A scene in the flash back show mice being captured in harmless mouse traps.

The Mouse Queen bites the ankles of two characters.

A statue falls on The Mouse Queen and her corpse in shown.

There is a battle in which has some intense moments but also has some slapstick moments.

Clara falls backward and hits her head on the clock.

Many scenes in which the mouse king injures his tail.

There is a sword duel between the Nutcracker and the Mouse king. And the mouse king has some blood on his shoulder.

In the films climax there The Mouse king attempts to kill Clara as she throws food at him.

The word "hell" is used once.

There are many scenes that younger kids may view as frightening. Kids might be intimidated by the mice. The Mouse Queen's corpse is shown. The Mouse King may come off as being scary.

The overall mood of the movie is sorta creepy and uninviting. It does lighten up toward the end only to have a one last creepy scene when the mouse king is trying to kill Clara.