The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature

Name: The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Animation, Family
Released: August 11, 2017
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 36
Cast: Bobby Cannavale, Bobby Moynihan, Gabriel Iglesias, Isabela Moner, Jackie Chan

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Open Road Films | Release Date: August 11, 2017 | PG

Starring: Bobby Cannavale, Bobby Moynihan, Gabriel Iglesias, Isabela Moner, Jackie Chan, Jeff Dunham, Kari Wahlgren, Katherine Heigl, Maya Rudolph, Peter Stormare, Sebastian Maniscalco, Will Arnett

Summary: Surly Squirrel (Will Arnett) and the gang are back. We are once again in Oakton where the evil mayor has decided to bulldoze Liberty Park and build a dangerous amusement park in its place. Surly and his ragtag group of animal friends band together to save their home, defeat the mayor, and take back the park.

Director: Callan Brunker

Genre(s): Adventure, Comedy, Animation, Family

Rating: PG

Runtime: 91 min

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Sam Fragoso

Aug 10, 2017

It didn’t take long for this fleet-footed sequel, spry and charming, to win me over. Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

Aug 10, 2017

As an animated entertainment, The Nut Job 2 lacks several key factors: memorable characters, a fun story, jokes that will appeal to adults as well as little kids. But one thing it does not lack is visual momentum. Read full review

Katie Walsh

Aug 10, 2017

It’s an unexpectedly radical, if otherwise rather rote animated sequel. Read full review

Empire Helen O'Hara

Aug 14, 2017

Loud, silly and tired. Aside from an almost-fun Jackie Chan cameo, this is enough to give anyone a severe nut allergy. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Susan Wloszczyna

Aug 11, 2017

Let’s look on the bright side. The running time is barely 90 minutes. And there are but three fairly amusing characters who save this inferior attempt at family entertainment, at least for me. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Aug 9, 2017

The one gag that works is probably a little racist, or at least racially touchy. Jackie Chan voices the lead mouse in a sea of martial artist mice who beat the purple out of Surly any time he ventures into Chinatown. Read full review

Oktay Ege Kozak

Aug 7, 2017

The Nut Job 2 actually contains some impressive animation, with photorealistic backgrounds and detailed fur dynamics on the characters, but that makes it an even bigger tragedy, since we know that untold hours were spent by artists in service of a product that even the least discerning child would find tired and useless. Read full review

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Racheladams

Aug 11, 2017

I really think that it is so amazing animation movie video in the whole world and I really like it so much ✨.
i was cursed with this adorable face and this fuzzy little body

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gruffaloslayer1

May 22, 2021

Inspiring enough,Might as well be good. I am trying to be honest to my audience.

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LeZee

Feb 4, 2018

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 aReturning 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!

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buzzspark

Apr 15, 2018

Better than the first, but still not good enough to live up to animated movie standards.

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Michael_Stars_5

Aug 11, 2017

Compared to the awful original Nut Job, it's sequel, Nutty By Nature, proves to be as bad as the original with a few more redeeming qualities. On paper, a sequel to a god-awful movie doesn't work on any level but amazingly, this film had very few enjoyable moments, wouldn't recommend thisCompared to the awful original Nut Job, it's sequel, Nutty By Nature, proves to be as bad as the original with a few more redeeming qualities. On paper, a sequel to a god-awful movie doesn't work on any level but amazingly, this film had very few enjoyable moments, wouldn't recommend this one at all, just a cash grab who only 5 workers put actual effort into.… Expand

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JPK

Nov 23, 2019

Could’ve Been Worse
While an improvement over it's predecessor, This sequel still isn’t good in the slightest.

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TRANSFORMERSFAN

Mar 11, 2021

this movie is worse than the first one! which the first one sucks! way terrible animation! why this movie got a sequel!

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