White Reindeer

Name: White Reindeer
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: December 6, 2013
Duration: 82 min
Rating: 69

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IFC Films | Release Date: December 6, 2013 | Not Rated

Summary: After an unexpected tragedy, Suzanne (Anna Margaret Hollyman) struggles to put her life back together during a sad, strange Christmastime in suburban Virginia.

Director: Zach Clark

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 82 min

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IndieWire Eric Kohn

Nov 19, 2013

White Reindeer eagerly pokes the mythology surrounding the holiday season narrative to find something hauntingly beautiful lurking beneath it. Read full review

Alan Scherstuhl

Dec 3, 2013

If White Reindeer's satirical elements feel off the rack, that's because what they're satirizing in our real lives is, too. Read full review

David Lewis

Dec 20, 2013

Every time it threatens to devolve into sentimentality or cynicism, someone is there to take the reins. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Dec 5, 2013

Mr. Clark finds unexpected heart amid cliché and frigidity. Read full review

Mike D'Angelo

Dec 4, 2013

If nothing else, this is the least festive Christmas movie since "Bad Santa," dissecting the absurd belief that the holiday season can somehow magically cure all ills. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Dec 12, 2013

Despite its flaws and unevenness, White Reindeer at least deserves points for not providing another sugarplum-infused view of Christmas. Read full review

Sam Adams

Dec 3, 2013

Everything is tainted by a sneering sense of superiority. It’s like washing down Christmas dinner with rancid eggnog. Read full review

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smreaves

Dec 14, 2013

It's not like any other Christmas film I've ever seen. I was expecting black comedy but this one was just bleak throughout.. Perhaps the jokes were so subtle I didn't realize they were supposed to be funny. After a tragedy near the holidays, the eerily isolated main character makes aIt's not like any other Christmas film I've ever seen. I was expecting black comedy but this one was just bleak throughout.. Perhaps the jokes were so subtle I didn't realize they were supposed to be funny. After a tragedy near the holidays, the eerily isolated main character makes a series of bad decisions. Suzanne's character isn't really developed. She is just sent reeling from one blow after another, reacting to each new humiliation. If you really hate the Christmas season, this movie might compliment your mood.… Expand

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Zack2981

Dec 20, 2013

Don't listen to the critics reviews. This movie is just a boring, pointless mess. Based on the trailer, the story is about a woman who's husband is violently killed just before Christmas. Afterwards, she finds out that her husband had a brief affair with a stripper and the woman goes on aDon't listen to the critics reviews. This movie is just a boring, pointless mess. Based on the trailer, the story is about a woman who's husband is violently killed just before Christmas. Afterwards, she finds out that her husband had a brief affair with a stripper and the woman goes on a quest to find herself and more about the husband she thought she knew. If that had been the movie, then we might have something. Unfortunately, the remainder of the film is simply a series of segments where the woman indulges in extreme behavior (like excessive shopping, drugs, and sex parties) for no real reason other than they're just things most upscale family women don't do.

The story with the stripper ultimately goes nowhere and, as far as I can tell, the woman learns nothing from her experiences. Or if she does, it's not revealed to us, the audience. The comedy is fairly obvious, and what little does land is nothing to write home about. Also, we're treated to literally about 15 minutes (cumulatively) of the entire reading of Night Before Christmas, old Christmas cartoons, and one entire Christmas hymn with three verses. There was nothing absolutely horrible about the movie, but there was also nothing redeeming about it. Nothing to take away from it, nothing to learn, and no reason to really care about the main character.

Overall, White Reindeer left me out in the cold Which is a better joke that what you'll get in this film. It's unrealistic, flat, uninteresting, not funny, and a tad pretentious. Skip this one for something more cheerful and better written.… Expand

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