The Nut Job (2014)

Such a frustrating disappointment

Awesome Movie

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

Watched a long time ago, probably 2 yeas ago or longer, it was a simple story and plots are expectable. Good for kids and family, but not very attractive to any adult, yet still an acceptable time killer. The artwork is average, can't compare with Disney nor Dreamwork, there are many not smooth stiffness 3D moments in this movie. Great to watch on Amazon because it wouldn't worth to buy a ticket in theater, and I hope the sequel, The Nut Job 2 will be released on Amazon very soon. Lol, I don't mind to watch it for free.What's the story about? (Spoiler might include) A typical script about the counterattack of a grassroot, the hero is a 'freak/looser' in his community, he senses something different and comes out ideas, lastly saves everyone at the end.

Surly, an exiled, selfish and self-centered squirrel teams up with some other animals to raid a nut shop in other to help the exact same park which threw him away. At the same time, in the same building, a similar job is being planned and executed by humans but with a higher stake.It's a very linear story full of expected events interfering from time to time with ridiculous decisions. The characters are badly created with inexplicable personalities and judgment which obviously do not transmit any emotion or feeling to the viewer. Judging by the trailers, it should have been funny, entertaining and interesting but sadly, I have to say that they were a lot better than this entire movie. No laughter, no story, no characters, no nothing. It looks great and it is well animated though, but that's about it. I cannot recommend a movie just because it looks good, not even an animation and especially not this one. A bad film overall.

Well what go wrong with a film called "The Nut Job"?.Well pretty much everything Is wrong with this, the characters (apart from Andie and Buddy) are so mean-spirited and unlike able, the story is a ripoff of Over the Hedge, the jokes are just nut puns and the humor pretty low brow.Only good thing?, the animation looks pretty decent, It got nice lighting, nice character designs and the backgrounds look pretty good, but yet again, that's the ONLY GOOD THING about this movie.This is not suitable for kids, not suitable for families, It's not suitable for ANYONE.This get a 2/10.

The Nut Job is a family friendly animated comedy featuring a cast of furry critters engaged in a caper to get food for the winter. While the animation is decent and featuring a star-studded cast, the film ultimately feels lackluster and lifeless. It's hard to pin down where the problems begin as it has cracks running down to its very foundation. The entire flick feels disjointed with one scene bleeding into the next. The characters lack motivation and arbitrarily switch alignments for little more reason than for the plot's convenience. The jokes just don't hit with many of them being random farts and burps that seem to have been added in editing. And of course, the entire story hinges on tropes without any details for added depth. The villain is evil just to be evil. The main character is selfish just to have redemption at the end. The love interest is interested in the main character for no more reason than to be a love interest. It's all very uninspired.The animation is serviceable with an incredible amount of detail on every model, but the character designs themselves are inconsistent and incredibly unoriginal. Many of the characters look ripped straight from other more successful CG animated films. The squirrels look like modified versions of Hammy from Over the Hedge. The rats look like modified Remmys from Ratatouille. I'm not even being hyperbolic, they literally look like stolen assets. And while the characters move and express well enough, the sparse backgrounds and lack of camera movements pervade an air of lifelessness. Many would argue that none of this matters because it's just for kids. I disagree. Kids deserve better than this. The Nut Job is no more than a soulless and flat imitation of a Dreamworks animated film. Skip it.