Review of The Nut Job

The Nut Job boasts an elaborate cast with Will Arnett, Brandon Fraser, Gabriel Iglesias, Liam Neeson, and even a guest appearance from Psy. (the song score is kind of award in the film). The animation for the film is actually not bad. The animation I feel is what helped this film. The colors are bright and crisp such as the park scenes and other nature scenes. The 1950s attire and theme was kind of awkward, because the viewer cannot really tell if the film is supposed to be a time period film or not. This is why I feel the musical score of pop/electronica music seems to be unfit for the film. The music is good, just does not fit for this film. The story line is interesting because it has two parallel stories both having a heist theme. However they seem to overlap in a confusing way and seem to clash. Yes the symbolism of the humans robbing a bank being a reference to the animals heisting the nuts is nice, but just seems to clash. The jokes in the film are over redundant and stereotypical. Fart jokes once sort of funny, twice eh… OK. But too many times does get old after a while. Character change is what I thought would come in the end. Yes Surly (main character) starts off as a selfish character then learns to share, but he grows very slow throughout the film and you don't feel too involved on his change of character. Overall the film has a good moral ending (basically sharing is good) but the film just doesn't feel too involving with the characters. The animation is wonderful and the casting is great, but the coupling of a storyline that feels rushed and tries to intertwine two stories in a short time feels crowded along with mediocre jokes just seems too "eh it's not bad, but not good" and that's how you feel after you finish watching The Nut Job.

Overall, I give the film a 6/10

• The_Kansan