Customer Rating: 
Summary: My Favorite Nutcracker of All Time
Comment:
This Nutcracker, with Maurice Sendak visuals, is a hard act to follow. This Drosselmeyer is the one TRUE version - in my opinion. But then again: everyone is perfect in this version. If you want the ballet to come alive for as it never has before..............or if you have a child in your life whose interest in movement, music and classical style you'd like to ignite ( WITHOUT turning to some awful animation or off- the-mark hipster version of a classic) then, this is your film. It's hard to convey its excellence. But I highly recommend this as a gift for any one of any age as a holiday tradition. You'll be carried into another world - and you'll never regret it.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Amazing classic
Comment: Despite the versions of this film not being high quality, that does not mean that this adaptation itself should be rated poorly. The dancing and production is flawless, set to the beautiful melodies of Tchaikovsky. I first saw this movie as a small child, and I will never forget it. The opening credits of the movie are in the workshop of Drosselmeyer, and the fantastic carvings and creations you see hint toward what will be happening in the remainder of the film. One of the things I love about everything that follows after this is that despite the lack of any dialogue, the emotions and thoughts of the characters are easy to discern from their behavior and body language--even their dancing tells you about them. Overall, this adaptation has a wonderful cast provided by the Pacific Northwest Ballet, amazing costumes, and of course, stirring and memorable music. It will manage to frighten, make you grin, awe with its beauty, and most of all entertain.
I highly recommend this! I wait excitedly for the day it comes to DVD.
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Caveat Emptor!
Comment: The music, artistry, designs, and screenplay of this Pacific Northwest Ballet production of the Nutcracker are wonderful. Unfortunately, most copies of the original VHS tape release (Paramount Pictures /Atlantic Releasing, 1987) are now deteriorating (i.e. magnetic tape becomes brittle, lost of frame-sync, faded colors, distorted audio) and few if any of the original copies remain NEW (unbroken seal) or are in VERY GOOD or even GOOD condition. No DVD version has been released by the studio and the master tape no doubt still resides in the hands of Paramount. The point being that the version of Nutcracker: The Motion Picture described above by this product is a second-generation tape (a copy of a copy of the master) recorded in Extended Play (EP) Mode with degraded audio/video quality and generally poor VCR tracking. Alway query the seller prior to purchase to confirm that you are obtaining the ORIGINAL VHS release (Atlantic 1987) recorded in Standard Play (SP) Mode (full magazine of tape) and of its current playability condition. For the reason given above and my own viewing experience, not withstanding the excellence of the performance, I would award a single star to these inferior analog copies often sold, due to the continued demand, at high prices.
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