The Ref.
Frightfully overlooked, and possibly a favourite of yours if you are all to familiar with dysfunctional family festive seasons, this nasty little black comedy eventually shows its golden heart is in exactly the right place. On Christmas Eve, desperate crook Denis Leary very quickly realises he has picked the wrong household to take hostage and hide from the law, as Kevin Spacey and Judy Davis are quietly tearing each other to shreds (with some glorious crackling bitter dialogue) whilst their marriage implodes. The entire extended family is about to visit for dinner, and our anti-heroes have no choice but to pretend he is a therapist trying to stitch them back together. Directed by Jonathan Demme's nephew Ted, who sadly died of a heart attack in 2002. Def check out The Ref.
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