First Barbie movie of the Barbie movie series.
Arnie Roth, who arranged Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's music from the "Nutcracker" ballet for this movie, is also the violinist in Mannheim Steamroller. They are best known for their Christmas albums.
Kelly Sheridan (Barbie) and Kirby Morrow (Nutcracker) also played characters that shared a romantic relationship in the English version of the anime series Inuyasha (2000).
The movie's story is based on E.T.A. Hoffmann's tale entitled "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King", and the music is adapted/rearranged from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker Suite" by The London Symphony Orchestra.
In an attempt to heal the nation, on February 14, 2021, podcast hosts Richard Martin and Alexander "AJ" Jones of the Cult Popture Podcast released an 18+ hour comprehensive podcast reviewing the 37 Barbie films. The retrospective took over a month to prepare and features numerous guest speakers as well as an original song created specially for the podcast.