Surly squirrel starts trouble
Photos courtesy of Catalyst Alliance (Thailand)
Did you know
Peter Lepeniotis worked as an animator on the 1999 film Toy Story 2.
Directed by Peter Lepeniotis, The Nut Job is a new 3-D computer-animated, action-packed comedy film.
The movie kicks off in idyllic Liberty Park, an oasis nestled within a fictional, sprawling 1950s metropolis called Oakton City. Liberty Park is home to a variety of different animals, including mice, groundhogs, rats, and lots of squirrels.
Surly (Will Arnett) is a mischievous city park squirrel with a rat friend named Buddy (Robert Tinkler). When together they plan an outrageous nut store heist, they unwittingly become embroiled in a human bank robbery happening at the same time.
What follows is a wacky, action-packed adventure full of heroes, villains, daring rescues, comic mix-ups and classic slapstick.
Catch the animated action and non-stop laughs when The Nut Job hits local cinemas on April 24.
Vocabulary
- idyllic (adj): peaceful and beautiful; perfect and without problems
metropolis (n): a large important city
groundhog (n): a small North American animal of the squirrel family
heist (n): an act of stealing something valuable from a shop or bank
unwittingly (adv): without being aware of what you are doing or the situation you are involved in
wacky (adj): funny in a slightly crazy way
slapstick (n): the type of humour that is based on simple actions, such as people hitting each other, falling down, etc.
