The Nut Job | Full Movie | Movies Anywhere

So with The Nut Job we have a movie that in way is marketed like an Over The Hedge rip-off that never really escapes that idea at all when it's on.

While overall entertaining and a sure crowd-pleaser to the younger set, with The Nut Job, some elements of the film are chestnuty warm and tasty, roasted to perfection, while others prove to be a tough nut to crack.

A pleasant -- if untaxing -- surprise.

Predictably, the tykes will cater to the seemingly colorful antics of Surly Squirrel and his carousing cohorts but this will not be as playful to the grown-ups looking for some leftover irreverence and inspired inside satire.

The story simply plugs away without introducing anything new or exciting, and often just repeating with slight variation. It's relatively dull even for a children's caper movie.