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Movie Overview
Cast
• Ice T
• Drea de Matteo
• Lillo Brancato
Director
• Abel Ferrara
MPAA Rating
R - for strong language, drug content and some violence
R-Xmas (2002)

REVIEWS
NEWS
INTERVIEWS
OTHER
OFCS Rating: 70% Fresh
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3/4
"Spare yet audacious..."  Film Freak Central  Bill Chambers

1/5
"abysmally pathetic"  Filmcritic.com  Christopher Null

1/5
"Abysmally pathetic"  Filmcritic.com  Christopher Null

C
"An undeveloped story."  Ozus' World Movie Reviews  Dennis Schwartz

3.5/4
"Ferrara directs the entire film with the kind of detachment that makes any given frame look like a family's custom-made Christmas card."  Slant Magazine  Ed Gonzalez

4/5
"Imagine O. Henry's The Gift of the Magi relocated to the scuzzy underbelly of NYC's drug scene. Merry friggin' Christmas!"  ToxicUniverse.com  Jeremiah Kipp

3.5/4
"Essentially, this is Abel Fererra's It’s a Wonderful Life."  MovieMartyr.com  Jeremy Heilman

3/5
"Assured, glossy and shot through with brittle desperation."  TV Guide's Movie Guide  Maitland McDonagh

B+
"De Matteo ... boasts enough intelligence, attitude and ferocity to ignite even the most mundane of moments."  Lessons of Darkness  Nick Schager

77/100
"Highlighted by a gritty style and an excellent cast, it’s better than one might expect when you look at the list of movies starring Ice-T in a major role."  Apollo Guide  Ryan Cracknell

Read review  BlackFilm.com  Wilson Morales
OFCS Rating: 70% Fresh
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