Bad Movie Beatdown: The Nutcracker in 3D - The Untold Story (REVIEW)

[@Jambareeqi]

This movie looks like a disturbing hybrid mix of The Witches, Narnia and a Naziploitation film that Brad would review.

[@billybarnett9518]

The Witches and Narnia were actually good though

[@barbarakirk1451]

It's as if Mel Brooks and Roger Waters were to collaborate and it didn't quite gel.

[@scottylewis8124]

@Ash Kitt Talk about bad taste!

[@smittywerbenjaegermanjensen]

It's too expensive for Brad.

[@gabriellucas5864]

And Peter Pan!

[@dvass7253]

If you want to see a movie that actually knows how to incorporate Tchaikovky's music into its narrative in a brilliant and respectful manner, go watch Disney's Sleeping Beauty.

[@gantz22ify]

D Vass Wait, what?

[@nyxshadowhawk]

It even succeeded in setting lyrics to one of Tchaikovsky's pieces, putting it among the most famous Disney songs of all time.

[@aussieman3021]

Funny mentioning Disney's Sleeping Beauty, considering that Elle Fanning went on to play Princess Aurora in Maleficent and its sequel.

[@tcshack701]

Disney has done a better job adapting the Nutcracker in a ten minute cartoon short and 2 versions of the Sugarplumb Fairy ballet. They also managed to write proper lyrics for another of Tchaikovsky's ballets. Being artistic is fine so long as you know your audience.

[@ReviewLover]

I can't help but wonder if, at some point in production, Andrei Konchalovsky accidentally got his script mixed in with an unproduced Maus script and he just rolled with it.

[@inferno9714]

Must have been a bad Maus script since this movie made the mice/rats the Nazis.

[@troyschulz2318]

Considering Konchalovsky's best known for making arty historical dramas, yeah, that makes sense.

[@Masterge77]

It's everything I always wanted in an adaptation of the Nutcracker: Albert Einstein, Nazi rats, and nightmare fuel (which was probably vodka).

[@mintstarmari]

When I think about Nutcracker, I think: Holiday spirit, beautiful music, fairies, creative visuals and lots of imagination and fantasy. But shoehorned real life horrors and grey depressing landscapes? Why?

[@kawax7195]

And it's only a PG movie ?! I thought The Neon Demon was the most disturbing movie Elle Fanning was in. I've never been so wrong

[@ashkitt7719]

Kawax Because violence is okay but sex isn’t. “If you show a tit it’s rated R. But if you hack the tit off with an axe it’s PG.”

[@shellbacksclub]

the Fanning girls could probably write a horror movie based on their own audition experiences.

[@ashkitt7719]

SHELLBACKS CLUB 🐢 Like The Disaster Artist?

[@Blazenix1]

For some reason, they have very odd references placed in the film. The shark in the tank is a visual nod to Damian's Hirst's 'The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living'. The wall of crying children is a reference to Andy Warhol's works. Though it makes NO sense why! It'd make sense if it was at the time periods the film is in but...it seems Mary is a physic predicting things years before their time.

[@MrCaerbannog]

This film *might* have been redeemed if the Inglourious Basterds had showed up to fill the rats with lead. Sadly, t'was not to be.

[@hckingking]

I would've called it the greatest movie ever made if that happened. But only if the kids got blown up

[@OliverHarper]

Excellent work Mathew! Nice to see more facts than usual thrown into your Beatdown series.

[@sonyakinsey4376]

When the Rat ripped off the toy drummer's head, my jaw actually dropped, and stayed that way until the camera cut back to Film Brain. Yeah, for kids...

[@artofmore7197]

A FAMILY PICTURE!

[@scottylewis8124]

@@artofmore7197 nope, A Psycho Picture!

[@davidjames579]

​@@artofmore7197A Manson Family picture

[@KaeMcSpadden]

The nutcracker looks like a creepy FNAF animatronic, if they made a Christmas special game.

[@hypno-scream5652]

Kae McSpadden give the animatronics credit, they at least look less scary in certain lighting. The Nutcracker doesn’t even have that.

