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Plot Summary
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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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
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89%- Reviews Counted: 27
- Fresh: 24
- Rotten: 3
- Average Rating: 6.7/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Fresh: A cool, kinky tale of sudden bereavement, sexual adventure and hard-won hope.
Fresh: Hollyman takes this woman's barely controlled dignity on a quietly brave, revealing ride.
Fresh: There's radiance in White Reindeer's darkness, which is what winter solstice festivals have always been about in the first place.
Fresh: The chipper and heartwarming trip along the seams of the gingerbread suburbs is driven by Hollyman, who shines as a middle-class Everywoman who regains command by losing control.
Customer Reviews
Grotesque, watched to completion to “get my money’s worth.” Bad decision.
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!
Dark, perverted, hilarious.
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.
Great Christmas movie?
Or greatest Christmas movie?!
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