The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature Page #2

Synopsis: Surly and his friends, Buddy, Andie and Precious discover that the mayor of Oakton City is cracking one big hustle to build a giant yet quite-shabby amusement park, which in turn will bulldoze their home, which is the city park, and it's up to them and the rest of the park animals to stop the mayor, along with his daughter and a mad animal control officer from getting away with his scheme, and take back the park.
Director(s): Cal Brunker
Production: Open Road Films
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.3
Metacritic:
36
Rotten Tomatoes:
13%
PG
Year:
2017
91 min
$28,342,490
Website
1,142 Views


"Oh, Surly,

you were right all along.

"And I was wrong

all along."

Please, Andie,

don't beat yourself up about it.

"Oh, Surly,

you're so wise and forgiving

"and kind

and nice and furry."

Shh.

Don't worry, Andie.

I forgive you.

Huh?

Jackpot.

Or should I say, le jackpot.

Oh, baby, you gotta

try this escargot.

Oh! That's good.

Rats!

Move it, Buddy!

Let's go!

Get out of my restaurant,

you disgusting rodents!

Jackpot.

Salty, overpriced,

snack food jackpot.

Come on.

Thank you, popcorn.

Oh...

Yes. Buddy, look.

One left.

Oh, come on!

All units,

we have a Code 7 in progress.

It's half-priced donuts,

people. Get moving!

Dibs on the jelly.

Get in there, get in there.

Jackpot

Deep-fried, honey-glazed,

artery-clogging jackpot.

Not the donut!

Not the donut!

Wow!

Those guys are serious

about donuts.

Ah, let's face it.

There's no food for us out here.

Let's go back to the park.

This is our stop.

Pay attention.

Timing is everything.

One, two, three.

I forgot to account

for the mailbox.

Everyone is gonna

expect us to have food,

so we're gonna need to let

them down easy. Got it?

All right.

Follow my lead.

Oh!

Hey, Surly's back.

Come on.

Yay. Surly.

Surly!

Surly, Yeah!

Did you find food?

Uh...

They found food.

What Buddy means

is we found food,

but it's complicated.

Did you find popcorn?

Buddy!

Did you find donuts?

Here's the thing...

How many donuts?

Everybody hold on!

Eight donuts?

There is no food!

We're all gonna die!

Everybody calm down.

Calm down!

Thank you.

Come on, guys.

Look around.

We're the luckiest animals

in the world.

Our park has everything we need.

This park's our home

What are you doing?

Singing. It felt like

the right thing to do.

When's the last time

you saw somebody

spontaneously break into song'?

Oh, come on.

They were into it.

It was a little awkward.

You're not a great singer.

Honestly, it was kind of pitchy.

Jeez. Tough crowd.

We all love the park,

but please...

Please, never do that again.

One question!

One question!

Ladies and gentlemen

of the press,

welcome to Liberty Park.

I think we can all agree

this boring old park

needs a shot in the arm.

Behold!

Libertyland!

The greatest place on Earth!

Who wants a regular park

when you can have

an amusement park'?

It's more fun,

more rides, more games,

and more profit.

Libertyland is

my greatest creation.

You told me I was

your greatest creation.

No, no. Of course

you are, sweetheart.

No, Libertyland is

my second-greatest creation.

No, no, no.

This is all wrong.

I want the Tilt-A-Whirl

here, bumper cars here,

and cotton candy

here, here, here,

here, here, and here.

That's a lot of

cotton candy now, snookums.

We don't want

your teeth to fall out.

But I want it!

Okay. She wants her teeth

to fall out, let's do it.

Can we get some more

cotton candy in here, please?

Yes, sir.

Now!

This doesn't look good.

Why don't you sing

a song about it?

Mr. Mayor, over here.

Mr. Mayor. Mr. Mayor,

what's going to happen

to the animals in the park?

Ah, nobody cares about

these animals.

Nobody cares more than me.

Look, don't you worry.

I will take care of them.

I will make sure

they're all taken care of.

And without further ado,

let the groundbreaking begin!

Look at that sign.

They're gonna destroy the park.

We're all gonna die!

Calm down. It's a fat guy

with a tiny shovel.

How much damage can he do?

Oh, I get it.

