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D.H.

The nazi rats are funny and scary at the same time

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 January 2018

Rich imaginative film. The nazi rats are funny and scary at the same time. The king rat's face sometimes morphs into fangs which sensitive children might find frightening. There are many magical images, like the huge Christmas tree, but also the outside town scenes have the feel of second world war news reels. It is surreal and magical and has a happy ending. Perfect Christmas film. And my son is humming Tchaikovsky as he plays with his new drone...

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Those awful voices

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 August 2020

I managed only a few minutes - the child actors have all the bad habits associated with so many examples: over-loud, grating voices, cuteness tipping into vulgarity, and the grace and agility of three-legged hippopotami; a decent director and diction coach would have put an end to this. I couldn't bear the thought of a whole filmful of this stuff.

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Those awful voices

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 August 2020

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Fred

Stopped part way through - not enjoyable

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 January 2020

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Really odd film. Was expecting something much more kid friendly.

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Miss G.

One Star

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 May 2015

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Disapointing, never lived up to expectations

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Hee Chul Kwon

WARNiNG! This dvd is 2 minutes shorter version from the original film

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 April 2016

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WARNING!
This dvd is 2 minites shorter version from the original film.
UK company cut out 2 minutes from no reason.

Just make sure of that before buying this dvd.

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Dr. A. B. Thomas

Not the ballet.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 February 2018

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I thought I was buying a recording of the ballet. In fact, this is a rather tasteless and uninteresting movie. It went straight in the recycling bin to avoid inflicting it on anyone else.

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PeafowlLady

Horrific!!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 November 2018

Bought this expecting it to follow the story of, and include the music of, the Nutcracker ballet - Wrong - it was horrific!. Hated the hatchet job that has been done to a magical story. Detested the Nazi theme. No way is this suitable for children - it has quite an adult theme. Can't tell you how horrendous it is - please don't buy it for kids.

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DS9

Abysmal

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 November 2012

This is a rare film: one that has almost no redeeming qualities. The real travesty is that those who know and enjoy Tchaikovsky's music will find themselves bitterly disappointed. No ballet, very little of the original music, dreadfully fey lyrics poorly set to some of the greatest symphonic melodies the world has ever known (although totally unrelated to the original Nutcracker) and rather wooden acting are the best bits; the inane and unsubtle plot - such as it is - is complemented perfectly by ropey dialogue, abysmal direction and a sense of purposelessness that permeates every strand of the production. In fairness, the actors do the best they can to combat the overwhelming weaknesses of the project but their efforts are doomed to failure, confronted with the unevenness of direction which blights the thing.

One redeeming feature is that the film overall is so bad that it may - in time - achieve a sort of cult status, but that's not enough reason to waste money on buying the DVD.

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Isabel Noronha

Tchaikovsky must be turning on his grave

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 December 2011

This is by far the worst kid's movie I have ever seen, and I have been held hostage to many goofy movies (mostly with dogs and small animals) which have bored me to death. This one is simply appalling. The director, who is also the producer and screenplay writer (!) butchered the nutcracker story, pushed his anti-German agenda (all rats are dressed like Nazi soldiers) and destroyed beautiful ballet music with the stupidest lyrics I have ever heard. That actors like Turturro and Nathan Lane should see it fit to act in such a ridiculous movie is beyond me. I certainly don't reccommend it.

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Nims

What can I say that has't already been said!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 November 2012

This is truly dreadful!!! I am so disappointed I was expecting a lovely Christmas film for the whole family to enjoy, instead I got a film dominated by the Rat King who bizarely looked like John Lennon in a Nazi outfit in some kind of Nazi kingdom. This beautiful ballet and music has been utterly destroyed.

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Colin Jennings

Classic Christmas Fairytale?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 November 2011

It said on the cover of the DVD, 'an opulent fantasy spectacle for the whole family'. If that extravagant hype raised your expectations for this movie I'm afraid you are in for a big disappointment. The movie is littered with not very subtle overtones of the Third Reich. Rats dressed in quasi German uniforms, the King Rat addressing a rally of rats and long files of refugees being marched off guarded by soldiers to god knows where to mention a few. What you have here is in fact a warped vision of a classic children's Christmas fairytale by the director and screenplay writer, Andrey Konchalovskiy. The wonderful music by Tchaikovsky is ruined with absurd lyrics by Tim Rice. And where in the original tale is a black Jamaican drummer? One not to waste your money on.

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