The Nuttiest Nutcracker.

 

                                       The Nuttiest Nutcracker.

What I have found  asking people about this movie is not everyone liked 

it but for me it was a great take on the Nutcracker story, I know it's not 

for everyone but if you haven't seen it give it a chance cause it really is a 

good movie, would it be bad if big celebrities voiced the characters. So, 

with that, lets get to the story shall we:

On a snowy Christmas Eve, Marie  and her brother Fritz  are home alone 

with their Uncle Drosselmeyer . Marie and Fritz's parents are away for 

the night and Marie is dismayed at having to spend Christmas Eve 

without them to the point that she wishes for it to go away forever.

A group of anthropomorphic nuts, Colonel , Mac , Sparkle , Stash and 

Gramps  overhear her plight, but become relieved at the scene of Uncle 

Drosselmeyer giving his niece and nephew Christmas gifts: a cannon for 

Fritz and a nutcracker doll for Marie. The nuts believe that the doll may 

be their prince  and proceed to tell Little Pea, the youngest of the nuts, 

the story of how the nutcracker prince's relationship with a princess 

cursed by a mouse queen had turned him into a wooden figure, revealing 

that only true love will break the spell. Fritz takes the nutcracker and a 

chase up the ladder of the Christmas tree results in the doll falling hard 

to the floor. Upset by how "hurt" her nutcracker is, Marie turns Fritz 

away. She forgives her brother later in private, telling her nutcracker 

that out of all her gifts, she loves him the most. After kissing the doll on 

the lips, Marie becomes tired and falls asleep.

The nuts fall asleep as well, unaware of being targeted by the mouse 

queen's son, Reginald . He plans to steal the Christmas star on the top of 

the tree and take over the Sugar Plum Fairy's  kingdom. With his army of 

mice, he attempts to capture the nuts. They fight toy soldiers, who prove 

no match against the mice. Mac stages a coup d'état with his own army 

of fruits and vegetables. The foods are eventually exhausted by fighting 

and Gramps is captured by three mice. Marie, awakened by the battle, 

sees her doll alive, fighting Reginald as she intervenes. Reginald is 

infatuated with Marie, who brushes the mouse off her foot using the 

Christmas star. However, as the foods celebrate their victory, Marie is 

magically reduced to nutcracker prince's height.

The foods inform Marie that without the Christmas star, Christmas will 

be "gone forever". Fortunately, Marie still has the star. They head into 

the Sugar Plum Fairy's kingdom to seek help in getting the star back on 

the tree. However, just as the entourage reaches the fairy's castle, 

Reginald shows up and captures Marie. Imprisoned in the cheese 

foundry of Reginald's palace, Marie laments her failure to save Christmas 

and imagines herself dancing with the prince in a chapel before she is 

summoned to Reginald, who offers her to marry him. She refuses, but 

eventually sympathizes with the mouse king after learning nobody gave 

him a single Christmas gift.

The prince and the foods arrive at Reginald's palace, adamant on 

rescuing Marie and the others captured by Reginald's army. The foods 

are reluctant at first, but agree to sneak into the palace and the prince is 

reunited with Marie just after Reginald and his sergeant perform a dance 

number. Chaos ensues when Reginald overhears a black-eyed 

pea laughing at him for not winning Marie's heart; a chase on flying 

motorcycles made of crackers and grapes follows suit. In the middle of it 

all, Reginald's palace starts to collapse. After rescuing the foods, 

Reginald's vehicle runs out of fuel and he falls into the cheese river. 

Marie, having grown soft for the king, saves him, losing the star in the 

process. However, Reginald admits that it was "the first nice thing that 

anyone had ever done to [him]" and he produces the star to Marie.

The group arrives at the Sugar Plum Fairy's castle where she reveals 

that the Christmas star is able to grant any wish, including the power to 

bring Marie's parents home. After making her wish, Marie gently tosses 

the star to the ceiling and all goes to white. Marie wakes up to find her 

parents greeting her along with Uncle Drosselmeyer and a guest 

resembling the prince. The film then ends with Marie and the prince 

sharing a kiss while Mac and the nuts provide the mistletoe.