Christmas

Original title: 'R Xmas

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A New York drug dealer is kidnapped, and his wife must try to come up with the money and drugs to free him from his abductors before Christmas.A New York drug dealer is kidnapped, and his wife must try to come up with the money and drugs to free him from his abductors before Christmas.A New York drug dealer is kidnapped, and his wife must try to come up with the money and drugs to free him from his abductors before Christmas.

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5.7/10

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Awards
- 2 wins & 3 nominations total

The Husband
(as Lillo Brancato Jr.)

Lisa Valens

Lisa, the Daughter

Ice-T

The Kidnapper

Victor Argo

Louie

Denia Brache

Louie's Wife

Janis Corsair

Shopper 1

Gloria Irizarry

Aunt

Naomi Morales

The Niece

Andrew Fiscella

Accomplice No. 1
(as Andy Fiscella)

Thomas Murray

Accomplice No. 2

Edwin Martinez

Accomplice No. 3
(as Edwin 'Eddie' Martinez)

Anne Ackerman

Shopper No. 2

John Robert Tramutola

Child Scrooge
(as John R. Tramatola III)

Meredith Ostrom

Elfie

Dan Sweeney

Santa Claus

Andrew Lasky

Security Guard

Bersalde Vega

Toy Store Manager

Director
- Abel Ferrara
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Trivia
John Leguizamo was originally cast as The Husband and did some work on the script but eventually pulled out of the film.

Connections
Referenced in A Short Film About the Long Career of Abel Ferrara (2004)

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Featured review

2/10

Another low point for Ferrara

I don't know what has happened to director Abel Ferrara. Ever since the "Body Snatchers" remake he seems to have lost it. "King of New York" and "The Bad Lieutenant" remain two of the best films of the '90s: searing indictments of a decade gone wrong. With films like "'R Xmas" (whatever that means) and "New Rose Hotel" he seems determined to disgust and bore his former supporters. This film has NO LIFE in it. While he gets excellent performances out of his actors in all of his projects the result of this mishmash of ideas just doesn't jell. Whatever the point is -- that the new breed of drug dealer is more or less the same as any other upper middle class New Yawkuh -- gets lost in the mind numbing script and boring direction.

I saw this opening night at the 4-Plex in downtown L.A. In the lobby, while buying tickets, I was surprised and delighted to see it filled with a large, racially mixed group of men and women in their twenties and thirties. Then they started into the theater but it was the theater that was featuring "8 Mile" not "'R Xmas"! The theater showing "'R Xmas" (keep in mind, this was opening night!) had a total of 4 people watching it, myself, my wife and two others!

Way to go, Abel!

2/10