Delivering the cinematic equivalent of a lump of coal in a Christmas stocking, The Nutcracker in 3D is an apparent Scrooge-like attempt by Russian filmmaker Andrei Konchalovsky to forever ruin children's associations with the classic Yuletide ballet.
The Nutcracker
Experience the Holiday Classic as You've Never Seen it Before
2010 · 1h 48m · PG
Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Music
Directed by
Andrei Konchalovsky
Overview
In 1920s Vienna, a young girl receives a magical doll on Christmas Eve.
Director and cast
- Andrei Konchalovsky Director
- Elle Fanning as Mary
- Nathan Lane as Uncle Albert
- John Turturro as The Rat King
- Frances de la Tour as The Rat Queen / Frau Eva
- Jonny Coyne as Gnomad (as Jonathan Coyne)
- Charlie Rowe as The Prince / Nicholas Charles
- Aaron Michael Drozin as Max
- Richard E. Grant as Father
- Yuliya Vysotskaya as Mother / The Snow Fairy
- Shirley Henderson Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
One of the most misguided children's films ever made.
This non-balletic adaptation by the Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky is something gnarled and stunted and wrong, something that should never have been allowed to see the light of day. How's that for a holiday-ad pullquote?
[It] has so many terrible ideas that the terrible execution is almost irrelevant: Even if the film were well done, it would still be a travesty.
The Viennese scenes, shot on Budapest soundstages, give a new, dreary meaning to "workmanlike."
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