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The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

2018 · Movie · 99 min
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52/100

Averaged across 10 ratings · 234.8K votes

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32–76 out of 100

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Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 32, highest is Google on 76. Critics average 36, everyone else 56.

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A young girl is transported to a magical world divided into four realms. She discovers she is the key to restoring harmony to the land, which has been thrown into discord by a tyrannical ruler. She must unite with a soldier to bring peace back to the enchanting kingdoms.

Details

Based on
The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Released
26 October 2018
Country
United States
Language
English
Runtime
99 min
Rated
PG
Budget
$120.0M
Box office
$174.0M
Awards
0 wins, 7 nominations

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Awards & nominations

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0 wins from 7 nominations across 6 ceremonies

Annie Awards 2019 Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in a Live Action Production Richard Oey, Adrien Annesley, Allison Orr, Wei Liang Yap, Shan Hao Nominee
Costume Designers Guild Awards 2019 Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film Jenny Beavan Nominee
Hollywood Professional Association Awards 2019 Outstanding Color Grading - Feature Film Tom Poole Nominee
Teen Choice Awards 2019 Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasy Movie Actress Keira Knightley Nominee
Golden Trailer Awards 2018 Best Title/Credit Sequence for a Feature Length Film (or Video Game) The Nutcracker and the Four Realms Nominee
Golden Trailer Awards 2018 Best Animation/Family The Nutcracker and the Four Realms Nominee
Hollywood Music in Media Awards 2018 Original Song — Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror Film " Fall on Me " — Andrea Bocelli & Matteo Bocelli (Written by Ian Axel, Chad Vaccarino, Matteo Bocelli, and Fortunato Zampaglione ) Nominee

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