
Surly and his friends, Buddy, Andie, and Precious, discover that the mayor of Oakton City is cracking one big hustle to build a giant amusement park, which in turn will bulldoze their home. The animals must stop the mayor, his daughter, and a mad animal control officer in order to take back the city park.... (Full plot summary below)
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Surly and his friends, Buddy, Andie, and Precious, discover that the mayor of Oakton City is cracking one big hustle to build a giant amusement park, which in turn will bulldoze their home. The animals must stop the mayor, his daughter, and a mad animal control officer in order to take back the city park.
Leave your thoughts about The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature.
| indieWireKate ErblandWhile shoving big messages inside animated offerings isn’t a new concept by any stretch of the imagination, 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. |
| Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenWhile 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 at a reasonably brisk clip. Drawing similarly energetic performances from his voice cast is another matter. |
| Detroit NewsAdam GrahamIt's an unexpectedly radical, if otherwise rather rote animated sequel. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekSuperior to its predecessor, though still mediocre by the standards of the best family-friendly fare, boasting lots of mindless hubbub but a distinct lack of wit or memorable lines. |
| TheWrapSam FragosoIt didn’t take long for this fleet-footed sequel, spry and charming, to win me over. |
| Fresh FictionCourtney HowardThis franchise is slowly building towards mediocrity. Perhaps it'll get there. |
| Arkansas Democrat-GazetteDan LybargerTo do justice to The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature, I'm going to follow the advice of Thumper the rabbit from another animated movie called Bambi. He counsels viewers, "If you can't say something nice, don't say nothing at all." |
| AV ClubJesse HassengerSurly and Andie’s second adventure...is less ambitious than the original.... But it’s also more propulsive, which is to say antic. |
| Blu-ray.comBrian OrndorfNot particularly clever or inventive with cartoon mayhem, and offers a follow-up where a canine character gleefully consumes two piles of vomit. |
| Observer (UK)Wendy IdeIt's a decent if unexceptional family option. |