[@hckingking]

No the nutcracker would be a reject

[@bluecoin3771]

Wow, a Wolfenstein Christmas was edgier than I thought it would be.

[@Valdagast]

I wonder how much cocaine went into the making of this. I hear their next project is a Swan Lake/Birds crossover.

[@convoy81]

Not Swan Lake\Cold War? Mmmmhh.

[@Valdagast]

Swan Lake/The Room "The tests came back, I'm definitely turning into a swan."

[@nightraven5710]

Well swans are assholes to begin with. So it's just going to be a rabid swan princess attacking people with her swan brethren.

[@tonyman1106]

there is not enough cocaine on earth for someone to come up with this.

[@MissOddstar]

It actually was released in cinemas in the US. I know, because I was one of the five people in the audience in San Francisco. (And three of the people walked out halfway.)

[@noahbossier1131]

I meant in the UK it was direct to video

[@artisticalex1206]

Can’t blame the people who walked out.

[@jacksparrowismydaddy]

poor shark... I can't believe this was marketed to kids

[@kittylover62]

jacksparrowismydaddy You know, for kids!

[@Bunnyinthebasement]

Kudos for mentioning the original book. E.T.A. Hoffmann’s story is one of my favorites. I feel if they had stuck to the book, they could have had an interesting villain in the Mouse/Rat King. In the book, there is this whole back story where the Mouse King’s mother got on the wrong side of a king, causing the king to hire Godfather Drosselmeyer to create mouse traps, thus killing the mouse Queen’s 7 sons in addition to other members of her family. This caused her to curse the king’s infant daughter into being a nutcracker. Drosselmeyer spent several years looking for a specific nut to break the curse. Without going into a lot of detail, the Nutcracker of the book is Drosselmeyer’s young cousin, and he successfully broke the curse, but the mouse queen causes him to be turned into a Nutcracker, and the princess rejected him for being ugly. The Nutcracker also accidentally killed the mouse queen, so the Mouse King, her seven-headed son, hunts the Nutcracker in revenge. So, the Mouse King hunts the Nutcracker (young Drosselmeyer) for killing his mom. Plus his mother had years to raise him to hate humans since his 7 older brothers and other family members were killed due to being caught by Godfather Drosselmeyer’s traps. Now Marie, Drosselmeyer’s goddaughter, has the Nutcracker. The Mouse King has motivation to go after this particular family and their loved ones, which could be adapted to fit a feature-length film.

[@HurricaneDDragon]

I would imagine Richard E. Grant was originally going to play the father as well as the Rat King before John Turturro signed on.

[@stefanfilipovits9221]

A new BMB?! What a time to be alive. Missed BMB so much.

[@ChutneyCaelyn]

Is it weird that this review totally makes me want to see this movie? I think this could be my "The Room".

[@SuzukiYNathie]

Actually, I felt the same way. However, upon seeing it, I felt more disgusted than amused.

[@SiRenfield]

I was revisiting this recent due to having a weird Nutcracker kick this season, and I was able to at least able to find a pirated copy for a potential bad movie night. Although I might also check out Nutcracker Fantasy (a 1979 stop motion movie made by Sanrio that’s another loose adaptation) as a palette cleanser

[@MrAspiringactor]

Wait, the Director of Runaway Train directed this? Well, now I know why it failed-he didn't get Danny Trejo, who was in Runaway Train, to play The Nutcracker

[@CyberSpider35]

Well this is something what Russians, Americans and British has in common - we all hate this godawful movie.

[@DrGregoryHouseIT]

The Untold Story? I can see why... Thank you for this gift, Mathew, and Happy New Year!

[@nitromagilou597]

I think it's better off staying untold.

[@OnDavidsBrain]

If I wanted a dark reimagining of The Nutcracker I'll stick to the third act of Madoka Magica Rebellion thank you very much!

