WHAT’S IT ABOUT
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.
MoviesInMo Review
For almost 2-hours I sat through one of the most visually stunning and boring movies Disney has produced this year. This was a 130 million dollar piece of crap. Honestly, if Disney is looking for ways to get rid of money, I’ve got a bank account begging for funds. So where do I start? I know I called this film boring, but that’s too nice. It was a star-studded dud. Having the movie set in 1830’s England should have told me all I needed to know. Adult films about that period are boring so why would I think a German children’s story from 1816 would be any different. Something that old should only be recreated as a documentary. What kid wants to sit through a Victorian-era anything? As I stated earlier, the visuals were outstanding. The wardrobes, the buildings, the special effect, looked superb. But if I wanted scenery, I would have bought a pop-up book or a postcard. The Nutcracker and the Four Realms is a somewhat “original” retelling of The Nutcracker and the Mouse King mixed with the ballet story, The Nutcracker, and Disney’s infamous story alterations. Because of the multiple sources, you would think there’s no way to screw this up, but Disney found a way. The dialog was stiff and senseless, and the plot had no common sense from beginning to end. Clara gets a gift from her mother that needs a key that’s in another realm, that a mouse found right before she did. Even on paper, this movie sounds boring. At this point, there’s nothing I can write without using a stream of inappropriate words or without spoiling the film for those that want to spend $10 to see pretty scenes and outfit on the big screen. My opinion – wait for it to come on TV because even a bootleg copy cost too much.
OUR RATING – A TIME-WASTING 2
MEDIA
- Genre – Fantasy
- Street date
- Digital/DVD/Blu-Ray – January 29th 2019
- Video – 1080p
- Screen size – 1.85:1
- Sound – English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French: Dolby Digital 5.1, German: Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1
- Subtitles – English SDH, French, Spanish
Extras
- On Pointe: A Conversation with Misty Copeland (HD 4:36) – Ballet dancer Misty Copeland, who has an extended dance sequence smack dab in the middle of the movie talks about her experience working on the film.
- Unwrapping The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (HD 7:08) – This is a standard behind-the-scenes look at the making of the movie, with comments from Production Designer Guy Hendrix Dyas, Set Decorator Lisa Chugg, Costume Designer Jenny Beavan, and stars Mackenzie Foy, Keira Knightley, Helen Mirren, and Misty Copeland.
- Deleted Scenes (HD 4:05) – A collection of deleted scenes, consisting of: “The Stahlbaums Arrive” (0:25), “Follow Your Ribbon” (0:44), “Clara Asks About Her Mother” (1:43), “Left, Left, Left, Left, Left” (0:51), and “Out with the Old” (0:13). Each of these scenes can be watched individually or all together.
- “Fall on Me” Music Video (HD 4:23) – The first of two music videos on this release, this one performed by Andrea Bocelli and featuring Matteo Bocelli.
- “The Nutcracker Suite” Music Video (HD 4:06) – This second music video is performed by Chinese pianist Lang Lang.