The Imax Nutcracker

1997, Movie, NR, 40 mins

The Imax Nutcracker: Review

Painfully unmagical but filmed in glorious IMAX-3D, this version of the traditional Christmas story, which debuted in 1997, seems to go on far longer than 40-minutes. And while there's only one very brief ballet interlude, it uses the familiar Tschaikovsky's score to establish atmosphere and bridge scenes, and features lots of stagy tumbling, posturing and prancing about. Little Clara (Lotte Johnson) receives the gift of a nutcracker shaped like a soldier from her eccentric ... read more leave a comment