So from all this, I think you can see I didn't really care for this movie, I think people should really sit this one out and let it fail so that hopefully they learn not to put out a project like this into the market just to make a little cash.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Jan 11, 2020

Fans of the first film may like this more coherent sequel but otherwise The Nut Job 2 is pretty forgettable stuff, and seems unlikely to generate a third movie.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 26, 2019

The story is predictable, but it is much better that the sleep-inducing first movie... But go watch it as a standalone film, and you will be fine.

| Mar 9, 2019

I think this is a significant step up from the first one in almost every way.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Feb 21, 2019

The Nut Job 2: Nutty By Nature isn't really all that nutty.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 11, 2019

If you're looking for a clean, afternoon watch with the kids, I've seen better and I've seen worse.

| Original Score: 5.5/10 | Dec 8, 2018

While The Nut Job 2 had some good performances, the rest of the film is definitely not worth saving for the winter.

| Nov 9, 2018

Fairly funny, made-for-kids sequel to the 2014 animated film about a bunch of city park animals looking for the easy life. [A] fast-moving sequel.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 30, 2018

Though it is a marginal improvement over its predecessor, this unnecessarily made animated feature is still as bland and generic an animated feature can be.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 30, 2018

The battle of wits between humans and the assorted animals provides much of the laughs and most of the best scenes of this amiable but unmemorable animated adventure.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 10, 2018

This franchise is slowly building towards mediocrity. Perhaps it'll get there.

| Original Score: D+ | Nov 4, 2017

To cut to the chase, this one's a forgettable sequel, which has its moments but not enough to deserve a big screen viewing, unless you are obsessed with talkative squirrels.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Oct 19, 2017

So the arrival of Operation Peanut 2 comes accompanied by three surprises. First, its mere existence... [Full review in Spanish]

| Oct 13, 2017

The Nut Job was profitable enough to have this sequel that no one has asked for... [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 12, 2017

The little-awaited sequel to the 2014 original.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 5, 2017

In a nutshell, this crowd-pleaser has some bite, but families craving something more filling should hunt elsewhere.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Sep 6, 2017

It has all the traits that made The Nut Job so completely pointless-complicated non-story, dull characters, lame sight gags, lamer puns-then ups the ante with an in-your-face nastiness, stomping and bellowing at the top of its obnoxious voice.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Aug 17, 2017

On the Granger Gauge, the squirrels scurry in with a frenzied 4 out of 10 - in this back-to-school time-waster.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Aug 17, 2017

All of that might sound stupid: it is.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 14, 2017

Derivative and predictable.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 14, 2017