Synopsis
Set in 1920s Vienna, this is the tale of a little girl, whose godfather gives her a special doll one Christmas Eve.
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Cast
- Elle FanningMary
- Nathan LaneUncle Albert
- John TurturroThe Rat King
- Frances de la TourThe Rat Queen / Frau Eva
- Charlie RoweThe Prince / Nicholas Charles
- Aaron Michael DrozinMax
- Richard E. GrantFather
- Yuliya VysotskayaMother / The Snow Fairy
- Jonny CoyneGnomad
- Shirley HendersonThe Nutcracker (voice)
Recommendations
- 83
Entertainment Weekly
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. - 60
Boxoffice Magazine
To call this so-called family film dreadful is an understatement. Jaw-droppingly awful on almost every level, this is a movie to avoid. - 45
Movieline
Somewhere in there is a little blonde girl and her dreamy princeling, but damned if I could see them through the dreck. - 38
USA Today
Who had the lamebrained idea for a post-apocalyptic 3-D Nutcracker that is lacking any trace of ballet? - 25
Chicago Sun-Times
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? - 25
San Francisco Chronicle
The Nutcracker in 3D will be barely recognizable to fans of the beloved holiday classic. Imagine watching Tchaikovsky's ballet after taking a handful of peyote - on a day when all of the dancers call in sick and the orchestra decides to play a different set of the composer's works. - 25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Anything but a seasonal treat. This special-effects-heavy, big-budget musical from expatriate Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky (Runaway Train, Tango & Cash) ranks as one of the most misguided children's films ever made. - 20
New York Daily News
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.
