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The Nutcracker and The Four Realms, 2018,  Lasse Hallström, Joe Johnston

Review: 8/10 Quite good

This classic fairytale inspired by Tchaikovsky ballet is quite interesting. I love the curiosity of Clara. The fact that there are more black characters (Jayden Fowora-Knight and Morgan Freeman and the dancer) during this last decade, not only in this movie, but also in others is something quite interesting and I appreciate that. 

Love is not portrayed as the most important thing in the world either, which is something I really appreciate too, specially in a Disney princess movie . The Sugarplum Fairy turns out to be bad, which is something I must recognise I did not expect. However, there are some cliché parts in the movie, like for example when Clara arrives and she is destined to save the kingdom, she is treated like a princess and all that, it was a little bit too sweet, but it’s okay since it is a movie for children. However, one thing I did expect was the content of the music box. I knew it since the beggining and that was cliché but I kinda like it anyway.

Finally, the dressing were pretty cool, the soundtrack was magnificent but the best thing about this movie is definitely the setting and the aesthetic, specially at the beggining. Awesome.