The Nut Job
January 2014
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Wesley Morris
The whole thing looks like a video game you'd rather not play.
Bill Zwecker
The bottom line: Kids may be mildly amused by The Nut Job, but adults accompanying them won't find much to capture their interest.
Bilge Ebiri
The Nut Job is a delightfully goofy slapstick cartoon with a surprisingly dark heart.
Adam Nayman
Only a multilevel chase sequence involving Surly and some glowing-eyed street rats has any real kinetic excitement, and the supporting characters lack visual distinction.
Miriam Bale
"The Nut Job" features muddy-colored and often ugly animation, a plot that feels too stretched out and loaded with details to hold the attention of most children, and more flatulence jokes than anyone deserves.
Scott Bowles
When the story gets stale, the movie inserts a "nuts" pun or, worse, resorts to a gas or burp joke. It doesn't work the first time, nor the fifth.
Critic reviews
Bill Zwecker
The bottom line: Kids may be mildly amused by The Nut Job, but adults accompanying them won't find much to capture their interest.
Bilge Ebiri
The Nut Job is a delightfully goofy slapstick cartoon with a surprisingly dark heart.
Adam Nayman
Only a multilevel chase sequence involving Surly and some glowing-eyed street rats has any real kinetic excitement, and the supporting characters lack visual distinction.
Miriam Bale
"The Nut Job" features muddy-colored and often ugly animation, a plot that feels too stretched out and loaded with details to hold the attention of most children, and more flatulence jokes than anyone deserves.
Scott Bowles
When the story gets stale, the movie inserts a "nuts" pun or, worse, resorts to a gas or burp joke. It doesn't work the first time, nor the fifth.
Joel Arnold
Once Surly and Buddy case the joint, develop a plan, and deal with the inevitable surprises, The Nut Job could be any classic caper flick.
User reviews

Purely kids For an independent movie it's pretty good. It's just got more things to make kids laugh than adults, which is a problem cause almost every single animated movie nowadays panders, at least subtly, to adults, if they want to be good. . But that detail considered, it's good if you're looking to smile and entertain your kids.
Misunderstanding Some reviewers dont understand the message in the movie, even when its stated at the end of the movie, "life is there for the sharing," meaning dont be a selfish nobody, The thing about the credits, i agree with, its actually the wierdest part of the whole movie. This is one of my favorite movies
Cast and credits
Actors | Will Arnett, Brendan Fraser, Liam Neeson, Katherine Heigl, Stephen Lang, Maya Rudolph, Jeff Dunham, Gabriel Iglesias, Sarah Gadon, James Rankin |
Producers | Wookyung Jung, Graham Moloy |
Director | Peter Lepeniotis |
Writers | Peter Lepeniotis, Lorne Cameron |
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Rental period
Start within 30 days, finish within 24 hours.
Run time
85 minutes
Rating
PG
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