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The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature
Directed by Cal Brunker · starring Jonathan Dixon, Will Arnett and Maya Rudolph
- 6 from the press
- 4.3 · 4 votes
The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature: reviews
Reviews
4.3 4 votes
What the critics say average 5.0 from 6 outlets
- 7.7 VarietySam Fragoso
If the original Nut Job was about the emergence of a single hero, the sequel is about a collective banding together to combat the powers that be. This is the film's greatest strength.
Read - 5.0 The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
While that let?s-band-together-and-save-the-park setup clearly isn?t the freshest acorn on the tree, director and co-writer Cal Brunker (2013?s Escape From Planet Earth) at least manages to keep all the ensuing chaos.
Read - 5.0 Los Angeles TimesKatie Walsh
A searing indictment of capitalistic government corruption.
Read - 4.2 IndiewireKate Erbland
'The Nut Job 2' is uncomfortable with its most ambitious concepts, bookending them with gross-out nonsense that doesn?t seem engineered to appeal to anyone. Read full review
Read - 4.0 The GuardianMike McCahill
The summer of inessential animation continues with this very middling sequel to 2014?s semi-forgotten squirrel-based timekiller.
Read - 3.8 Roger EbertSusan Wloszczyna
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.
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Questions about the reviews of The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature
- What score does The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature have?
- Readers give it 4.3 (4 votes). The critics, 5.0 on average from 6 reviews.
- What do the critics say about The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature?
- The highest score is Variety’s (7.7) and the lowest Roger Ebert’s (3.8).