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Misguided, misconceived, and misbegotten on every level, The Nutcracker in 3D is a stunning exercise in astonishing cinematic wrong-headedness.
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Delivering the cinematic equivalent of a lump of coal in a Christmas stocking, The Nutcracker in 3D is an apparent Scrooge-like attempt by Russian filmmaker Andrei Konchalovsky to forever ruin children's associations with the classic Yuletide ballet. December 6, 2010 | Full Review…
Delivering the cinematic equivalent of a lump of coal in a Christmas stocking, The Nutcracker in 3D is an apparent Scrooge-like attempt by Russian filmmaker Andrei Konchalovsky to forever ruin children's associations with the classic Yuletide ballet.
Frank Scheck
One of the most misguided children's films ever made. December 3, 2010 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review…
One of the most misguided children's films ever made.
Liam Lacey
This non-balletic adaptation by the Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky is something gnarled and stunted and wrong, something that should never have been allowed to see the light of day. How's that for a holiday-ad pullquote? November 29, 2010 | Full Review…
This non-balletic adaptation by the Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky is something gnarled and stunted and wrong, something that should never have been allowed to see the light of day. How's that for a holiday-ad pullquote?
Dana Stevens
[It] has so many terrible ideas that the terrible execution is almost irrelevant: Even if the film were well done, it would still be a travesty. November 29, 2010 | Full Review…
[It] has so many terrible ideas that the terrible execution is almost irrelevant: Even if the film were well done, it would still be a travesty.
David Edelstein
The Viennese scenes, shot on Budapest soundstages, give a new, dreary meaning to "workmanlike." November 24, 2010 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
The Viennese scenes, shot on Budapest soundstages, give a new, dreary meaning to "workmanlike."
Mike Hale
Spectacularly misconceived, bloated and incredibly ugly... November 24, 2010 | Full Review…
Spectacularly misconceived, bloated and incredibly ugly...
Lou Lumenick
Do not see this movie. Do not take your children to this movie. Do not be tempted by the title, or dancing visions of sugar-plum fairies. Do not put on the 3-D glasses. March 27, 2019 | Full Review…
Do not see this movie. Do not take your children to this movie. Do not be tempted by the title, or dancing visions of sugar-plum fairies. Do not put on the 3-D glasses.
Brian D. Johnson
It's flawless in its flaws, without a single redeeming element to obscure its idealized awfulness. December 24, 2012 | Rating: F- | Full Review…
It's flawless in its flaws, without a single redeeming element to obscure its idealized awfulness.
Rob Vaux
A frankly bewildering attempt at serious cinema October 7, 2011 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…
A frankly bewildering attempt at serious cinema
James Luxford
I have my theories on the true inspiration motivating the madness here. Something tells me if I bit into the negative, it might taste like whisky, insomnia, and repressed childhood trauma. December 5, 2010 | Rating: F | Full Review…
I have my theories on the true inspiration motivating the madness here. Something tells me if I bit into the negative, it might taste like whisky, insomnia, and repressed childhood trauma.
Brian Orndorf
The whole thing is just so astoundingly wrongheaded. December 4, 2010 | Full Review…
The whole thing is just so astoundingly wrongheaded.
William Goss
One of the most wretched, misguided extravaganzas ever mounted on the big screen...a stale schnitzel. December 3, 2010 | Rating: 2/10 | Full Review…
One of the most wretched, misguided extravaganzas ever mounted on the big screen...a stale schnitzel.
Susan Granger
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