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18 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumTerry 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.
- 45MovielineMichelle OrangeMovielineMichelle OrangeSomewhere in there is a little blonde girl and her dreamy princeling, but damned if I could see them through the dreck.
- 38USA TodayClaudia PuigUSA TodayClaudia PuigWho had the lamebrained idea for a post-apocalyptic 3-D Nutcracker that is lacking any trace of ballet?
- 25Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertFrom what dark night of the soul emerged the wretched idea for The Nutcracker in 3D? Who considered it even remotely a plausible idea for a movie?
- 25San Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubSan Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubThe Nutcracker in 3D will be barely recognizable to fans of the beloved holiday classic. Imagine watching Tchaikovsky's ballet after taking a handful of peyote - on a day when all of the dancers call in sick and the orchestra decides to play a different set of the composer's works.
- 25The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyAnything but a seasonal treat. This special-effects-heavy, big-budget musical from expatriate Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky (Runaway Train, Tango & Cash) ranks as one of the most misguided children's films ever made.
- 20New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanDo not, in fact, go at all. Because aside from the actual nutcracker, most of the crucial elements are missing from Andrei Konchalovsky's bizarre miscalculation. Magic and joy top the list.
- 20Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfRussian-born schlockmeister Andrei Konchalovsky has flirted with the good kind of bad in the past (Tango & Cash), but here, he's finally made his disaster-piece. Unclean.
- 12New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickMisconceived, bloated and incredibly ugly fantasy epic.