Admirers of director Abel Ferrara may be relieved that his latest feature, R Xmas, marks a modest if encouraging return to form.
– Manohla Dargis,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Nov 2002
fresh:
R Xmas offers a poetic and profane ambiguity that's vintage Ferrara.
– Dan Fienberg,
L.A. Weekly,
8 Nov 2002
fresh:
Ferrara's strongest and most touching movie of recent years.
– J. Hoberman,
Village Voice,
19 Nov 2002
rotten:
Once Ice-T sticks his mug in the window of the couple's BMW and begins haranguing the wife in bad stage dialogue, all credibility flies out the window.