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The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature is a 2017 3D computer-animated comedy film directed by Cal Brunker and written by Brunker, Bob Barlen and Scott Bindley. A sequel to The Nut Job (2014), it stars the voices of Will Arnett, Maya Rudolph, Jackie Chan, Katherine Heigl, Bobby Moynihan, Bobby Cannavale, Isabela Moner, Jeff Dunham, and Gabriel Iglesias. Produced by Gulfstream Pictures, Redrover International and ToonBox Entertainment, the film was released theatrically on August 11, 2017, by Open Road Films.

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Plot

Surly is now loved by Liberty Park's Urban wildlife community and currently overseeing an all-you-can-eat buffet at Maury's Nut Shop. This worries Andie, as she prefers a more hard-working outlook on life. Despite Surly's reassurances all is well, Maury's Nut Shop is accidentally blown up by Mole when he accidentally forgets to cut down pressure from the boiler. Andie takes the opportunity to try and get the animals back to their roots by foraging for food in Liberty Park while Surly and Buddy try to find other food-packed places, but fail each time. Defeated, he and Buddy decide to return to the park.

Meanwhile, Mayor Muldoon relishes in his wealth that comes from profit-making locations across Oakton City. However, he notices Liberty Park never makes money, so he decides to turn it into Liberty Land to pocket more cash. Surly and Andie discover Mayor Muldoon's plot and Surly convinces the animals to fight back, which they do successfully and they manage to sabotage the construction worker's efforts to tear down the park. That night, however, Surly's enjoyment is short-lived when Andie attempts to convince the animals to work hard for food as he believes it can result in disappointment. When the foreman of the construction workers tells the Mayor about the animal attacks, Muldoon calls an extermination squad led by Gunther to get rid of the animals.

The next day, Surly gets caught in one of Gunther's traps and the animals are pursued by Frankie where he falls in love with Precious as she is suddenly abducted by Heather Muldoon. Surly and Buddy head out to rescue her while Andie and the Bruisers find a new park when Liberty Park is eventually overtaken. While searching for Muldoon's car, Surly and Buddy run afowl with a colony of territorial white mice led by Mr. Feng. They manage to evade the mice and find Mayor Muldoon's mansion where they save Precious in Heather's room. Precious tells Frankie she is not interested in him, breaking his heart. Surly's recklessness causes Mayor Muldoon to mortally injure Buddy by causing him to fall off a balcony to the street below. Meanwhile, Andie and the Bruisers find what seems to be a suitable park, but it turns out to be a golf course that almost gets them killed.

A doleful Surly returns with Precious and a lifeless Buddy, reuniting with the others in the ruined remains of the nut shop. While mourning for Buddy, the heartbroken Surly recounts the day he and Buddy met when they were kids when they saved each other during a hurricane. Buddy wakes up thanks to Precious giving him licks and Surly, deeply relived that his best friend is alright, hugs him tight. Surly leads them to take back the park from Mayor Muldoon and his followers during the exclusive opening of Liberty Land. Mayor Muldoon calls Gunther and his team over to capture them and Surly is the only one left standing, so he goes to Mr. Feng and his army. While attacking Surly, the latter convinces Feng and the animals must work together regardless of whether they are from the city or a park and this causes Feng to spare him and agree to help.

Surly frees his friends and rounds them up to take back Liberty Park and they manage to overwhelm the humans, destroy all the rides and attract the attention of the police, who begin to realize that the amusement park is too dangerous to be kept open. Precious finds Frankie and apologizes to him for what happened earlier while confessing that she does indeed love him, causing Frankie to fall in love with her again. After the pair make up, Heather tries to get Gunther to tranquilize them, but due to the interference of Surly, Buddy and Andie he shoots Heather instead, knocking her out while he runs away. Mayor Muldoon tries to escape the chaos using a hot air balloon, but Surly and Buddy commandeer a roller coaster to catch up to him. Surly makes it on top of the balloon and he and Mayor Muldoon engage in a long battle that ends with Surly winning and causing the mayor to fall on top a bouncy house. Mayor Muldoon, Heather, and Gunther are arrested for their crimes and Liberty Land is shut down.

Several months later, the people help rebuild Liberty Park to its former glory. After the park is rebuilt, Mr. Feng and his colony decide to stay in the park and focus on Tai Chi, Precious and Frankie have puppies and Surly takes Andie on a ride with Precious with him to rob a nut cart.

