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The Nut Job is a 2014 animated heist comedy film directed by Peter Lepeniotis, who also wrote the film with Lorne Cameron. It stars the voices of Will Arnett , Brendan Fraser , Liam Neeson , Katherine Heigl , Stephen Lang , Jeff Dunham , Gabriel Iglesias , and Sarah Gadon .
With Will Arnett, Brendan Fraser, Liam Neeson, Katherine Heigl. 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.
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- Animation, Adventure, Comedy
- Peter Lepeniotis
- 2014-01-17
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In the fictional town of Oakton City,a purple squirrel named Surly (Will Arnett) and his mute rat partner Buddy reside in Liberty Park where their thieving reputation has made them outcasts. A group of urban animals led by Raccoon (Liam Neeson) and his cardinal assistant are running low on food for winter. Red squirrel Andie...
Will Arnett as Surly, a purple squirrel.Brendan Fraser as Grayson, a glory-hogging squirrel who has a false reputation for being the "park hero".Gabriel Iglesias as Jimmy, a groundhog and the leader of the Bruisers.Jeff Dunham as Mole, a mole who works for Raccoon and has eyes that are sensitive to light.On January 17, 2011, it was announced that Lorne Cameron would write the screenplay for the film, along with Peter Lepeniotis. On November 15, 2012, it was announced that Katherine Heigl, Will Arnett and Brendan Fraser had joined the cast of the film, and on March 1, 2013, it was announced that Liam Neeson has also joined.On Decem...
Ha Hoe-jin, CEO of Red Rover (middle left), and Park Geun-hye, the then president of South Korea (middle right), at the South Korean premiere of the film. The film was released in the United States on January 17, 2014, and distributed by Open Road Films. International distribution was handled by The Weinstein Company. The first teas...
Critical response
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 11%, based on 90 reviews, and an average score of 3.9/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Hampered by an unlikable central character and source material stretched too thin to cover its brief running time, The Nut Job will provoke an allergic reaction in all but the least demanding moviegoers." On Metacritic, which calculates a normalized rating from reviews, the film...
Box office
The Nut Job grossed $64,251,541 in North America, and $56,633,986 in other countries, for a worldwide total of $120,885,527. In North America, the film opened at number three in its first weekend, with $19,423,000, behind Ride Along and Lone Survivor. It had the biggest opening weekend ever for an indie animated feature film. In its second weekend, the film stayed at number three, grossing an additional $12,101,118. In its third weekend, the film dropped to number four, g...
Awards
The Nut Jobwon the Audience Award for Best Children's Animation at the 2015 Anima: The Brussels Animation Film Festival. The film was nominated for Best Sound Editing – Feature Film at the 2014 Directors Guild of Canada Awards. Paul Hunter won for The Nut Jobin the Best Editing in Animation category at the Canadian Cinema Editors Awards. The French ATAA awarded the film Best Dubbing Adaptation for an Animated Film for 2015.
Main article: The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature On January 23, 2014, The Nut Job 2 was announced, with an initial release date of January 15, 2016. On April 11, 2016, the release date was pushed back to May 19, 2017. Will Arnett, Gabriel Iglesias, Jeff Dunham, Katherine Heigl and Maya Rudolph reprised their roles. The film details the par...
The Nut Job (2014) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Surly, a curmudgeon, independent squirrel is banished from his park and forced to survive in the city. Lucky for him, he stumbles on the one thing that may be able to save his life, and the rest of park community, as they gear up for winter - Maury's Nut Store.
The Nut Job is a 2014 3D computer animated heist comedy film directed by Peter Lepeniotis. It is written by Lorne Cameron and Peter Lepeniotis, the film stars Will Arnett, Robert Tinkler, Brendan Fraser, Gabriel Iglesias, Jeff Dunham, Stephen Lang, Sarah Gadon, Maya Rudolph, James Rankin, Liam Neeson, and Katherine Heigl.
After he accidentally destroys the winter food supply of his fellow Liberty Park residents, Surly (Will Arnett), a squirrel, is banished to the streets of Oakton. Luckily, Surly finds the town's ...
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- Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
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