Nutcrackers

Nutcrackers

The holidays can drive you nuts.

Directed by David Gordon Green

Produced by Rough House Pictures, Red Hour

2024104 min5.9 / 10

A heartfelt comedy-drama about a workaholic city professional learning to prioritize family and connection after being thrust into rural life and guardianship of his orphaned nephews.

Just as Mike is on the heels of closing the biggest deal of his career, he's pulled away from his bachelor life in the big city to a farm in rural Ohio in order to help his recently orphaned nephews find a new home.

Questions people ask

  • Is Nutcrackers violent? Barely. Less violent than 86% of films.

  • Is Nutcrackers scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.

  • Is Nutcrackers easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 82% of films.

  • Does Nutcrackers end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 81% of films.

  • Is Nutcrackers sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

Written about

9/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity4

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise6

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love20

How much audiences actually like it

The highest scores in the catalogue →

Ensemble

Like Nutcrackers

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Nutcrackers

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Nutcrackers, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Nutcrackers, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Nutcrackers, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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