Mackenzie Foy

Jayden Fowora-Knight

Tom Sweet

Keira Knightley

Helen Mirren

Morgan Freeman

Eugenio Derbez

Matthew Macfadyen

Richard E. Grant

Sergei Polunin

Misty Copeland

Anna Madeley

Ellie Bamber

Jack Whitehall

Omid Djalili

Gustavo Dudamel

Nick Mohammed

Charles Streeter

Craig Garner

Meera Syal

Max Westwell

Aaron Smyth

Sophie Apollonia

Zoe Arshamian

Diogo Barbosa

Harris Bell

Julia Conway

James Butcher

Jonathan Caguioa

Lil Buck

Ocean Navarro

Gemma Wilks

Trent Owers

Bethany Harrison

Marius Petipa

E. T. A. Hoffmann

Sara Smith

Oscar Wright

Alexandra Magocsi

Marie-France Henri

Stuart Levy

Jenny Shircore

Max Wood

Marc Weigert

Jeremy Johns

Larry Franco

Matthew Penry-Davey

David Cain

Chris Corbould

Liam Scarlett

Adam Kirley

Dave Judge

Chelsea Mather

Nathan Grant

Paige Chaytor

Charlie Reed

Alison Beckett

Michael Goosen

Paul Hirsch

David Massachi

Rhys Ifan

Rebecca Milton

Tom Weaving

Elaine Kusmishko

Karen Worley

Huw Arthur

Charlotte Leatherhead

Claudio Campana

Hazel Keane

Danny Clark

Agis Pyrlis

Chantelle Valentine

Jamie Shakespeare

Katy Schurr

Chris Kitisakkul

Laura Grant

Stephen Forrest-Smith

Giles Asbury

Tony Chance

Georgia Grant

Chelsea Davison

Auguste Rahmberg

Maudie Andrews

Lucie Ryan

Satarupa Bradley

Rohan Harris

Clare Spragge

Maria Salcher

Sunita Singh

David Otzen

Jessie Gelpke

Maurizio Torti

Jessie Metcalf

Hannah Edwards

Sarah Kelly

Marc Pilcher

Michael Hancock

Deena Adair

Lucy Allen

Jason Ewart

Daniel Wannberg

Jason Dully

Paul Snell

Daniel Lillie

Kevin Fraser

Anthony Benjamin

David Rist

Alex Fraser

John Midgley

Howard Bevan

Jo Beckett

Ella Daines-Smith

Sam Sorbie

Aisling Cheesman

David Ware

James DiMarco

Becky Maxwell

Kelly Johnson-Beaven

Karen Birtchnell

James Farthing

Annie Gaudet

Jill McCullough

Olivia Grant

Alex Gladstone

Aurelia Thomas

Damon Crane

Lex Donovan

Matt Risebrow

Anne Mouli Castillo

Rosie McArthur

Christopher Rand

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The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

Walt Disney Pictures

The Mark Gordon Company

United States of America

English

princess

magic

fairy tale

betrayal

magical object

based on short story

christmas

Okay so this was not my first choice to see this movie but I admit I did it and I wasn't actually too pissed off  I did It made me smile and feel all christmasy like I totally recommend you don't count this out yet it's a great trip
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Not necessarily bad, just pretty lame.

<em>'The Nutcracker and the Four Realms'</em> is a harmless and simple film, fine I guess for the festive period. As a whole, though, it isn't good - despite neat effects and a couple of big names.

Keira Knightley (Sugar Plum), Helen Mirren (Mother Ginger) and Morgan Freeman (Drosselmeyer) are familiar faces and are enjoyable on a base level, but their characters are rather forgettable. Mackenzie Foy (Clara) and Jayden Fowora-Knight (Philip) are decent together, while Jack Whitehall (Harlequin) and Omid Djalili (Cavalier) are smart casts - if underused.

It's the plot that lets this down, it just all makes for underwhelming viewing - I, personally, never got into it. The beats of the story are quite predictable, especially the main twist. As noted though, the special effects are pleasant enough - as is the Xmas vibe it sets throughout.

Very meh. You could watch worse, mind.

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When "Clara" (Mackenzie Foy) follows a mysterious golden thread she finds herself in a magical kingdom that it turns out - from her new "Nutcracker" friend "Capt. Philip" (Jayden Fowora-Knight) - is ruled by her mother! This is confirmed by the great and the good at her castle, whereupon she must announce that her mother is no more. Does that make her queen? Well there are certainly a few flies in that particular ointment and it falls to the young girl and her brave military friend to thwart a plan to usurp the kingdom and restore peace and tranquility. This has had the full Disney treatment: it looks stunning, costumes and sets and visual effects all complemented well by a James Newton Howard score that draws occasionally on Tchaikovsky's original themes. Thing is, though, the rest of the narrative is all over the shop. The characterisations are muddled and derivative with Keira Knightley's seriously hammed-up "Sugar Plum" straight of the "Hunger Games" and Dame Helen Mirren's "Mother Ginger" featuring all too sparingly to rescue this rambling and disappointing story. The eagle-eyed amongst us might spot Richard E. Grant and about half way through, there is quite a charming ballet sequence but sadly the gist of this film is really lacking. Unfortunately, lots of style but little of substance here. Looks good, though.

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Written by bigchrisdye on Fri Nov 09 2018

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