Rating: Empty

 

Cast: Keira Knightley, Mackenzie Foy, Eugenio Derbez, Matthew Macfadyen, Richard E. Grant, Misty Copeland, Helen Mirren and Morgan Freeman

 

Directors: Lasse Hallstrom and Joe Johnston

 

Writer: Ashleigh Powell

 

Based on: The Nutcracker by Marius Petipa

 

Producers: Larry Franco and Mark Gordon

 

Music by: James Newton Howard

 

Rated: PG for some mild peril

 

Release Date: 11/02/18

 

Favorite Character: The Sugar Plum Fairy

 

Tagline: Let the Mystery Unfold

 

Quote: “It’s Christmas Eve. A time of mystery, expectations, who knows what might happen?”- Drosselmeyer

 

Fun Fact: If the nutcracker’s name Hoffmann sounds familiar, it’s because he is named after the author of ‘The Nutcracker and the Mouse King’ E.T.A. Hoffmann.

 

Summary: A young girl receives a mysterious item which led her to the magical world with soldiers, a sugar plum fairy, etc.

 

The Review: This so-called holiday movie completely lacks the original story and looks more like Alice in Wonderland with yuletide themed sets.