstick… you’d have to be nutty to sit through “The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature”…
The Washington Post
… The computer graphics are ugly and dated, the plot a clump of clichés, and with one notable exception, you can almost hear the voice cast scrolling through their phones in the recording booth… [1/5]
Robbie Collin, The Telegraph [UK]
…In a golden age for animation this just isn’t good enough. often deeply stupid… …it’s all so surprisingly dull, making the film feel vastly longer than its running time… adults will be bored out of their tree… [2/5]
Helen O'Hara, Empire [UK]
…There’s a school of animated filmmaking that says the more havoc the better, and “The Nut Job 2” is very much of that school. If you want to laugh out loud…then don’t get your hopes up. …
Owen Gleiberman, Variety
…once again Arnett, Heigl and company simply don’t come off as dimensionally warm and engaging as required… still preferable to singing chipmunks…
Michael Rechtshaffen, The Hollywood Reporter