Fresh
Ferrara's best film in years.
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
'R Xmas
Dual identities, dueling dealers, and an overdose of greed.
2001 · 1h 25m · R
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Abel Ferrara
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'R Xmas
Overview
A New York drug dealer is kidnapped, and his wife must try to come up with the money and drugs to free him from his abductors before Christmas.
Director and cast
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63%
Tomatometer
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.
Stephen Holden, New York Times
Fresh
Ferrara's strongest and most touching movie of recent years.
J. Hoberman, Village Voice
Fresh
R Xmas offers a poetic and profane ambiguity that's vintage Ferrara.
Dan Fienberg, L.A. Weekly
Fresh
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
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