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Cast

• Will Arnett as Surly, a purple squirrel who was at first loathed by the park's animals, but is now considered a hero for helping to save them from a dire food shortage that he had unintentionally caused. In the end he becomes Andie's boyfriend.
  • Justin Felbinger voices a younger Surly.
• Maya Rudolph as Precious, a pug who was formerly owned by bank robbers but is now the park animals' loyal friend and protector.
• Jackie Chan as Mr. Feng, the white-furred light blue-eyed territorial leader of a street mouse gang, who hates being called cute due to his small size and big eyes.
• Katherine Heigl as Andie, a compassionate red squirrel that in the end becomes Surly's girlfriend
• Bobby Moynihan as Mayor Percival J. Muldoon, the unscrupulous mayor of Oakton City and the father of Heather who plans to replace Liberty Park with a faulty amusement park .
• Bobby Cannavale as Frankie, Mayor Muldoon's pet French bulldog, who falls in love with Precious.
• Isabela Moner as Heather Muldoon, Mayor Muldoon's spoiled and vociferous daughter.
• Jeff Dunham as Mole, a mole who formerly worked for Raccoon and now works with Andie.
• Gabriel Iglesias as Jimmy, a groundhog who is Johnny and Jamie's brother and the leader of the Bruisers (consisting of him and his siblings).
• Sebastian Maniscalco as Johnny, a groundhog who is Jimmy and Jamie's brother. He was previously voiced by Joe Pingue in the first film.
• Peter Stormare as Gunther, a deranged animal control officer.
• Kari Wahlgren as Jamie, a groundhog, who is Jimmy and Johnny's sister. She was previously voiced by Annick Obonsawin in the first film.
• Robert Tinkler as Redline (credit only)
• Julie Lemieux as Li'l Chip, a chipmunk that lives in Liberty Park.
• Josh Robert Thompson as a Construction Foreman that oversees the construction of Liberty Land.
• Scott McCord as Police Officer, a police officer who inspects Liberty Park on opening day.
• Laraine Newman as Daredevil Chipmunk, a chipmunk with a daredevil personality that lives in Liberty Park.
• Cal Brunker as Charming Chipmunk, a chipmunk with a charming personality that lives in Liberty Park.
• Bob Barlen as Handsome Mouse
• Jess Harnell, Fred Tatasciore and Andrew Ortenberg as Animal Control Officers, fellow workers of Gunther who help to round up Surly and the Park Animals.
• Greg Chun and Dave Fennoy as Mr. Feng's Mouse Henchmen, white street mice who have brown eyes like the rest of his group.

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Production

On January 23, 2014, The Nut Job 2 was announced with a theatrical release date of January 15, 2016. On April 11, 2016, the release date was pushed back to May 19, 2017. Will Arnett, Gabriel Iglesias, Jeff Dunham, Katherine Heigl and Maya Rudolph reprised their roles. On May 25, 2016, Heitor Pereira was hired to score the film. Jackie Chan joined the cast as Mr. Feng in July 2016, and Bobby Moynihan, Bobby Cannavale and Peter Stormare also came on board. In December 2016, the film was pushed back again, to August 18, 2017, and in May 2017, it was moved a week forward to August 11, 2017.

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Release

The film was released on August 11, 2017, by Open Road Films. The first trailer for the film was released on January 18, 2017. As with the first film, The Weinstein Company handles international distribution.

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Reception

Box office

As of October 1, 2017, The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature has grossed $28.4 million in the United States and Canada and $15.1 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $43.5 million against a production budget of $40 million.

In North America, The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature was released alongside Annabelle: Creation and The Glass Castle, and was initially projected to gross $12-14 million from 4,003 theaters in its opening weekend. However after making just $3 million on its first day (including $330,000 from Thursday previews), expectations were lowered to $8-9 million. It went on to open to $8.3 million, finishing 3rd at the box office and down 68% from the first film's $25.7 million 4-day opening.

Critical response

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 11%, based on 47 reviews, and an average rating of 3.8/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature may be a slight improvement over its predecessor, but its frantic animated antics still offer minimal entertainment to all but the least discriminating viewers." On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score of 37 out of 100, based 18 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale, an improvement over the first film's "B".

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