Director David Gordon Green returns to the world of comedy with Nutcrackers, starring Ben Stiller. Here’s a festive trailer:
For the last few years, director David Gordon Green has spearheaded the revival of John Carpenter’s iconic Halloween franchise, helming 2018’s Halloween, 2021’s Halloween Kills and 2023’s Halloween Ends. It was quite a sharp left turn from the films that made his name, like The Sitter, Your Highness and stoner comedy Pineapple Express. Or his stately dramas like George Washington, All The Real Girls or Joe.
Now, Gordon Green returns to the world of comedy with Nutcrackers, a festive film about a wealthy single chap (Ben Stiller) who reluctantly becomes the surrogate father figure to a highly dysfunctional family.
The synopsis for the movie reads as follows:
Hotshot Chicago real estate developer Michael (Ben Stiller) never had time for family. His sister once said he was incapable of love. But when Michael’s sister and her husband have a terrible accident, their house, farm, and four boys become Michael’s responsibility. He drives out to his sister’s small Ohio town thinking all he needs to do is sign some papers and get back to the city, but it’s not nearly that simple. With the parents gone, the boys are practically feral. Until the family services worker (Linda Cardellini) can find them a home, their only guardian is Uncle Mike. Before he knows it, he is chasing chickens & providing improvised “health” classes. Desperate to free himself from inherited fatherhood, he’s both surprised and thrilled to learn his sister trained her boys in ballet. Can that make them cute enough to foster.
The cast also includes Edi Patterson, Tim Heidecker, Toby Huss, Homer Janson, Ulysses Janson, Arlo Janson and Atlas Janson.
Gordon Green directed the film from a screenplay by Leland Douglas.
In other Ben Stiller news, according to Variety he is reprising his role as sadistic orderly Hal in Happy Gilmore 2, which will be directed by Kyle Newacheck and written by Tim Herlihy and Adam Sandler. It will stream on Netflix in 2025.
Nutcrackers will stream on Disney Plus from the 29th November.
Watch the trailer below:
