White Reindeer

White Reindeer

By Zach Clark

  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release Date: 2013-12-06
  • Advisory Rating: Unrated
  • Runtime: 1h 22min
  • Director: Zach Clark
  • Production Company: IFC Films
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • iTunes Price: USD 9.99
  • iTunes Rent Price: USD 3.99
5.4/10
5.4
From 26 Ratings

Description

Christmas time is looking swell for pretty, unassuming real-estate-agent Suzanne Barrington: she just sold a house to a nice swinger couple; her weatherman husband Jeff scored a sweet new job; and her favorite holiday is quickly approaching. After a sudden tragedy takes Jeff away, Suzanne is left lost and lonely. Even worse, a friend of his confesses a secret: there's another woman. Her name's Fantasia and she works at the "girl club." In their grief, the two women form an awkward but meaningful friendship. Pushing away the ghosts of Christmas present, Suzanne falls into Fantasia's world of dance parties, shoplifting and substances! But maybe that's not what Suzanne's looking for either...

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  • cheap acting. no message.

    1
    By Hot100199
    superficial interpretation of life and death. even the part in which she is suppose to “loose control” lack of realism. bad. really bad.
  • Disappointing

    1
    By Bermy deij
    Terrible movie. No plot, script or storyline. A complete waste of my money and time.
  • An alternative to it's a wonderful life...

    5
    By Disgusted w/ this
    This movie looks at what happens when your spouse is suddenly taken away and wasn't the person you thought they were. Very poignant and thought provoking.
  • Boring

    2
    By Conjesture
    Nothing interesting happens. I can appreciate the attempt to subvert expectations about a Christmas movie. Satire has tremendous value, after all. But this movie doesn't execute it's purpose well. The dialogue doesn't fee real. The premise (husband dies) is unlikely. The reaction to the death is not realistic. Overall, a waste of time.
  • Grotesque, watched to completion to “get my money’s worth.” Bad decision.

    1
    By Eddie Brune
    Three cheers for the movie that takes two hours to go nowhere. Just when you think it might get interesting, no no no. It doesn’t. Plot? Who needs one when you have a kitschy Xmas theme. Story? Naaaah, not when there’s a kinky swinging scene. But hey, maybe it’s just me. If you like (spoiler alert!) random scenes of vomiting, reckless online shopping, more vomiting, shoplifting—all set to a Hawaiian holiday soundtrack—this is the movie for you!
  • A waste of time

    1
    By NickelBayNick
    This is a really slow and boring movie. A wast of time
  • A Strangely Beautiful & Oddly Familiar Xmas Story

    5
    By mikeandnickc
    Well, "The White Reindeer" is certainly not the usual Christmas fare. That said, it is so sincere and its lead Actor, Ms. Hollyman, lends so much to this dark tale that one comes out the other side of it smiling and yet, somehow, wistful. It is about loss that we all experience and what we do in spite of it to deal with that loss, sometimes something we don't want to think about, maybe something as simple as the reindeer not eating the carrots in the backyard on Christmas morning when Santa Claus visits us, though I don't remember that part of Christmas. The film asks us to ask ourselves how we feel about something we refuse to think about and what we feel about whatever we do think about every year. Whatever the experience is for the individual we all share the loss of that magic. Hollyman is a treasure. I'm not sure everyone would like this film but we think it is more than worth anyone's time. The writing is excellent and the acting is superb. It isn't arcane but it is decidely a trip that sometimes feels like a visit to The Twilight Zone.
  • Great Christmas movie?

    5
    By Ogrizzle5000
    Or greatest Christmas movie?!
  • Dark, perverted, hilarious.

    5
    By KGunT
    The holidays can bring out the best and the worst in each of us. White Reindeer is a dark tale of loss and atonement set against a backdrop of kitschy holiday cheer. The film pulls it off in a way that's identifiable and believable, in large thanks to the twisted but authentic humanity of the characters and the beauty of the photography. It's never predictable and often hilarious; one of the best independent films I've seen this year.

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