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Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 10, 2017 - 10:30pm 

Will Arnett is a funny guy, but there’s almost none of his charm on display here as the squirrel named Surly – who leads his fellow woodland creatures on a quest to protect their city park from a greedy developer. Katherine Heigl continues her poor choices in choosing roles as the side-kick squirrel, a nagging and scolding named Andie. The only one who makes half an impact is Jackie Chan playing a martial arts mouse known as Mr. Feng, but even that part was seemed written on autopilot. A variety of other funny people you’ve enjoyed in elsewhere (Maya Rudolph, Bobby Moynihan, Bobby Cannavale) are almost literally phone it in here. Voice of Jackie Chan as Mr. Feng in ‘The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature
Photo credit: Open Road Films (II)

Kids won’t see anything here that they haven’t seen a dozen times before, and parents won’t find even the slightest morsel to hang onto, to stave off the inevitable boredom. While your average episode of “The Simpsons” has dozens of jokes a minute, “The Nut Job 2” can’t manage even one ounce of humorous inspiration in its running time.

The only bright side is it’s too slight and forgettable to really get worked up about. However, this animated movie seems destined not to be seen in a theater, but ignored later when it appears in your child’s Netflix feed.




