Not all rats look exactly alike, even animated ones. But there’s a real resemblance between a rat in “The Nut Job,” the new film by Peter Lepeniotis, and Remy, the main character in ...

The Nut Job | D You’d hardly expect to find civics lessons in third-rate kids animation, but they are scattered about willy-nilly, like hastily buried acorns. Set in what appears to be a 1950s ...

PG. Contains mild action and rude humor. 86 minutes. A surly squirrel named Surly and his best buddy, Buddy the mute rat, plan a heist to steal cashews, peanuts and almonds in “The Nut Job ...

The dashing, dopey Grayson is all about heroics, and looking good as he saves the day. An epic failure to steal a street vendor's nut cart gets Surly labeled "a clear and present danger" to the ...

Director: Peter Lepeniotis; Screenwriters: Peter Lepeniotis; Starring: Will Arnett, Brendan Fraser, Liam Neeson, Katherine Heigl, Stephen Lang, Maya Rudolph; Running time: 86 mins; Certificate: U ...

There’s potential in the premise of a heist movie featuring 3-D animated park critters angling to get their paws on a cashew and peanut stash. Not that you’d expect “The Nut Job” to be ...

You’d hardly expect to find civics lessons in third-rate kids animation, but they are scattered about willy-nilly, like hastily buried acorns. Set in what appears to be a 1950s medium-sized ...

A surly squirrel named Surly and his best buddy, Buddy the mute rat, plan a heist to steal cashews, peanuts and almonds in The Nut Job. In other words, cleverness is lacking in the animated feature.

Squirrels, rats and pigeons are the stars of “The Nut Job,” giving it the most innately unpleasant lead characters this side of “The Wolf of Wall Street.” A heist comedy in which a bunch ...

‘The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature’: Meet the Voices Behind the Animated Characters. Will Arnett, Maya Rudolph and Jackie Chan are just some of big names behind the sequel's band of city animals ...

Not all rats look exactly alike, even animated ones. But there’s a real resemblance between a rat in “The Nut Job,” the new film by Peter Lepeniotis, and Remy, the main character in ...