Nutcrackers Review: Ben Stiller Elevates A Generic Holiday Plot That Saves It From Familiarity

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Nutcrackers Review: Ben Stiller Elevates A Generic Holiday Plot That Saves It From Familiarity
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Ben Stiller facing Ulysses Janson, who holds a knife up, while two boys watch in the background in Nutcrackers

As the holiday season kicks into high gear, so too does the arrival of a new crop of movies centered around themes of love and family. While Netflix gleefully throws itself into the Hallmark-esque brand of holiday romance and cheer, Hulu has a decidedly different kind of offering, albeit with some heartwarming moments of its own. Nutcrackers is a family dramedy that isn't exactly sentimental, yet it still somehow achieves a sincere conclusion.

&#x2715 Remove Ads Michael is soon stuck in a house with pigs roaming inside and a mountain of dirty dishes in the sink, struggling to wrangle the unrestrained children. And unrestrained is definitely what they are. Nutcrackers opens with the boys breaking into a local amusement park and hopping on one of the rides. When Michael first arrives, they silently watch him from odd positions while wearing masks, a small testament to Green's recent horror escapades.

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