[@masterseal0418]

If a magical tale like the Nutcracker would get a darker adaption done correctly, then American McGee would be perfect since he made the iconic Alice now tragically duology, and it's disturbing tone that strays from how lighthearted companies like Disney made their adaption based on Adventures in Wonderland passed with flying colors(in addition to the canceled Oz game subseries to Alice). I doubt that'll ever be the case as of now, but I do remember two quotes I see as iconic from Seiskel and Ebert's review of The Nutcracker in 3D/An Untold Story: "From what dark night did a man conjure up The Nutcracker in 3D?" and "It's one of those rare holiday movies to send children screaming under their seats."

[@SiRenfield]

Madoka Magica Rebellion is pretty close to that but even then it’s more a ton of allusions and it will not make sense to non-fans of that series. Either way, I would love to see that idea

[@dunes8817]

Also, is it just me or does the Nutcracker look like a nutcracker version of South Park's Canadians?

[@galleryofrogues]

Dunes8 OMG! You’re totally right, buddeh.

[@hckingking]

Terrance and Philip

[@checkers440]

Lol, even the Nostalgia Critic pointed that out.

[@whatiftherewasanun]

Why is this movie the result of a three-way between the Star Wars Holiday Special, Coraline, and Pan's Labyrinth?

[@christiegreenwood2642]

Recreating imagery of a time when entire families were sadistically led to extermination camps to be systematically wiped out (and tortured, robbed of their humanity, and humiliated beforehand) isn't just misguided, it's nauseating and horrible. I cannot believe anyone ever thought this would be a good idea. I've seen Nazis being used badly in movies, but this? The industrial slaughter of millions of people used for cheap drama, including close-ups of crying children? FFS, that's a real tragedy. Do these filmmakers have no respect? I had no idea that this abomination was this awful. I mean, crikey. There are no words that can appropriately convey my disgust. Great take-down, though, Mathew. This was a fantastic episode.

[@ashkitt7719]

I dunno why but I’m just like wtf. Not horrified but legit like wtf and cringing. And I’m a descendant of Holocaust survivors. I feel like this isn’t even worth offense other than a yikes and a wtf. I’m morbidly curious tho. I feel like gentiles don’t really understand even if they’re well-meaning allies.

[@katekursive1370]

Julia Vysotskaya, who plays the mom here and is married to Konchalovsky, has a very popular cooking show and a whole resulting empire, she's the real success of the family.

[@troyschulz2318]

I mean, Nikita Mikhalkov's doing pretty well for himself.

[@horaciosi]

I'm just glad that Elle Fanning is getting the attention she deserves instead of being overshadowed by her sister and only being remembered as "That blonde girl from Super 8".

[@HBarnill]

She was horrid early on in her career, especially in this. These days, she’s Ok.

[@alienboy1322]

Great review Matthew. As for the film itself, the use of Nazi imagery is not only inappropriate , its unnecessary and creates tonal shifts that feels awkward. I'm not familiar with the ballet but the film creates some chances that deviates from the ballet and I think that hurts the film a lot. Putting lyrics in the music scores is an huge minus point because like the Nazi imagery, its unnecessary.

[@billybarnett9518]

If they made it more based on the novel it would be more forgiven, but it's not even that.

[@tylerfish2701]

When Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio managed to incorporate fascist themes better than this abomination, you know there's a problem.

[@garrettcarter2959]

"Oh my god, that poor shark." - a phrase which you never thought you would say. Ever.

[@benjaminushakhineducatorth2577]

His younger brother, Nikita Mikhalkov, also directed two worst movies about World War II. They're called "Burnt by the sun 2: Exodus" and "Burnt by the sun 2:Citadel". BadComedian (Russian film critic) made a review of them.

[@andysee6996]

20:25 That reaction from the Father in this scene is priceless. It's like he knows how bad of an idea this is. Are there any other reaction shots in this movie that show characters acknowledging how badly this movie shouldn't have been made?

[@davidjames579]

And he was in Hudson Hawk.

[@Mike14264]

​@@davidjames579 but at least Hudson Hawk was a fun one

[@murciadoxial8056]

i think that kids do need to get something creepy and disturbing every now and then, with controversial subjects thrown at them in a way that will likely be considered to be traumatic in hindsight... that being said, that is not a good excuse to do a horrible job, if you are aiming to do a heartwarming and fun christmas special, make one! dont make it weird and unsettling as fuck!

