The Nut Job
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.
16 February 1970, Montréal, Québec, Canada
19 April 1971, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
15 July 1976, San Diego, California, USA
31 December 1977, Seoul, South Korea
24 November 1978, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
18 April 1962, Dallas, Texas, USA
11 July 1952, New York City, New York, USA
14 January 1973, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3 December 1968, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
12 October 1983, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
4 April 1987, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
7 June 1952, Ballymena, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
4 December 1962, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
27 July 1972, Gainesville, Florida, USA
4 May 1970, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
August 04, 2014
Small, undemanding children might find this distracting; small, tree-hopping rodents may be mortally offended.
August 01, 2014
The good name of Canadian-South Korean animated co-productions has been sullied forever.
July 31, 2014
Endless wordplay and dumb slapstick do not a rewarding animation make. Pun-ishing.
October 10, 2014
Children under seven will enjoy the slapstick nature of the fun and the irresistible Gangnam Style end credits sequence [but] parents might question why a film of this nature needs to feature humans using guns.
January 17, 2014
The Nut Job is a delightfully goofy slapstick cartoon with a surprisingly dark heart.
July 08, 2015
This is the cinematic equivalent of a nut with no kernel, a film with no heart.
January 17, 2014
While the film isn't the worst of its kind, it might be one of the dullest of recent vintage.
February 07, 2014
The whole thing looks like a video game you'd rather not play.
August 15, 2014
This week's talking-animal toon is bad enough to cause an allergic reaction in anyone above the age of five. Everyone else is advised to take along two peanuts, one for each ear.
January 17, 2014
The bottom line: Kids may be mildly amused by The Nut Job, but adults accompanying them won't find much to capture their interest.
January 17, 2014
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.
July 29, 2014
Pretty much everything in this South Korean co-production is slightly undercooked, lacking the same degree of sprightly wit or dramatic punch regularly found in A-list studio product.
