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  • 2010
  • PG
  • Freestyle Releasing
  • 1 h 50 m
  • 2010
  • PG
  • Freestyle Releasing
  • 1 h 50 m

Summary Nine-year-old Mary's dull Viennese Christmas is suddenly filled with excitement and adventure following the arrival of her beloved Uncle Albert and his gift of an enchanted nutcracker. On Christmas night, Mary's new friend, The Nutcracker, or "NC," comes to life and takes her on a wondrous journey into his magical world of fairies, sugar...

Directed By: Andrey Konchalovskiy

Written By: Chris Solimine, Andrey Konchalovskiy

  • 2010
  • PG
  • Freestyle Releasing
  • 1 h 50 m
  • 2010
  • PG
  • Freestyle Releasing
  • 1 h 50 m

The Nutcracker

Metascore Overwhelming Dislike Based on 18 Critic Reviews
18
User Score Generally Unfavorable Based on 32 User Ratings
2.7
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Summary Nine-year-old Mary's dull Viennese Christmas is suddenly filled with excitement and adventure following the arrival of her beloved Uncle Albert and his gift of an enchanted nutcracker. On Christmas night, Mary's new friend, The Nutcracker, or "NC," comes to life and takes her on a wondrous journey into his magical world of fairies, sugar...

Directed By: Andrey Konchalovskiy

Written By: Chris Solimine, Andrey Konchalovskiy

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Metascore
Overwhelming Dislike Based on 18 Critic Reviews
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6% Positive
1 Review
17% Mixed
3 Reviews
78% Negative
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Metascore
Overwhelming Dislike Based on 18 Critic Reviews
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6% Positive
1 Review
17% Mixed
3 Reviews
78% Negative
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83
Nov 27, 2010
Terry Gilliam-ish territory here, spiked with imagery from Holocaust nightmares and drug trips. Attention, university film clubs: Here's your cult-ready midnight-movie programming.
By Lisa Schwarzbaum FULL REVIEW
40
Nov 22, 2010
The familiarity of the music may actually be a disadvantage; the ear wants the melodies to conform to one's memory of them, but instead they've been tortured into compliance with the needs of a standard movie musical.
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66% Negative
21 Ratings

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Nov 23, 2010
Your Thanksgiving turkey has arrived on schedule and it's called The Nutcracker in 3D.
By Gary Goldstein FULL REVIEW
25
Nov 23, 2010
From what dark night of the soul emerged the wretched idea for The Nutcracker in 3D? Who considered it even remotely a plausible idea for a movie?
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
20
Nov 24, 2010
Do not, in fact, go at all. Because aside from the actual nutcracker, most of the crucial elements are missing from Andrei Konchalovsky's bizarre miscalculation. Magic and joy top the list.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW
10
Nov 29, 2010
Even if the film were well done, it would still be a travesty.
By David Edelstein FULL REVIEW
0
Nov 23, 2010
The wildest thing about this movie is its faith that what kids (and parents) really want for Christmas is a Nutcracker version of the Final Solution.
By J. Hoberman FULL REVIEW
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Production Company Vnesheconombank, Nutcracker Holdings, HCC Media Group, Russian Roulette Ltd.
Release Date Nov 24, 2010
Duration 1 h 50 m
Rating PG
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Website https://mt2.org/uyeler/the-nutcracker-the-untold-story.11965/
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Awards

Razzie Awards
• 1 Nomination
Young Artist Awards
• 1 Nomination

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