The IMAX Nutcracker

This 37-minute 3-D Imax film adaptation from E.T.A. Hoffman's story is a straight narrative fantasy rather than a ballet. Little Clara receives a Christmas gift of a nutcracker doll and that night witnesses toys expanding in size and coming to life. The Nutcracker Prince takes Clara to his enchanted sugar castle where she meets pastry chef Sugar Plum who uses spun sugar to concoct the dancing Sugar Fairy.

Director: Christine Edzard

Cast: Miriam Margolyes, Heathcote Williams, Harriet Thorpe, Dan Wyllie, Jess Liaudin, Luke Youngblood, Caroline Ward

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.