[@mastermarkus5307]

I think that "dark for kids" at least needs to be handled with a consistent tone. I'm thinking something like "The Secret of NIHM" or some of Don Bluth's other films. I think this film might have taken the Nazi thing a bit "too far" in that the references were way too obvious and didn't really add anything to the story, it was like someone getting up in your face going "Get it? Do you get it!?"

[@murciadoxial8056]

Master Markus precisely, something like invader zim or even rem & stimpy can be healthy for kids every once in a while, and those shows have a consistantly disturbing tone to them so they work, this doesnt because the tone is all just thrown out of the window because yes

[@TheArtkaw]

Bluth films - yes. Labyrinth, Wizard of Oz 2 or Dark Crystal are good (enough) fantasy flicks for kids... This adaptation is just repugnant.

[@ikiry0830]

Hmm...I'm not 100% sure that even 'Nazis' can be entirely wrong for kids. I mean, the Sound of Music very prominently features Nazis and it's a family musical. On the other hand, I'm not sure they were needed here and the movie has a bit too much of a nasty tone in general, rather than it just being creepy.

[@mastermarkus5307]

Eirin Amaya My issue wasn't so much about whether they were appropriate for kids or not, but just that the Nazi references in this movie were too obvious and needlessly shoved-in.

[@generalstaal7075]

Honestly I feel like the rats as villains and the visuals of their world (being almost like that of the steampunk of Doctor Who's a Christmas Carol) could work in another story, but not in the Nutcracker.

[@stephenschlueter8242]

This movie is a lot of money and talent wasted. Also, if Konchalovsky wanted to echo the rise of the Soviets in Russia, why reference the Nazis? Why not make the Rat King the leader of something more like the October Revolution or the Red Army? Then just make the Nutcracker Prince more of a Czarist figure and there you go. It still would have been a questionable movie but it would have been the message he was going for.

[@XDAliyaXD]

Stephen Schlueter as a russian I would say that Konchalovski doesn't give impression of a man who hates USSR because his family despite many obstacles lived well and was influencial, also he roots for censorship in Russia as in USSR

[@anshemet]

Really? I don't think so. Conchalovsky is a well known antisoviet propagandist. he is a director of such movie as "The inner circle" for example (Ближний круг). to my mind it is the most antisoviet movie of all times. you shoul chack this one, it is one of the most hillarious movies also. more over he talks a lot about Soviet Union in his interwiev and he makes it clear to us, that he hates everything soviet so much. you are right that Conchalovsky's familie and his step frothers family of Mihalcovs actually did a great career during soviet period. their soviet films are much more better than all this postsoviet shit. Oh those cruel Soviet Union system! It made them to shut good movies!

[@anshemet]

Konchalovsky wanted to echo the rise of the Soviets in Russia??????? people, why do you think so? really. I just don't get it. You think any russian want come back to Soviet Union? who told you that? Russia nowadays is the most antisoviet country in the whole world. You can't even imagine this range of antisoviet propaganda that we have during last 20 years! all the tv channels, magazines, books and all other kinds of mass media tells us every day how bad living was during Soviet Union. you can't even imagine that that huge amounts of money that our government spend every year to support this propaganda! from state budget off course. You want to become reach and famous in Russia? there is an approved plan for you! go and write a book about your father tourched and killed in soviet prison, during the war, in Magadan or somewhere in Siberia, for (I don't know sneezing on Stalin's portrait). Or an evil nighbour was sneezing on it and than decide to blame on your father. and it doesn't have to be true. because no one is going to check your information. you can use your imagination. the more bloody and mournfully is the better! and I can assure you. soon all the most well-thought-of publishing house will fight to issue your shit. and government will give you a great money to make a movie out of it. and it will be in a priority for other movies in all russian cinemas. and after all the president Putin will give a state award personally and shake your hand. and maybe later he will make you one of his ministers or ombudsmen. so it goes...

