The Nut Job (2014) 6/10

Starring : Will Arnett, Brendan Fraser, Liam Neeson, Katherine Heigl
Director : Peter Lepeniotis
Running Time : 80 mins

After being exiled from a local park by his fellow animals, a selfish squirrel named Surly (Arnett) discovers a nut store filled with goodies that will keep him going through the winter. Realising the difficulty of securing the cache on his own, Surly strikes up a deal with squirrels Andie (Heigl) and Grayson (Fraser) to go halves on what they can get, but little do they realise that the nut store is a cover for a team of bank robbers.

Although the animation is nice enough, the characters don’t really spring out as individuals other than in a purely superficial sense. The voices aren’t anything memorable, and the silly appearance by Psy singing Gangnam Style in the end credits seemed weird to me. The concept is interesting, with the bank robbers finding themselves under attack by wildlife trying to rob their hideout, but the lack of impressive characters made this an easily forgettable movie.

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