The Nutcracker

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  • 1 hr 48 min
  • PG | Thematic material, scary images, action and brief smoking
  • A girl (Elle Fanning) must save an enchanted nutcracker and his magical world from the machinations of the evil Mouse King (John Turturro). Full synopsis

  • Genres: Music/Performing Arts, Sci-Fi/Fantasy

Critic Reviews

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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

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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

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Elle Fanning as Mary in "The Nutcracker."