[@sebastianrosa7935]

I think I have a theory, he would've put more references to the Soviets in the movie if not for the fact that the film is mostly funded by a bank owned by the Russian government which itself is run by Vladimir Putin who REALLY likes the old USSR. So basically at some point someone told him he should make the rats more like Nazis and less like Soviets or he'd lose his funding.

[@troyschulz2318]

@@anshemet Konchalovsky literally said he thinks Khruschev shouldn't have broken Stalin's cult of personality. I think he just has that particular brand of hyper-Russophilia that seems politically in vogue. Hell, his brother is literally Nikita Mikhalkov.

[@SerenityM16]

Having Tim Rice suddenly made that make sense, because the phrasing of the melody was actually spot on to match the original music, just a doomed idea from the start.

[@kingofthegundam7974]

The movie feels like a big budget overblown fanfic.

[@jasminelovespink]

Many fanfics are better than this.

[@b1merio]

I really miss when you used to do Bad Movie Beatdown, Matthew :P

[@FilmBrain]

I hope you're joking. :P

[@talmiz101]

me as well, i mean well i love the projector and you're reviews....i got to know you by the Bad Movie Beatdown Matthew.

[@arkhamfivehundred]

Film Brain I'm with the other two. I really missed your Bad Movie Beatdown reviews too. Your Projector ones are intelligent and insightful, but your BMBs are more fun to watch.

[@stefanfilipovits9221]

b1merio totally agree

[@b1merio]

I was kidding, folks. He still does BMB pretty often. I was making light of how people seem to say that in every Projector video. He's actually explained why he does more Projector videos than BMB videos, and that he's not and will not stop doing BMB.

[@agentspaniel4428]

Some scientists say that dreams can sometimes predict the future So in that case since this movie takes place in the 20s Marry just predicted the Nazi uprising and the holocaust

[@Gledster]

Wow, I did not know this film existed. To be fair, ignorance was probably better where "The Nutcracker in 3D" is concerned! Thanks for the review.

[@DieHardAlien]

31:31-31:47 I'm I the only one who's thinking about how awesome Richard E. Grant would've been as The Rat King?; Especially given how this version was going for THE WIZARD OF OZ approach in terms of how some actors (like Frances de la Tour) are cast in dual roles for the real world and the fantastical world.

[@FilmBrain]

It's made even weirder given every actor in the Vienna scenes pops up in some way in the Rat World scenes, except for Grant.

[@DieHardAlien]

Ditto.

[@carissacarlson1418]

I think some of his main concepts for this could've worked. For one, I think him basing more on the book instead of the ballet is a smart move. The structure of the Nutcracker Ballet doesn't work well in a movie as is. The first half is all action while the latter is just a victory lap and watching people dance. It's like watching an intense action scene and then afterwards you watch the heroine watch Netflixs alone for a half hour. It just seems jarring. One change in a lot of the versions is lengthening the middle section and making the Mouse King the main villain of the piece, having a few quick dances at the end and then ends off in the real world. I tend to agree with that. Hell, I think the idea of the rats could've worked if he retooled the script. Where I think the idea falls apart is the fact that the real world in that movie is whimsical and charming while the other one seems like a Hell Hole. If he wanted to go in that direction, he'd have to do the opposite, making it take place during WW2 with her being afraid of the Germans invading and the other world being more light hearted, but with a more toned down version of the rats and not make the symbolism a shit ton more subtitle, non noticeable. That way the symbolism makes more sense and comes off as Marie dealing with her demons and fears in the real world. A good example is Pan's Labyrinth where it takes place during the same time period in Spain, but it has the heroine actually deal with the troubles and fears that come with it. In this, it awkward and out of place. Not to mention tasteless the way he handled them. Other then that, this movie is pretty bad. The musical numbers in this are horrible, some of the bits in this are rather messed up in an awkward and bad way and Albert Einstein being the uncle in this is super face palming. Also, sorry, Nutcracker. The nickname NC is already taken by the Nostalgias Critic, thanks. ;)

[@blondbraid7986]

I agree completely, Pan's Labyrinth had a similar concept dealing with fascism and fantasy from a child's perspective, and it shows that even a very dark subject matter could work well if handled with care. I disagree with the notion that stories with child protagonists should never be allowed to be scary or thought provoking, and I think that metafors can be a great way to explain dark subjects to a young audience. The main problem with this Nutcracker movie is that nobody can tell when it's intentionally trying to be scary and when it's trying to be silly but accidentally horrifying.

