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- 2018
- PG
- Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
- 1 h 39 m
- 2018
- PG
- Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
- 1 h 39 m
Summary All Clara (Mackenzie Foy) wants is a key – a one-of-a-kind key that will unlock a box that holds a priceless gift. A golden thread, presented to her at godfather Drosselmeyer’s (Morgan Freeman) annual holiday party, leads her to the coveted key—which promptly disappears into a strange and mysterious parallel world. It’s there that Clara ...
Directed By: Lasse Hallström, Joe Johnston
Written By: Ashleigh Powell, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Marius Petipa
- 2018
- PG
- Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
- 1 h 39 m
- 2018
- PG
- Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
- 1 h 39 m
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
39
4.7
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Summary All Clara (Mackenzie Foy) wants is a key – a one-of-a-kind key that will unlock a box that holds a priceless gift. A golden thread, presented to her at godfather Drosselmeyer’s (Morgan Freeman) annual holiday party, leads her to the coveted key—which promptly disappears into a strange and mysterious parallel world. It’s there that Clara ...
Directed By: Lasse Hallström, Joe Johnston
Written By: Ashleigh Powell, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Marius Petipa
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 38 Critic Reviews
39
11% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
55% Mixed
21 Reviews
21 Reviews
34% Negative
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 38 Critic Reviews
39
11% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
55% Mixed
21 Reviews
21 Reviews
34% Negative
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
A movie that should be seen on the big screen, in order to fully appreciate its special effects, this Disney production will likely enchant lots of little girls and boys while also tugging at the heartstrings of grown-up sons and daughters who still value all that was given to them by their departed parents
Fans of fancy period costumes and supernatural effects both get plenty to gawk at, but the story offers no real surprises, and that includes the big plot twist.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 96 User Ratings
4.7
28% Positive
27 Ratings
27 Ratings
41% Mixed
39 Ratings
39 Ratings
31% Negative
30 Ratings
30 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 96 User Ratings
4.7
28% Positive
27 Ratings
27 Ratings
41% Mixed
39 Ratings
39 Ratings
31% Negative
30 Ratings
30 Ratings
Epic Fairytale; Pure Disney, Like a christmas version of Alice in Wonderland !
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms is a really magical movie. Full of Christmas and Magic. Featuring stunning sets and costumes and a good moral. The plot of this new adaptation of the Ballet and the Classic story that inspired it revolves around Clara a young girl who's mother has recently past away. On Christmas eve she discovers , with a little help from her Godfather Drosselmeyer played by Oscar Winner Morgan Freeman , A Magical World consisting of Four Realms each ruled by different regent. Three of the realms are good and peaceful. But one is dark and evil and ruled by the villainess Mother Ginger played by Oscar winner Helen Mirren.
This is the kind of big budget Fantasy movie i love ! The sets and costumes are colorful and intricate, the cast has big stars playing larger than life roles and it has a good moral about believing in yourself and grief.
The movie has magic and a good midway twist. Mackenzie Foy does a good job playing the lead and among the other actors Keira Knightley is a stand out , giveing her character a unique voice and set of mannerisms. The movie also really gives you a christmas feeling with all its snow , Christmas trees and presents. Richard E Grant and mexican comedy super star Eugenio Derbez also does a good job with their roles though both are slightly underused. Misty Copeland's role is also very small and i didn't even notice Miranda Hart. Actually i'm not even sure she was in the movie. Maybe her role has been cut from the finished film. I know there were reshoots. Speaking of shooting. The Director is a country man noted Swedish Director Lasse Hallström. But all the reshoots were handled by Joe Johnston( Captain America the First Avenger and Jurassic Park III). I don't know which filmed which scenes. Special shoutout must go to Two Time Oscar Nominee Guy Hendrix Dyas from his Production Design and Two Time Oscar Winner Jenny Beavan for her Costumes.
It's a really good movie, I highly recommend it !
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There’s nothing inherently wrong with this greatest-hits patchwork approach or the correct racially diverse, girl-power script from Ashleigh Powell. There’s also nothing new or necessary about this jumbled, pretty mess of a movie, which barely covers the seams between its varied pilferings.
What starts as a modest, agreeable riff on E.T.A. Hoffmann’s original tale — and, more relevantly, Tchaikovsky’s ballet — eventually veers into stultifying action, rote twists, and other badly forced contemporary tweaks.
A weirdly hideous hodgepodge of images and ideas, as convoluted as its confusing title would suggest.
Disney's attempt to wrestle E.T.A. Hoffmann's 1816 story and the perennially popular Tchaikovsky ballet into a fairy tale with a modern attitude is like one of those big, elaborately decorated, butter cream-frosted cakes that looks delicious but can make you quite ill.
The film is as bland as Melba toast served on a bed of parsley while snatching sips of water from a nearby puddle following a rainstorm (that actually, in retrospect, could have some flavor). It is the very antithesis of creative destruction.
I think that the nutcracker reboot movie was excellent movie ever made in the 21st century.
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Visually stunning but it would have been better. If it was actually based on the Nutcracker. Just like with A Wrinkle in Time, Disney was more focused on being diverse. Then actually doing the story justice. Yet they don’t even do anything with the Nutcracker or much with Morgan Freeman. The Nutcracker gets to do very little and the actor doesn’t stand out much.
Hell the Nutcracker starring Elle Fanning that got 0% good reviews. Was more Nutcracker like since Mouse King was actually the villain. Oh and actually in it.
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[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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Totally predictable. With a script that looks more like cake recipe, Disney makes a totally wrong bet at the time he thought of another "Alice in the Wonderland ". Its visual comes to be fluffy, but does not have the slightest coherence, both in script and in the performances. Even trying, Disney and its live-actions of recent stories (removing Cinderella, Christopher Robin and so on) are not giving more right at a time. 3.7/10
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Production Company
Walt Disney Pictures,
The Mark Gordon Company
Release Date Nov 2, 2018
Duration 1 h 39 m
Rating PG
Tagline In 2018, the legend you know has a dark side.
Awards
Golden Trailer Awards
• 2 Nominations
ReFrame
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Annie Awards
• 1 Nomination
