Man, was this movie bad. It looked great, though. However, the plot was overly simple and downright boring. Something that bothered me SPOILERS (I guess) was the scene where the nutcracker and the girl said their goodbyes. Their sadness was unjustified as they rarely even interacted during the course of the movie. He just sort of sat in the background twiddling his thumbs for much of the movie. Well anyways, just don't waste your money on a boring version of such a magical story.