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The Sugar Plum Fairy (Keira Knightley, left) helps give a makeover to Clara (Mackenzie Foy), who has landed in a magical land, in Disney's "The Nutcracker and the Four Realms," a movie adaptation of the Christmas classic. (Photo courtesy Walt Disney…

The Sugar Plum Fairy (Keira Knightley, left) helps give a makeover to Clara (Mackenzie Foy), who has landed in a magical land, in Disney's "The Nutcracker and the Four Realms," a movie adaptation of the Christmas classic. (Photo courtesy Walt Disney Pictures)

'The Nutcracker and the Four Realms'

November 01, 2018 by Sean P. Means

The Halloween hangover has barely begun and Hollywood is thinking about Christmas — with Disney leading the way with the new adventure “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms,” a colorful and frenetic adaptation of the perennial classic.

The movie starts with the basics of E.T.A. Hoffmann’s short story and Marius Petipa’s ballet: A girl named Clara (Mackenzie Foy) arrives at a Christmas party thrown by the eccentric inventor Drosselmeyer (Morgan Freeman), whose gift transports Clara to a magical world of snow and fairies and the menacing Mouse King.

Read the full review at sltrib.com.

November 01, 2018 /Sean P. Means
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