The Nut Job 2 is one of those rare examples in which the sequel is technically better than the original, but it’s still not a compliment. The bar was lowered so far the first time that even a squirrel could have reached it. The original The Nut Job starred Will Arnett as Surly Squirrel, a squirrel who was admittedly quite surly, but who was also trapped in a bizarre and contradictory social commentary about the importance of sharing and the dangers of socialism.