
The Nut Job
Taste attributes: adventureanimationcomedyfamilyanimalsfastfresh & originalwholesomelightimaginarysimplelinearglossybig & varied
"Let's Get Nuts!"
Boxlist takeA good-natured animated family film that is light, larger-than-life and breakneck. Best if you like warmth over edge.
Taste details
Pace: very fast · Originality: fresh · Tone: very wholesome · Weight: very light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: simple · Structure: very linear · Look: very glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Quality rating
5.7 /10
TMDB · 746 votes
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What lines up
- Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
- Wholesomeness: Wholesome, where this profile leans unsavoury
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Synopsis
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.
Synopsis: TMDB
Characteristics
Where this title sits on each taste spectrum
Directed by
- Peter Lepeniotis
Cast
Details
- Genre
- Adventure
- Year
- 2014
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Gulfstream Pictures
- Taste scores
- How we score
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