A girl’s toys come to life in this nonsensical animated Christmas mashup of Tchaikovsky and Mozart
The title of this dismal, Russian-produced animation is a mashup of the Tchaikovsky ballet and the Mozart opera. But the story, a nonsensical magical Christmas quest involving evil humanoid rats, has little bearing on either. Teenager Marie is threatened with marriage in order to save her mother from debtor’s prison. For some reason she shrinks, and all her favourite childhood toys, including the world’s most punchable ostrich, come to life. The animation style is synthetic, the story is illogical, and the songs make you want to plug your ears with stollen.
