The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

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The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

PG

Released Nov 2, 2018

1h 39m

Kids & Family

Holiday

Fantasy

Adventure

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Young Clara needs a magical, one-of-a-kind key to unlock a box that contains a priceless gift. A golden thread leads her to the coveted key, but it soon disappears into a strange and mysterious parallel world. In that world, she meets a soldier named Phillip, a group of mice and the regents who preside over three realms. Clara and Phillip must now enter a fourth realm to retrieve the key and restore harmony to the unstable land.

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Critics Consensus

Lacking a transporting yuletide story or dazzling dance routines, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms is a hollow holiday confection that's lovely to look at -- and easy to forget.

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Roxana Hadadi

Chesapeake Family Magazine

Disney's pretty-looking The Nutcracker and the Four Realms is immediately forgettable. The disparate elements of the story barely fit together.

Rated: 2.5/5

Feb 7, 2019

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Wenlei Ma

News.com.au

Younger audiences will enjoy the bright colours and fun energy but it's unlikely to leave a lasting impression. Sometimes, that's enough. But don't expect it to become an instant favourite.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 25, 2018

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Victoria Smith (Gloswitch)

New Statesman

At times it has the feel of a computer game: cross the bridge, open the gates, jump off the wall, beat the boss. Only characters in computer games tend to be more unpredictable, with more than one twist.

Nov 12, 2018

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Calum Cooper

Source (Scotland)

It has grand ambitions and a decent eye for visuals. But its presentation is soulless and unrefined, coming off less like a magical adventure of its own right, and more like the sugar free alternative to Narnia.

Rated: 2/5

Jul 14, 2024

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Dan Bayer

Next Best Picture

A film that keeps throwing production design at you to obscure the fact that nearly everything else is a bit of a mess.

Rated: 4/10

May 13, 2022

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

A 99-minute mess of stilted dialogue, wooden performances, and predictable themes.

Rated: 1.5/4

Mar 8, 2022

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Aria E

I think the movie was a comforting adventure! I can see it becoming many's favorite. It's definitely just a fun movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/14/24

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Rebekah R

Visually pretty (overly extravagant to be honest), but that's it. The actors look disinterested, the characters are uninteresting, the dialogue is atrocious, the story is bland and unorganized.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

12/11/24

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Steve C

Nice film but like most American films poor ending leaving you in the air Just give me an ending

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

11/29/24

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Audience Member

Absolutely loved it!!🫶🏻🫶🏻

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/19/24

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John W

The impression is that they changed the story half-way through and the goodies became baddies. Why was the frozen sentry in the box being called "The Nutcracker"? In the Hoffman story The Nutcracker was a prince changed into a wooden nutcracker. This story lacked a good script or decent storyboard. The fact that it was being shown at the smallest screen in a multiplex just before Christmas says how little the exhibitors though of it.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

09/10/24

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Dale R

A retelling of E. T. A. Hoffmann’s short story “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” and Marius Petipa’s and Tchaikovsky’s ballet “The Nutcracker”. There are several things that I appreciate in this film. First, they included some of the music from Tchaikovsky’s ballet in the film, which was a great nod to one of the sources of inspiration for the film. Second, the design for the castle in the four realms was based on Russian architecture, another great nod. The costume design was also on point here! The writing, editing and direction are the real problems in this movie. Weird jump cuts in montages, poorly written conflict and a villain that was obviously a villain from their first scene. The CGI fest was also hit or miss. I’d say skip this film.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

07/07/24

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Synopsis

Young Clara needs a magical, one-of-a-kind key to unlock a box that contains a priceless gift. A golden thread leads her to the coveted key, but it soon disappears into a strange and mysterious parallel world. In that world, she meets a soldier named Phillip, a group of mice and the regents who preside over three realms. Clara and Phillip must now enter a fourth realm to retrieve the key and restore harmony to the unstable land.

Director: Lasse Hallström, Joe Johnston
Producer: Mark Gordon, Larry J. Franco
Screenwriter: Ashleigh Powell
Distributor: Walt Disney
Production Co: The Mark Gordon Company
Rating: PG (Some Mild Peril)
Genre: Kids & Family, Holiday, Fantasy, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 2, 2018, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 29, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $54.8M
Runtime: 1h 39m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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