The Nut Job Page #2

Synopsis: In a city park, Surly the Squirrel has finally gone too far with his latest caper leading to the animal community's winter food cache being destroyed. Now exiled, Surly and his rat buddy Buddy's collective nightmare on the streets ends when they discover a nut store to raid. Meanwhile, the squirrels, the heroic Andie and the ditsy Grayson, are charged by Raccoon to find a new food source and Andie runs into Surly. With no other options, she arranges a deal to help in Surly's heist for the colony, even while Surly fully intends to betray it. However, there is more going on with the nut store being a front for bank robbers while Raccoon has his own agenda to ensure his own power. In the mayhem to come, Surly finds himself challenged in ways he never expected and discovering the real prize to treasure in this adventure.
Director(s): Peter Lepeniotis
Production: Open Road Films
  1 win & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.8
Metacritic:
37
Rotten Tomatoes:
11%
PG
Year:
2014
85 min
Website
3,725 Views


(ALL SCREAMING)

Grayson, try to get as much

food for the stock as you can.

(SNIFFING)

Hey, what's that smell?

That's my cologne, made from

tree sap and falcon tears.

- Get back.

- Hey, watch the tail.

Flammable here, come on.

These nuts are ours!

Huh?

These nuts are mine!

Okay, Surly, let's negotiate.

We can share it with the park.

Yeah, that sounds fair. How

about 100 me, zero for you?

(GRUNTS)

Wow!

They definitely don't have

a permit for that.

(LAUGHING MANICALLY)

No!

We have to stop this cart.

Photo op!

(GRUNTING)

Surly, come help me, man!

What? Curse you, Surly!

(LAUGHING)

Surly, you coward!

(SNICKERS)

Heck of a day.

Grayson, the oak tree.

The tally is in.

The food collected

in the trunk of our oak tree

(ALL GASP)

will not be enough

to carry us through winter.

(ALL GROAN)

I knew it! We're gonna die!

- Settle down, settle down now, please.

- Raccoon!

(SHUSHING)

Raccoon is giving a speech.

Though this outlook

appears disheartening...

Excuse me,

Andie and Grayson are on...

with determination and honor...

(CLICKING TONGUE)

You gotta listen to me.

this park will persevere!

Take heart, park brethren,

there is hope!

(ALL GASPING)

- Raccoon!

- Quiet.

I'd like to take this

moment to point out...

Quiet. Quiet.

(LAUGHING)

Grayson's never

let us down before.

I believe he is on his way right

at this very moment carrying...

Flaming cart of nuts!

What?

(GASPS)

(ANIMALS SCREAMING)

Our food! it will be destroyed!

Why didn't you say anything?

Abandon tree! Abandon tree!

(GRUNTS)

Not my perfectly

symmetrical face! No!

ALL:
Phew!

ANIMAL:
My goodness!

(POPCORN POPPING)

Grayson? Grayson?

Where are you?

What happened here?

(GROWLS)

Who is responsible for this?

SURLY:
Let go of me, you clowns!

(GRUNTS)

You're making a big mistake here.

I got an alibi! I got witnesses.

(GROANS)

Found him hiding in one of our

holes, just like a snake.

I was recovering buried nuts,

that's what I was doing. (SNIFFING)

You guys smell, like, burnt

nuts or something? That me?

What's going... Ahh!

(LAUGHS)

Look at that!

You guys are

messed for winter, man!

I mean, wow!

Just look at that bonfire!

You didn't see

that coming, did you?

(SCREAMING)

(GROANS)

(ALL GASPING)

Never fear!

This sweet bod is undamaged!

Raccoon, let me organize the trial.

Just give the order.

Another trial? He's never learned.

He needs something more severe!

He is a clear and present danger!

You...

No, no, we do things

by the rule of law.

Let justice take care of him.

They want justice, Andie,

and justice they will receive.

All those in favor of

banishment, raise your paws!

- Banishment?

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