Check out our editors' picks for the best movies and shows coming your way in May.
Check out some of our favorite child stars from movies and television. See how many you recognize now that they're grown up.
Related lists from IMDb editors
Related lists from IMDb users
Title: The Nut Job (2014)
Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.
| 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) | |
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. Written by Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)
Aside from a few gags here and there, The Nut Job is an empty movie that serves mainly as children's entertainment. The plot centers around an independent squirrel who, after being banished form his park, looks to earn back the trust of the animals by organizing an heist, hence securing the food supply (nuts) for the winter. Usually I like humor in an animated movie, yet I still crave a good story and interesting characters. In this film we mainly see straight forward roles for everyone, and some characters work only as comic relief. I don't mean to complain too much about a movie like this, since it is directed at kids, but like I said, one can only take so much of a lack of substance in a feature film. In a nutshell (no pun intended), The Nut Job succeeds in its premise, as it allows kids to have their fun at the movies. For a more mature viewer, the content is well voiced, but in the long run the result is quite forgettable.
Rating: 6/10