[@nyxshadowhawk]

It'd be nice to see an *actual* faithful adaptation of the book, instead of whatever the hell this was.

[@outrun9951]

22:52 A Family Pictu... oh who am I kidding, A Psycho Picture.

[@MisterNinten]

I lost it when you pointed out Tim Rice as the lyricist. THAT MAN WROTE THE LION KING! UNACCEPTABLE!!!!

[@tylerfish2701]

And El Dorado.

[@KaeMcSpadden]

I think the nazi rats idea could have worked if this story did take place during wwii. Like how the regime has effected children and the innocent.

[@scottylewis8124]

Film Brain Elle fanning was in pretty good films. Because of Winn Dixie, Super 8, and weirdly enough maleficent.

[@jlprizm]

No one can convince me this was meant to be a kids film.😱

[@tiffanyb94]

Sweet, BMB is back! And what a movie to return on. This is...well, bizarre might be an understatement to describe it.

[@OutlawMELFINA]

I saw this movie on TV and spent the entire time laughing and baffled by the attempts

[@scottylewis8124]

Slappy: enough with the singing already!

[@horaciosi]

Shotaro Ishinomori's Nazi allegories are more subtle than this

[@laraoudealink1704]

Too bad though, the original story was very nice... And the uncle was NOT Einstein... And the rats were NOT nazis...

[@Mister_Oddity]

Krampus would be even scarier if this version of Nutcracker was in it

[@quinnzykir]

I feel like the director watched all the available episodes of glee and went, " I have what I need for my shitty nutcracker movie. " became that's the only reason I can figure why he would fuck up the music.

[@quinnzykir]

Or worse. This inspired the show.

[@evilcow2114]

Wow great to see a new episode, been watching since early blip you review's are amazing.

[@EmanGameplay]

Those aren’t stormtroopers. They are Stormvermin.

[@spookyrosev6467]

And now the 2018 Disney films hasn’t proven to be much better with pretty terrible reviews (I personally was not surprised) albeit the lack of Nazis alone and not adding terrible lyrics to the songs is an improvement over this

[@jcplays236]

SpookyRoseV I mean, that movie was full of cliches and was pretty forgetable, but it's like Citizen Cane compared to this

[@scottylewis8124]

You have a good point.

[@jacksullivan4741]

Have some holly jolly nightmare fuel

[@CaatsGoMoooo]

I have the most vague memories of being a 4 year old and this being the very first IMAX movie I saw 🤯 It was so weird and just made me dizzy tbh

[@Tylerson]

Oh my God, yes! So glad to see another one.

[@DrGregoryHouseIT]

Sorry for the double post, but why are the Nutcracker (oh, sorry, NC (Nostalgia Critic?))'s helpers Professor Bobo son of Coco, John Wayne Gacy and Stomp?

[@gantz22ify]

Gregory House They had to outsource for help.

[@jasoninkurai5463]

Bobo didn't need to leave MST3K for this

[@troin3925]

When I first heard of this movie from Nostalgia Critic's brief reference to it in his Care Bears Nutcracker review, I thought it was a PG-13 reimagining of the story attempting to be more "mature," than it really is. Boy, was I wrong!

[@CyberkillGames]

Yay a new BMB. It's been so long since the last one. I think I saw a trailer for this movie back when I went to the theater to watch Megamind. Was John Turturro going for a David Bowie from Labyrinth look? Because if he was, him singing the magic dance song would make this movie a bit better. And Mary's mirror leading her to an alternate version of her house. I don't know whether to make a silent hill or stranger things reference. Also if Freddy Krueger appeared in her dreams that would also improve the movie slightly. I laughed when Mary was asking for help and the snow queen simply vanished just as she appeared when she heard Mary's cries, saying I don't know while she was vanishing. It's hilarious.

