Movie review: 'The Nutcracker and the Four Realms' is a shell of the ballet

[The Patriot]

Movie review: 'The Nutcracker and the Four Realms' is a shell of the ballet

11-01-2018 02:21 PM

"The Nutcracker and the Four Realms"? What in the cuckoo Christmas blasphemy is this? Disney, continuing on its inexorable death march to add more war to soft and beautiful classic childhood stories, has plucked all the feathers from Tchaikovsky and Petipa’s holiday ballet and tossed a bunch of glitter and circus clowns at its quivering carcass. This is your warning that if you have any affinity for the ballet, avoid this at all costs.


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