Is Disney’s Nutcracker based on the Tschaikovsky ballet? How much dancing is in it? Is it long? What is a realm? We answer your questions over the holiday-themed fantasy film, directed by Lasse Hallström and Joe Johnston (yes, it took two directors).
As Polygon’s entertainment team geared up for our screening of The Nutcracker and the Four Realms — re-reading the Nutcracker story, rewatching the better Fantasia segments — we discovered that many of our coworkers had no idea what The Nutcracker and the Four Realms was all about.
