One of the first images in “Nutcrackers” is the main character arriving at his destination, getting out of his car, and stepping in a pile of excrement. That basically represents the viewing experience for the feature, which emerges as an art-house take on a Disney production, finding director David Gordon Green trying to get back to his indie roots while still making an audience-pleasing picture. It’s been a long time since Green worked this loosely, having recently helmed three “Halloween” offerings and an “Exorcist” sequel/reboot-thingee. “Nutcrackers” plays as a creativity refresher for Green, who tries to get feral with the story of an uptight man suddenly tasked with being a guardian to four unruly kids. It’s nice to have Ben Stiller around again (who hasn’t done much acting since his last starring effort in 2017), but Green doesn’t exactly know what he wants from the film, which plays carefree until pure formula slams the brakes on a tiresome movie. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com