The tiny shovel was

a symbolic gesture.

Oh, no.

Run!

Well, my work here is done.

You see, sweetheart?

I make the speech,

they do the work.

Whew!

Abandon park!

Hey, where's everyone going?

Wait up. Andie.

Andie!

Whoa, whoa, whoa! Hey, slow down.

Who put you in charge?

This isn't about

who's in charge, Surly.

It's about keeping us safe.

Are you saying

I can't keep us safe?

You had your chance

to take care of the group,

and you blew it.

Instead of doing what was

right, you did what was easy.

Ooh!

Easy? Huh! Look at you.

You're running away.

What could be easier than that?

Oh, I'm sorry. What do

you think we should do?

We, uh...

We fight!

Fight the humans?

We're all gonna die!

Tiny animals do not fight

humans with giant machines.

If you wanna tuck tail

and run, go ahead,

but I'm staying here.

This park belongs to us,

and I think it's worth

fighting for.

Let's go get 'em.

Who's with me?

We're with you, Surly.

Heck, yes, we are. Huh!

Please, Surly. Think about

what you're saying.

For the park!

Let me show you guys

how it's done.

In the name of the park,

I order you to stop your vehicle and...

So much for peaceful protest.

Let's see you drive

without this.

Whoa, Surly.

That was awesome.

YOU Okay?

I'm good, but you

guys get the next one.

So I told the foreman, my head's

so thick I don't need a hard hat.

Get it off! Get it off!

Dig, dig, dig, dig,

dig, dig, dig, dig, dig-

Whoa!

Hey! Hold on,

I'll be done in a second.

Whoa! MOUSE:
Don't

forget to flush. Ha!

Let's trash this place.

Whoa!

I'm de-filing this thing.

This is what I call

a number three.

Whoa! Whoa!

Hey, look what I found.

Hut, hut, hut!

Whoa! It's good!

I wonder what this thing does'?

Whoa! Whoa!

Whoa! Oh! Whoa!

Ow! Ow! Whoa!

Ahh! You guys

gotta try this thing.

Trailer trash. Ha!

Nobody cuts down

a tree in my park.

Fire!

I may not be aerodynamic,

but I'm an excellent projectile.

Ha! Now we've both got

a squished-in face.

One left.

You ready, Buddy?

Go! Go! Go! Go!

No, no, no, no, no.

No, no, no.

Back in the hive! No, no, no!

Ow! Ow! No, no, no!

Ahh!

Huh?

Nice work, Buddy.

We took a lot of stings

for the team on that one.

How did you not get stung?

You better run!

I'm off-leash,

on a rampage!

Hello?

Yep, this is he. Yes, I

received your bribe.

On, did I say bribe?

Why, I meant

"campaign contribution."

Gotta go.

Come in.

Um...

Mr. Mayor...

Well, look who it is.

How nice of you to

take time out of your busy day

to come down here

and let me know

that construction

is right on schedule.

Actually, sir,

that's not why I'm here.

Well, then you must

be here to tell me

that we're ahead of schedule.

Uh...

'Cause I know you ain't here to

tell me that we have fallen behind!

Sir, we were overrun by animals.

They threw our potty

in the river.

Libertyland will proceed

according to plan!

Ooh, some mangy little rodents

think they can stop me?

Well, I'll show them

what happens when you mess

with Percival J. Muldoon!

Oh, yes, I will.

Oh, yes. I will.

Way to go, Surly!

You saved the park.

You did it, Surly.

Let's just say that bulldozer wrote

a check its scoop couldn't cash.

Ugh! Stop that.

We talked about this.

Oh, come on.

We're celebrating.

Fine. One more lick,

then you're cut off.

Ooh! Thanks, boss.

I'm gonna make it count.

Ooh, yeah,

it's gonna be a good one.

It's gonna be a good one.

Whoa. Whoa.

Whoa. Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!

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Bob Barlen

Robert George Barlen (born July 27, 1980), best known as Bob Barlen, is a Canadian screenwriter and producer. He is best known for having co-written The Weinstein Company's animated film Escape from Planet Earth (2013), and produced and co-written The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature (2017), both in collaboration with his business partner Cal Brunker, who served as the director for both films. more…

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