The NutcrackerMovie Reviews

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 83
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    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. Read full review

  • 60
    Boxoffice Magazine | Pam Grady

    To call this so-called family film dreadful is an understatement. Jaw-droppingly awful on almost every level, this is a movie to avoid. Read full review

  • 45
    Movieline | Michelle Orange

    Somewhere in there is a little blonde girl and her dreamy princeling, but damned if I could see them through the dreck. Read full review

  • 38
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    Who had the lamebrained idea for a post-apocalyptic 3-D Nutcracker that is lacking any trace of ballet? Read full review

  • 25
    The Globe and Mail (Toronto) | Liam Lacey

    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. Read full review

  • 25
    San Francisco Chronicle | Peter Hartlaub

    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. Read full review

  • 25
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    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? Read full review

  • 20
    New York Daily News | Elizabeth Weitzman

    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. Read full review

  • 12
    New York Post | Lou Lumenick

    Misconceived, bloated and incredibly ugly fantasy epic. Read full review

  • 0
    Boston Globe | Ty Burr

    This is first-degree cultural homicide. Read full review

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