The Nut Job (2014)

An incorrigibly self-serving exiled squirrel finds himself helping his former park brethren survive by raiding a nut store, a location that also happens to be a front for a human gang's bank robbery.

Director:

Peter Lepeniotis

Writers:

Peter Lepeniotis, Lorne Cameron

Stars:

Will Arnett, Brendan Fraser, Liam Neeson

1 win & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Will Arnett	...	Surly (voice)
Brendan Fraser	...	Grayson (voice)
Liam Neeson	...	Raccoon (voice)
Katherine Heigl	...	Andie (voice)
Stephen Lang	...	King (voice)
Maya Rudolph	...	Precious (voice)
Jeff Dunham	...	Mole (voice)
Gabriel Iglesias	...	Jimmy (voice)
Sarah Gadon	...	Lana (voice)
James Rankin	...	Fingers (voice)
Scott Yaphe	...	Lucky (voice)
Joe Pingue	...	Johnny (voice)
Annick Obonsawin	...	Jamie (voice) (as Annick Obonswin)
Julie Lemieux	...	Girl Scout (voice)
Rob Tinkler	...	Redline / Buddy (voice)

Storyline

In a city park, Surly the Squirrel has finally gone too far with his latest caper . Now exiled, Surly and his rat buddy Buddy's collective nightmare on the streets ends when they discover a nut store to raid. With no other options, she arranges a deal to help in Surly's heist for the colony, even while Surly fully intends to betray it. However, there is more going on with the nut store being a front for bank robbers while Raccoon has his own agenda to ensure his own power. In the mayhem to come, Surly finds himself challenged in ways he never expected and discovering the real prize to treasure in this adventure.

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Plot Keywords:

raccoon | squirrel | bank robbery | heist | rat | 

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Taglines:

No Nuts No Glory

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Family

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for mild action and rude humor

Did You Know?

Trivia

In Surly Squirrel (2005), the original short movie about the rivalry between Raccoon and his followers against Surly and Buddy, Raccoon's team are depicted as the "good" side. In this feature length adaptation, this is reversed.

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Goofs

The slats on the water wheel are the wrong way around to allow it to turn in the direction of the water flow.

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Quotes

Surly: Okay, we get a crew, we break in, but we do it my way...

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Crazy Credits

During the end credits all the characters, plus an animated PSY, dance to Gangnam Style

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Alternate Versions

On the Nickelodeon/Nick@Nite (U.S.) airings, the entire end credits sequence (complete with a mid-credit scene and post-credits animation) is omitted in favor of the network's on-screen credits over the ending scene.

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Connections

Version of Surly Squirrel (2005)

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Soundtracks

Gangnam Style
Performed by Psy
Courtesy of Universal Republic Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Written by Psy (as Park Jai Sang) and Gun-hyung Yoo (as Yoo Gun Hyung)
Published by Universal Tunes, A Div of Songs of Universal, Sony/ATV Music Publishing Korea

User Reviews

Terrible, bad, ugh!

I saw this movie tonight with my two daughters. We were looking forward to seeing it as the trailers looked fairly entertaining. About 10 minutes in, my 4 year old say to me: "Daddy, why isn't this movie making us laugh?" Perfectly put! The movie makes a terrible attempt at humor (unless you think beavers farting is hilarious). There is no original humor in this movie. Every time a joke was made, my wife and I looked at each other and shook our head in utter disgust. The characters are lame and the plot is dumb. Save your money. This movie is not even worth a $1.29 redbox DVD rental, which I'm sure redbox will have in its inventory very soon. STAY AWAY! It was so terrible, we walked out in the middle when both of my daughters kept asking to go home. I wanted to ask the theater to provide a refund for being such a terrible movie, but felt too stupid to admit that I bought 4 tickets.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan]

Country:

Canada South Korea USA

Language:

English Dutch

Release Date:

17 January 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Nut Job

Box Office

Budget:

$42,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$19,423,000, 19 January 2014

Gross USA:

$64,251,541

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$120,885,527

Company Credits

Production Co:

Endgame Entertainment, Gulfstream Pictures, Open Road Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat SDDS Dolby Surround 7.1 Dolby Atmos

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1