[@peterdavies2960]

17:55 did I just see Madame Maxine from Goblet of Fire biting the Jesus from The Big Lebowski? 😬

[@scottylewis8124]

Yes. You did.

[@petewadesays12]

And A Happy New Year to you too! Nice to see the series back.

[@dimitriwarchief301]

The barbie one was actually pretty good…. I kinda wanna see the maclum maculin one

[@LaBellesGrace]

To think that on Christmas morning in 2011 I was excited to pull this movie out of my stocking and was obsessed with it for three years straight... ...It- it was literally because it was a Nutcracker story and not because it was good in the slightest. Barbie will always be superior in the nutcracker movie department.

[@scottylewis8124]

Wow you were pretty dumb

[@LaBellesGrace]

@@scottylewis8124 wow, that’s a little rude much… I didn’t even know much about the War II at the time so I couldn’t put the connection together? I just wanted to like it because it was a live action Nutcracker movie and I was 10 years old so anything at PG rating was considered ‘cool’ at that time

[@scottylewis8124]

@@LaBellesGrace Sorry... I didn't mean to be rude. We were all dumb as kids. I had no idea how bad this movie would be until I saw the reviews

[@trcgamer99]

Glad to see you doing these again. Don't get me wrong. The Projector series isn't bad at all, but I missed the BMB series a lot.

[@hnhenrique2984]

Another BMB? ohhh good memories, great work :)

[@Jarod-sm5rf]

I love music, I love Albert Einstein, and I even love the nutcracker story if you want all those together that’s fine but please leave nazis out of it!

[@aussieman3021]

If you wanted to make a Nutcracker adaptation with Albert Einstein added as a character, you should replace the Christmas references with Hanukkah references.

[@itsalwayssunnyinpahoa7631]

Bad Movie Beatdown and Mathew Buck rule the internet!

[@FilmBrain]

I wish, but thank you!

[@culwin]

NC is the worst! Just awful! Nutcracker, I mean.

[@TheSefirosu200x]

culwin So not Nostalgia Critic?

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

culwin Well played!

[@HBarnill]

TheSefirosu200x Nah, he’s bad, too.

[@mesousagaby740]

Hilariously, Richard E. Grant is in both this and the recent Disney remake of this.

[@scottylewis8124]

I bet he regrets them.

[@peterdavies2960]

Poor old Tchaikovsky must be spinning in his grave ☹️

[@coreysenn9894]

I'll concede that this is a bad movie, but I think a 0% rating is a bit harsh. Even Foodfight managed to score a 10%...somehow

[@billybarnett9518]

I believe the 10 percent is an audience score.

[@coreysenn9894]

Those are some sick people

[@maplemcgee6267]

is this new? love this series

[@FilmBrain]

Yep, brand new.

[@markiangooley]

Film Brain thank you! I'm so happy to see another BMB review!

[@stefanfilipovits9221]

I hope 2017 brings more new BMB reviews

[@TheArtkaw]

Has there been one for any of the newer DC movies?

[@RavenWitchShade]

Damn, I've been waiting what feels like forever to see a new BMB. Good to have ya back!

[@bloodrunsclear]

I actually liked the look of the film...but the songs were TERRIBLE. I consider the 'Nazi Rats' thing to be not unlike The Daleks (also based on Nazis) which were big hits with children at least in the UK. It just needed to have decided what to do with the concept instead of become a mishmash.

[@GeneralKenobi75]

Yeah but the Daleks weren't actually dressed like Nazis. Nor were they pictured alongside holocaust imagery.

[@bloodrunsclear]

@@GeneralKenobi75 You make a point...

[@GeneralKenobi75]

@@bloodrunsclear Thanks. Love your videos by the way!

