A Very Nutty Christmas

TV-PG

2018

1h 30m

Holiday

Romance

Comedy

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46%

Fewer than 50 Ratings

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A bakery owner has more cookie orders than she has time to fill this holiday season, and when her boyfriend suddenly breaks up with her, any shred of Christmas joy she had inside immediately disappears.Then, she meets a handsome soldier who may actually be a nutcracker that has come to life. Together, they rediscover the magic of Christmas.

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Amanda Waltz

Pittsburgh City Paper

Hart executive produced this movie, which means she was cool with all of this.

Dec 11, 2018

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It's not good, fact. It is kinda likeable though. I didn't really enjoy 'A Very Nutty Christmas' but it has its heart in the right place and I came away from viewing it feeling alright about it. Melissa Joan Hart and Barry Watson, despite iffy chemistry, are probably the main reasons for that, Watson in particular. The supports are OK too. The film does drag in patches and the whole vibe of it feels too clean and too acted out, which is a weird thing to say, granted, but it's just not a film that comes across as natural - every inch of it feels overtly constructed. Not one I'd personally recommend, though you could do worse.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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So blandly Connecticut, it should be titled A Very Cracker Christmas.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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A Nutty Christmas might look like any cookie-cutter Lifetime movie. It has the formula, a romance movie aimed at a female audience (despite having a misogynistic message), it has the headache-inducing visuals where every room is covered in red and green vomit, wooden actors, an aimless plot, and it has a heterosexual couple as the leads. The only two differences between A Nutty Christmas and everything else made by Lifetime is 1) it's loosely based on the Nutcracker and 2) this movie is A B S O L U T E L Y I N S A N E . This movie is awful, with a production just as bad as every Lifetime movie. But God, I love every unintentionally comedic moment in this trash fire. This is one of the best so-bad-it's-good movies of all time and I'm a bit sad that it's already forgotten. The decisions taken during this film are so bizarre, so unadulteratedly dumb, that they come around and make it ironically hilarious. It's a Lifetime movie that goes off the rails the moment the Nutcracker appears and it never gets back up. This movie deserves being remembered alongside The Room and Trolls 2. I recommend watching this train wreck with a friend. I give it a nutship/10

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Colin Theys

Director

Melissa Joan Hart

Kate

Barry Watson

Chip

Richard Riehle

Dosselmeyer

Marissa Jaret Winokur

Rosa

Ryan Caltagirone

Mark

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Synopsis

Director: Colin Theys
Producer: Paula Hart
Screenwriter: Juliet Giglio, Keith Giglio
Production Co: Synthetic Cinema International, Hartbreak Films
Rating: TV-PG
Genre: Holiday, Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 1, 2018
Runtime: 1h 30m

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