Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
This Christmas everyone will believe in Santa Claus
This Christmas everyone will believe in Santa Claus
Fantasy, Horror
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2010
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Young Pietari lives with his reindeer-herding father in arctic Finland. On the eve of Christmas, a nearby excavation makes a frightening discovery and an evil Santa Claus is unleashed…
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Rated:
R
Runtime:
83 min
Release date:
3 Dec 2010
Country:
FI, FR, NO, SE
Languages:
English, Finnish
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
12 wins & 2 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
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Rare Exports also twists the season's staples with a morbidly merry, tongue-in-cheek sense of humor.
– Christine Champ,
Film.com,
14 Dec 2014
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For anyone who can look a little askance at the monster that contemporary Christmas has become, this artfully made Finnish tale is -- I kid you not -- a real treat.
– Michael O'Sullivan,
Washington Post,
9 Dec 2013
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Conceived with winking humor and a terrific visual style, the pic is a rare treat.
– Jay Weissberg,
Variety,
5 Jan 2011
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Santa shows his dark side in this wildly idiosyncratic horror flick from Finnish writer-director Jalmari Helander.
– Andrea Gronvall,
Chicago Reader,
5 Jan 2011
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"Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale" is a rather brilliant lump of coal for your stocking hung by the fireside with care.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Dec 2010