
After an unexpected tragedy, Suzanne struggles to put her life back together during a sad, strange Christmastime in suburban Virginia.... (Full plot summary below)
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After an unexpected tragedy, Suzanne struggles to put her life back together during a sad, strange Christmastime in suburban Virginia.
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| IndiewireEric KohnWhite Reindeer eagerly pokes the mythology surrounding the holiday season narrative to find something hauntingly beautiful lurking beneath it. |
| sbs.com.auSimon FosterA Christmas-time odyssey of grief and rebirth, writer-director Zach Clark's White Reindeer firmly establishes the Virginian native as one of the most fascinating and confronting filmmakers working in independent cinema. |
| AV ClubMike D'AngeloIf 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. |
| The PlaylistKatie WalshAn unprecedented take on the holiday film, but not an entirely successful one. |
| VarietyGuy LodgeThis complex, compassionate film finds both wicked humor and, less expectedly, transcendent hope in America’s gaudy fixation with Christmas spirit. |
| The Film StageDan MeccaIt's one of the better Christmas films to come out in some time, and also one of the saddest ever made. |
| San Francisco ChronicleDavid LewisEvery time it threatens to devolve into sentimentality or cynicism, someone is there to take the reins. |
| MetroMatt PriggeIt's technically a black comedy, but it's also an empathetic drama that takes its protagonist's subsequent mental breakdown with bewildering seriousness. |
| Film Comment MagazineJonathan RomneyLikeably modest, White Reindeer is no-frills sitcom stuff, but its tartness can make you squirm deliciously. |
| New YorkerRichard BrodyThe 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. |