
It's a few days before Christmas, and a Latin American couple living in New York City are preparing and packaging their heroin for street distribution. While the wife has her qualms about the ethics of drug dealing, both she and her husband know there's plenty of money to be made in the drug trade. The couple discovers one of their lower-level dealers may be talking to the police, but they soon have a bigger problem to deal with when the husband is kidnapped and held for a hu... (Full plot summary below)
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It's a few days before Christmas, and a Latin American couple living in New York City are preparing and packaging their heroin for street distribution. While the wife has her qualms about the ethics of drug dealing, both she and her husband know there's plenty of money to be made in the drug trade. The couple discovers one of their lower-level dealers may be talking to the police, but they soon have a bigger problem to deal with when the husband is kidnapped and held for a huge ransom.
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| MovieMartyr.comJeremy HeilmanEssentially, this is Abel Fererra's It's a Wonderful Life. |
| Village VoiceJ. HobermanLike any self-respecting Ferrara film, 'R Xmas has its intimations of hellfire, yet it's a weirdly benign Christmas fable -- something like "Miracle on 134th Street." |
| Stream on DemandSean AxmakerInspired by a supposedly true story by Cassandra De Jesus, this low-key drama is prime Abel Ferrara territory: a New York tale rumbling with irony and ambiguity. |
| Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenWhat could have been right at home as a nifty plot line in Steven Soderbergh's Traffic fails to arrive at any satisfying destination. |
| OregonianShawn LevyA seedy little movie with little in the way of theme, purpose, energy or wit, 'R Xmas is the latest slice-of-death drama from that earnest maestro of grub, Abel Ferrara. |
| Film ThreatChris GoreThe heart of the film is the drop dead sexy Drea De Matteo who, as the mother and real head of the family, commands every scene. |
| Film Journal InternationalEric MonderCan't quite deliver the goods, but it still provides a few highs along the way. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. Anderson[This] dark, woozy Christmas movie is one of Ferrara's best films. |
| L.A. WeeklyDan FienbergR Xmas offers a poetic and profane ambiguity that's vintage Ferrara. The drug dealers are community leaders, the cops are corrupt, and the materialistic wife has unimagined emotional reserves. |
| Boxoffice MagazineEd ScheidThe main characters are simply named The Husband, The Wife and The Kidnapper, emphasizing the disappointingly generic nature of the entire effort. |