[@bloodrunsclear]

@@GeneralKenobi75 Oh, thanks! :D

[@GeneralKenobi75]

@@bloodrunsclear You're Welcome! Keep up the good work!^^

[@meganpayette5996]

Say what you will about Barbie in The Nutcracker, at least that movie had Tim Curry voicing the Mouse King. This movie on the other hand... Is just bad.

[@netanyamusic]

Uncle Albert: "You know I have the strangest feeling!"

[@scottylewis8124]

That needs to be a meme.

[@SpeedyEric1]

The only film version of The Nutcracker I have ever watched was the one with Macaulay Culkin. If I want a movie with Nathan Lane and a mouse, I'll stick with MouseHunt, thank you very much.

[@AllMusicalThings]

Call me crazy 🤪 but I've always had a soft spot for the Barbie in the Nutcracker film. It's definitely got it's weak points. But Tim Curry is the mouse king and they leave the classic Nutcracker melodies alone. And compared to this movie it's freakin' Citizen Kane 🤣

[@georgesalisbury5996]

10:07 I believe that is what MST3k calls "Dull Surprise"!

[@seanstark4312]

if i made a nutcracker movie, i would have it 2d animated and have stick closer to the source material

[@bromodragone8405]

Good God! I could do a more faithful adaptation in my sleep with both hands tied behind my back!

[@kimaniwilsonhunte]

Best New Year's Eve gift ever! ^_^

[@blapis-blazuli]

I remember hearing about this movie once or twice while it was still in production, then suddenly never again, and I kinda wondered why, if they stopped trying to make it, or if I had just imagined the whole thing. Thanks to this I finally have an answer: it was just that bad. Needless to say that explaining this movie's plot to my friends, one of which is a history buff and another of which is Jewish, was an awkward experience.

[@thelittleredhairedgirlfrom6527]

15:15 IT'S THE UNDERMINER!

[@danthefan28]

12:34 that's the only way for them to escape.

[@aussieman3021]

To be fair though, considering that Albert Einstein is included as a character in this movie, a lot of Christmas movies actually had certain Jewish actors in them, like Matthew Broderick (yes, he is actually Jewish in case you're wondering) in Deck The Halls, David Krumholtz in the Santa Clause trilogy, Daniel Stern in the first 2 Home Alone movies (although Stern's character Marv remained Jewish, hence the scene when he and Harry break into Duncan's Toy Chest and he uses the crowbar to open the treasure chest of money and says "Happy Hanukkah Marv" when he sees all of the money in the chest) and Alex D. Linz and Scarlett Johansson in the 3rd Home Alone movie. And also, Jewish music artists like singers Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler and Barry Manilow as well as saxophonist Kenny G have all recorded Christmas albums. Also, the fact that Jesus Christ himself was actually Jewish makes this justifiable to a certain extent.

[@JoeEnglandShow]

Oh, I've been waiting a long time for someone at Channel Awesome to tackle this one.

[@scottylewis8124]

Matthew, a more sane reaction to a talking toy would be: "Aaahh! A fucking talking toy!" *Gunshots*

[@scottylewis8124]

No wonder we don't see Nathan Lane anymore. From Lion King to this?!

[@scottylewis8124]

@Ash Kitt hahahaha. I doubt that would have saved this.

[@Лазурь-е3х]

I am russian. When I was a kid, I was like this movie. I have not depression and fear. I thought , that he was cool and interesting. You can not say, what kids experiencing.

[@professorBofFPU]

YES! New BMB! Thanks Matthew! Happy New Year!

[@redvelvetunderground]

so the thing about the nazis in the movie being a parallel to the director growing up "under soviet rule", was that something the director said himself or is that an editorialization from the reviewer? bc the soviet union were quite famously anti nazi and you know, beat them in WWII?

[@FilmBrain]

It is a paraphrase from a quote in the documentary from the director.

[@PhantomShadow224]

Compared to the recent NC review, I like that film brain talked about the background information and DVD documentary. Rather than it being “Ooo look at all these things that’s gonna scar people for life, and nazi’s and the toy story holocaust while a dancing rat man takes pictures of crying children. Ain’t that just psychotic, did they forget this a kid’s film? “ (to name a few topics)