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Movie Reviews of The Ref
Movie Review: Is it real coffee...or some Scandinavian Christmas potion
Summary: 5 Stars
Did you like Home Alone, or perhaps National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, or maybe Home For The Holidays? Well...rewind those tapes and put them back in your closet. There is only one thing funnier than a dysfunctional family...a dysfunctional family at Christmas!! And it doesn't get much better than this one. This movie is a riot! The Christmas dinner scenes alone are worth the watch. Great cast...Kevin Spacey, Denis Leary, Judy Davis, Christine Baranski, and Glynis Johns (any baby boomers out there remember Lady Penelope Peasoup from the 1966 Batman series?). The writing is clever and quick-witted in this movie, the lines, the quips...just watch it. You won't regret it! Glad to see it FINALLY become available on DVD.Movie Review: Leary at his best
Summary: 5 Stars
I've been a fan of Denis' for some time (since his standup in the late 80's/early 90's) and this is by far my favorite performance.
"The Ref" does a great job - through witty dialog, a fast pace, and some excellent performances - of exposing the ordeal modern holidays have become. It's a fun yarn in which the aggressive con-man and thief vents his frustrations onto a dysfunctional family, who actually use the brutal honesty coerced out of them to learn to live better together. It's an overused premise, but I can't recall having more fun in watching a straightlaced, pompous, pretentious family being taught morals by a foulmouthed felon.
Watch this movie once and it will become a tradition every year.
Movie Review: Christmas Cheers
Summary: 5 Stars
Forget "Christmas Vacation" and "Home for the Holidays", they're distant runnersup for the funniest holiday movie ever made. If you have a dysfunctional family (and who doesn't?) then "The Ref" will be a painfully funny experience. Dennis Leary hits a homerun with his portrayal of a street-wise burglar who stumbles into a Christmas from hell. Kevin Spacey brings all of his talents for comedy tinged with insight to his character and Judy Davis is his equal as his wife. Throw in a mother-in-law from your worst nightmare, a teenage son who "has talents the Mafia gives scholarships for", a belligerently drunken Santa Claus, a crew of inept local police and you've got the makings of an unrivaled classic.Movie Review: Tilted Christmas
Summary: 5 Stars
The Ref is one of those "sleeper" movies that may someday be a staple for holiday viewing. Denis Leary, a ne'er-do-well burglar, holds one of cinema's most dysfunctional families hostage while he tries to make his escape from the authorities. Mix in a soon-to-separated couple (Kevin Spacey and Judy Davis), their delinquent son, an overly intrusive mother-in-law (Glynis Johns), Leary himself becomes the voice of sanity and the unofficial "ref" of the family's disputes. The results are hilarious. This movie is a must-see during the holiday season for our familyThe Ref.Movie Review: Just DO it
Summary: 5 Stars
If it cost $20.00 for a ticket to see this movie in a theater, it would be worth it. In fact, the first 10 minutes----the scene at the counselors----alone--- makes it worth seeing this movie.
It is hilarious! I laughed until it hurt.
This is a movie you can watch over and over, especially if you have had a bad patch in your life. It'll help you rise again.
And I LOVE Denis Leary. He is superb in this film.
Of course there is a little message in here for the "thinking man" but it won't hurt you, so make THE REF one DVD you must own.