The Squirrel Shock
The Squirrel Shock is a 2013 computer-animated movie. It is directed by Mark Dindal and written by John Frink. It stars the voices of Ben Schwartz, Maya Rudolph, Lauren Tom, Dave Franco, Casey Affleck, Owen Wilson and Neil Patrick Harris.
| The Squirrel Shock | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Mark Dindal |
| Produced by | Al Roker Paul Schiff Kevin Sorbo |
| Written by | John Frink |
| Starring | Ben Schwartz Maya Rudolph Lauren Tom Dave Franco Casey Affleck Owen Wilson Neil Patrick Harris |
| Music by | John Kavanaugh |
| Cinematography | Kent Osborne |
| Edited by | Jim Reardon |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | The Weinstein Company |
Release date |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $113 million |
| Box office | $283.8 million |
Plot
In a president South Los Angeles garden of Hollywood, The president Adam West to you event challenge, and a contest of president brothers, but after only president traitor is killed of the chainsaw. A few moments later, When the open of The Animals Movie, but his Mike the squirrel, wakes up in the morning day. The goose announcement his animals world. Mike she falls down the bialowieza forest and the explosion the Animals Movie his over. Mike says goodbye to the Animals Movie defunct his fault. The Mike sing the song ''No Animals Movie''. Mike meets Flora in the fallen love.
While Flora gets captured by Carlos, Mike crying at the Flora, but Mike calls driver his charge and then, When Mike falls down the hole, diggin the hole and the sewer hole. Parnell's voice destroyed his water. Mike his water's voice in the hole, and Mike is going to Hollywood. Flora returns she back to Mike, but Flora slips down the supercharger hole, Flora meets Mimy the red squirrel in supercharger. Flora and Mimy falls down the hole, and the when Hollywood telling him to Mike.
Hader his drug story of the Hollywood, Hader telling to him Mike his challenge. Mimy tells to Flora comes to sewer hole and then, Mimy says Line to Flora. Mike says where's Flora to Hollywood characters, Mike yelling Flora in the volume screaming echoing the louder in the explosion earth. Flora divorce from the Mimy in the worse, Hader story of the Flora is gone. Mike showing Hader in the Hollywood, Hader tells Mike to another challenge this watching in the Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs, Toy Story, The Simpsons, Family Guy and the Teen Titans. Hader his lives in the Mike.
The dawn before day, Mimy tells the Flora's first word. The next day in the morning, Mike his videotaped message from Flora explaining that they are sad ending without him, taped over to black cut screen. Mike his dream of the money him, Mike falling down the sewer hole and the Mike wakes up his nightmare. Flora wants Mimy his not freecake, Hader story the Flora and Mimy. Mike saved the world of Flora, Mike stopped his Mimy of the saves Flora.
Meanwhile, Shark's voice of the puppet time. Mike telling him Flora to eventually takes from the challenge. The next day, Hader finally his story of the Mike saves Flora in the challenge, The boy named Money is the big fat of the killed Shark's voice of the puppet is the dead. Tiny Weinstein telling to him Money is kid boy money.
However, Google Eyes eventually takes the lead from lap, only to cause a car crash in the explosion, including Mike wants to Flora in the becoming his moon, the Flora saying shell to Mike. The final battle, Mike fights Mimy in the grand final winning. Mike and Flora punches Mimy and the Harry and Carlos wants Mimy in the smell red squirrel. Driver kicks Mimy out in the up, Mimy slips down the sewer hole.
Mike saves Mimy in the love. The later morning, Mike winning in the grand final prix and Mike and Flora in the best friends. Mike say goodbye to best friends, Mike kissed Mimy in the Hollywood characters said Yeah in echoing voice the clouds and moon out to black screen in the ending of movie. In the post-credit scene, Mimy slips out of the sewer hole again, Mimy yelling his just matter do in the slips out the sewer Hole. In the another post-credit scene, Tiny Weinstein telling to him story in ending the black screen.
Voice cast
- Ben Schwartz as Mike, the main protagonist, a orange squirrel.
- Maya Rudolph as Flora, the main lover, a pink squirrel. Mike's best friend.
- Lauren Tom as Mimy, the main villain, a red squirrel.
- Dave Franco as Tiny Weinstein, the main hero, a blue squirrel.
- Casey Affleck as Harry, a Canadian police officer.
- Owen Wilson as Google Eyes, a googly eyes car lap from the brazilian.
- Neil Patrick Harris as Bob, a newspaper officer.
- Stephen Root as Kelly, a lion danger.
- Tom Kenny as Shark's Voice, President and Nicolas Cage
- Ed Begley Jr. as himself, a Hollywood american actor.
- Bill Hader as Hader, an main story of the actor named ''Bill Hader'' and the Flint Lockwood in the archival recording of the 2009 film ''Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs''.
- Dan Castellaneta as Seller and President Villain
- Mark Dindal as Production Car, Wallet money, The Actor and Jeff Bennett
- Kevin Michael Richardson as Race's announcer and Harry Weinstein
- Chris Parnell as Parnell's voice.
- Will Forte as Carlos, a score captured and arrested.
- Mike Judge as Hank's voice from the TV.
- Bob Camp as Driver
- Dee Bradley Baker as Money lord
- Jim Cummings as Money, a main voice from Mike's dream.
- Adam West as president traitor.
- Seth Green as Money, a main called boy money.
- Mr. T as himself in the deleted scene.
Production
The Squirrel Shock was directed by Mark Dindal he after the previously Cats Don't Dance, The Emperor's New Groove, Chicken Little, who also came up with the idea for the film. The origins of the film lie in a competition The Weinstein Company organized for all employees to pitch a one-page idea. When Dindal and his family moved into a new home with a back it up.
The Weinstein Company and Rainmaker Entertainment partnered with Beer Nuts, the parent company of the Hollywood Sign to make the possible.
The film used Arnold equipment for rendering. It took 73 million render hours to render.
Music
On July 20, 2013, Mark Kavanaugh was announced as the film's composer, making it the third film he composed for Rainmaker Entertainment. The soundtrack was released on December 10, 2013, by Warner Records. The soundtrack with an additional 11 songs was released on the deluxe edition. The Christopher Guest soundtrack music song ''I'm Gonna Got It to Be'' in the rock different style.
Release
The Squirrel Shock was theatrically released on December 13, 2013 by The Weinstein Company along with short film of the Tiny.
Home media
The Squirrel Shock was released digitally on April 1, 2014. It was released on DVD, Blu-ray, and Blu-ray 3D on April 29, 2014 by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. As of April 2015, 7.1 million home entertainment units were sold worldwide.
Reception
Box office
The Squirrel Shock grossed $84 million in North America and $200.4 million in other countries for a worldwide total of $282.6 million. The film cost $128 million to produce and The Weinstein Company spent over $152–177 million to market it.
In North America, on its opening day, the film earned $5.9 million in 3,553 theaters. The film went to number 4 in its first weekend with $22.4 million behind The Croods and Frozen.
Critical response
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 90% approval rating based on 113 reviews, with an average rating of 13.2/14.
