They are the Land of Flowers, the Land of Snowflakes, the Land of Sweets and the Land of Amusements-the last of which is a fearsome, abandoned place where the cruel Mother Ginger ( Helen Mirren) reigns with the help of her army of mice. When she follows a long, golden thread through a tree trunk and finally arrives there, she finds it’s actually composed of four realms-hence the title. Before her passing, Claire's mother arranged an extra-special Christmas gift for her this year: an ornate, egg-shaped box, which she can only open using a key that awaits her in a magical, parallel world. (Foy, who played offspring Renesmee Cullen in the “Twilight” finale and a young Jessica Chastain in “ Interstellar,” has an engaging presence, but her British accent is iffy.) Nevertheless, she must trudge to the elaborate holiday soiree she attends annually with her father (Matthew Macfadyen) and her siblings ( Ellie Bamber and Tom Sweet) at the palatial home of her godfather, Drosselmeyer ( Morgan Freeman). Mackenzie Foy stars as Clara, a girl who’s understandably struggling to enjoy Christmas following the death of her beloved mother. What’s clear, though, is that there is simultaneously too much going on here in the script from first-time Ashleigh Powell, and yet not enough.Īllow me to try to explain. Maybe that’s why the film feels so unfocused, so herky-jerky tonally. Hallstrom (“ The Cider House Rules,” “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?”) was the original director, but then Johnston (“ Jumanji,” “ Captain America: The First Avenger”) was brought in to helm significant reshoots with extensive visual effects when Hallstrom had a scheduling conflict.
In an unusual move, this “Nutcracker” is credited to two veteran directors, Lasse Hallstrom and Joe Johnston-although they didn’t work on the film at the same time.
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