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1.5/4
Sugarcoated holiday tripe. Looks nice though.
Indyfreak - wrote on 05/21/2019
One of the worst of the Disney live-action remakes thus far. But this often silly rehash of the familiar story at least doesn't reach the bottom-of-the-barrel lows alongside Tim Burton's Alice-in-Wonderland movies. It is admittedly very colorful to look at but the story is rushed and short on character development.
The most memorable performances are for the wrong reasons. Helen Mirren gives arguably her worst performance as a gender flopped Mad Hatter called Mother Ginger. The other is given by of all people, Keira Knightley as the Sugar Plum fairy. She's actually so purposely cheerful that it's cuckoo-crazy. I suppose Morgan Freeman and Mackenzie Foy aren't bad but they're not necessarily noteworthy.
I'll give the movie this, the plot does take a twist I didn't really see coming. …
