Powerful

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

If I understand correctly, the lengthened title "The Nutcracker: The Untold Story" wasn't used till the movie had already failed under the simple "Nutcracker" title. I can understand that "The Nutcracker" by itself leads to false expectations. As a matter of fact, I ran into the movie on TV just as it was ending, the kid was singing to the music of Tschaikowsky's piano concerto, and I said to myself, "Wow, they've run through all the beloved Nutcracker music and they've had to add even more Tschaikowsky!" So I made a point of catching the movie again, from the beginning this time, and where were the Nutcracker tunes? Quite absent most of the time, although when they popped up they were sometimes interestingly reworked. They would have made a nice addition to a movie that was not expected necessarily to include them, but they were rather pitiful in a movie that you'd expect to be much more Tschaikowskian than it was. Although the nutcracker belongs originally to Hoffmann rather than to Tschaikowsky, and the basic elements of Hoffman's story aren't all thrown away for the movie, it's not Hoffmann that people care about these days. Keeping the nutcracker out of the title might have been too much to ask, but I think that adding to the title was the right idea. "Mary and the Nutcracker" or some other variation might have warned people that this is far from your standard version. On its own overall merits, rather than just its musical merits, I think the movie deserved to do better, although as others have pointed out, it can't be recommended for kids of all ages and between those too old for the formulaic rescue-the-kingdom story and those too young for the shock moments, the demographic of the target audience is kind of slippery.

¡Muy recomendable para niños, les encantará!!! Highly recommendable for kids! Do not pay attention to negative posts and make your own judgment (as in everything in life). Of course, everyone has the right to say whatever they think, it's a free world, but it seems to me that in this particular case, bad critics come more from personal idiosyncrasies and prejudice, and maybe envy (which is the active ingredient of most destructive criticism I've seen). I do not see objective evaluations in the few "professional critics" I read for this Nutcracker Movie. What else can I say? Production is superb, acting from the main characters is excellent, settings are beautiful and special effects are very well done. Whatever "ideology" or "political" ideas there may be are just a mere interpretation of historic outcomes that do not interfere with the main story, and the children will most likely filter them out. (I hope there are now more than 10 lines, because this review is taking more time than what I first thought it would). Enjoy the movie! My kids, 8 and 10, really did!

Today I will be brief. Do not think - I have not decided to join United Russia, no. Just what I saw today on the screen of your monitor and what I've read on the same screen a little earlier a few slightly earlier does not correspond to one another. But - in order.What is read.The film "The Nutcracker and the Rat King" in runet became famous even before its premiere in Russia, because originally it was in the U.S., and with a budget of 90 million green gathered only 200,000 of these. If someone does not understand - it's not even a failure, it's just a total, deep, and the final Paye, who basically scared to imagine any producer or investor. This is not "Imminence Nikita Mikhalkov, where" money on the screen, it's something more disastrous.Also about the film was known that the role of voicing Phil Kirkorov, Pugacheva, and other reptiles, listen to which there is no special interest. Well, everything else, Konchalovsky gave some great, but terribly incoherent interview on the film, which was unable to properly answer a single question in the style of "And what you have here leshego rat-fascists? And what do they sing? ". And finally - U.S. critics have not understood the film and called it a dark horror movies, but not children's tale, and American children, according to reviews, write, and fled from the hall. I will say about it.In the meantime, I'll tell you - "The Nutcracker" is certainly very far from a true masterpiece of the national tale, an animated cartoon "Our Masha and the Magic Nut", about which so beautifully told us someone Madison. In the commercials shows a good half of the cartoon, so it is strongly recommended for viewing, in order to estimate the extent of idiocy. Unfortunately, the full matyugov.Thus, in preparation for viewing this opus, in my mind swarmed different thoughts about deterrence gag reflex. Given the fact that the film is a fairy tale - and I hate children, and all have been associated with, or rather do not like it when something is explained by "a child", and even more do not like when the children sing. Second in the film as expected, because this child fairy tale musical. So that was prepared in a plastic bag, trash and narkomovskie program.What he saw.And here's a beautiful outcome of all this. Funny that what I saw on the screen, did not cause me to outright disgust, which, in theory it should be. That is, the aversion was caused, but the. Besides, I make allowances for the very nasty children who play major roles, as well as the terrible voice acting voice.The rest - on solid three points with a plus. The film, of course, filmed in a clear style sort of surrealism - apparently trying to imitate the "Alice in Wonderland" as the most severe in the contemporary film genre, Konchalovsky too far with the images. Clearly borrowed from Warhammer towers emerge from their rat-fascists, the Nazis themselves rat on dzhetpakah - it's still bearable, but when it turns out that the rat-fascists living by burning toys, and all the toys as soon as said in the beginning, LIVING ... In short, I do not envy the kids who watched this movie. Of course, this is a very interesting method to tell about the Holocaust, moreover, that in America a lot of supporters who are very fond of this theme ... ahem ... I'm clearly behind those words have been sentenced to death publicly in Aileu usr '... Well, okay.So, the rats in the film really live by burning toys, smoky black smoke that veiled the sun, which is the main enemy of the rat - the type, the forces of darkness and all that. Given that the main voice of the rat says Kirkorov (sorry the original is not Michael Jackson), then you can deploy the theme of Good and Evil, but we will not go into details of the local mythology. In short, rats live as a working population is suffering, getting them toys. Gestapo is not asleep, the rats on dzhetpakah overlook the neighborhood and knocked the guerrillas, well, everything. Damn, I can not ... Really - look already own. I further impressions.Thoughts and Conclusions.Go tell that good in the film. Good exactly one thing - the beauty and special effects. Yes, yes, do not laugh. All sustained relatively nice eyes does not hurt, though a miserable modelka Nutcracker of two polygons initially infuriates, but then he turns into a kid and everything is normal. Around all shiny, all fabulous, all the color and foolish - in a word, eye pleasing.Bad that the horrible actors. Children cause aversion, especially the girl who somewhere has already played - in serials, I think. In the House, for example. It is unclear why there is a mandatory negro character - a boy, a drummer who looked like a son of Bob Marley. Where in the original tale was told about blacks? Silly question. Incidentally, among rats, the Negro is not. Paradox.Bad domestic licensing voice. Not bad, just awful. As I said earlier - the characters speak like morons. It is strange - why earlier baby voiced movie fine, but now - whether children believe idiots, or that - but spoken of as the chair read the poems. Slowly, loudly, with emphasis on the word. Darkness.Bad songs. Especially since there are and original music. Texts of course - mascara lights, here again comes to mind "Our Mary" - a level the same. In short, ladies and gentlemen - the film is not really recommended for viewing, especially children and the children. They may like, and they grow by the Nazis. Black humor.

I saw this movie with my wife and daughter (7) in America recently, we are from Ireland. We were excited to go and see it as it is the only story written in which my daughter name is used. Unfortunately we were very disappointed when we realized the main characters name was changed to Mary. In the original story and ballet the little girl's name is 'Clara', in future productions please pay attention to the small details. As for the movie it was entertaining the story follows the ballet version to a point but is let down by the lack of music. The main focus seemed to be placed on the special effects in which the Nut Cracker and Clara are transported to the princes world, The Rat King played by John Turturro was well done he is a very fine actor. The make-up on the rats and the rat king was more akin to 'The Grinch' movie starring Jim Carrey than something more original. What was good was the color used, the sets and the overall production it had the Christmas feel to some degree. The movie unfortunately is let down by the lack of music, the acting and particularly the connection between Clara and the Nut Cracker. Overall this movie is not great.