Nutcrackers

admonition ! This post contain spoilers for Nutcrackers .

nuthatch , a brand - novel Christmas drollery starring Ben Stiller , is now streaming on Hulu , but this heartwarming vacation tale begins with a tragic loss . AlthoughNutcrackersfollows several intimate holiday beats , it does evidence to be rather unique both because ofthe Song featured inNutcrackersand because of the odd ( and rather sad ) story that quetch off the events of the movie . Nutcrackers’cast of charactersstars Ben Stiller as Michael , a real estate of the realm blistering - shot living in Chicago , and real - life brothers Homer , Ulysses , Arlo , and Atlas Janson as Justice , Junior , Simon , and Samuel Kicklighter .

Althoughthe specific details surround the death of the Kicklighter boys ' parent are not revealed until about halfway through the picture , Nutcrackersis clear from the very beginning that the children have been orphan . These tragical circumstances have left the kids ' future tense in doubt , as their Uncle Michael ( or " Mike " as they call him , despite his initial rejection of the soubriquet ) has no interest in moving to rural Ohio and promote them . But what just happened to Janet and Steve Kicklighter , and where do the shaver end up ?

Justice Kicklighter from Nutcrackers in the foreground with question marks surrounding him and other characters blurry in the background

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The Kicklighter Boys' Parents Died In A Tragic Car Accident

Janet And Steve Kicklighter’s Deaths Were Sudden

Nutcrackersis certainly a Christmas movie , but it has some unbelievably dark here and now . In spite of the oecumenical quality of levity throughout the movie , when Michael first come at the Kicklighter home , he abruptly happens upon the urn of his sister and brother - in - law , in a mode that is so abrupt it feel a bit jarring . Just a few scenes later , the boys are seen tossing the ash into a ardour — something Michael may not even know they ’ve done .

Steve and Janet Kicklighter were sadly killed in a car fortuity at the center of town .

It was clear that some tragedy had strike that took both parents ' life out of the blue ( hence there being minimum plan in place for a guardian to step in ) , but that is n’t revealed until by and by . It ’s only when Michael must take the boy into township for groceries thatNutcrackersreveals what happened . Steve and Janet Kicklighter were woefully belt down in a motorcar accident at the shopping centre of town , on what the boys described as a rainy effort . The details are keep respectfully thin , with Michael ’s nephew only explaining that their pa had been aim and the elevator car was at last turned upside down .

Kicklighter Memorial in Nutcrackers

Nutcrackers is a family drama film by director David Gordon Green and starring Ben Stiller. Stiller plays Mike, who, after his siblings pass away in a tragic car accident, heads to the heart of Ohio to care for his nephews in the aftermath. Though initially hesitant, Mike realizes they may be the family he’s always needed.

The quintessential Christmas movie is a family - favorable adventure with Santa Claus , but now and again , there ’s a great Christmas movie without him .

Why Michael Became The Kids' Guardian After His Sister Died

Michael Was The Only Person Left To Raise Them—Unless He Found Someone Else

With no one else to get up the nestling , Michael had to adjudicate their fate . However , it was n’t clear whether he would adopt them . All four Thomas Kid and the social doer , Gretchen Rice ( Linda Cardellini ) , hoped he would , butMichael repeat many times in the movie that he was unable to stay . rather , he tried to convert a flush man in town to dramatise them and considered let an over - eager surrogate mamma take them in , total to the countless children she had hidden throughout her home . It was n’t untilthe end ofNutcrackersthat the boys ' fates were revealed .

Michael ultimately settle to stay in Ohio and raise all four Kicklighter kids .

Only after significant increment and ontogenesis , Michael ultimately decided to rest in Ohio and recruit all four Kicklighter kids . The movie does n’t get into the detail of what this will mean for Michael ’s living in Chicago , including the real land caper that absorbed well-nigh all his attention throughout the movie , but it ’s clear that , over time , he realize family was more important . WhileNutcrackersis a picture show that begins with a terrible family tragedy , it really is a sense - good holiday story in the destruction .

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Nutcrackers is a family drama film by director David Gordon Green and asterisk Ben Stiller . Stiller fiddle Mike , who , after his sibling pass off in a tragical machine stroke , head to the spunk of Ohio to care for his nephews in the aftermath . Though ab initio hesitating , Mike realizes they may be the family he ’s always needed .

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