'R Xmas
User Score
7.3 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6

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  1. GilbertMulroneycakesAndFriends
    Dec 6, 2002
    6
    What the hell is that title all about? I assume I'd get it if I was blacklatinItalian American. But I'm not, so I don't. Anyway, the film. Not bad. But not great. A teensy bit gratuitous and unecessary. Watchable enough.
  2. MichaelV.
    Mar 24, 2003
    9
    Lillo is so hot!
  3. RayJ.
    Nov 5, 2004
    9
    Superb.
  4. Ice-T
    Nov 12, 2005
    10
    My movies rock!

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Metascore
55 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 11 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 11
  3. Negative: 2 out of 11
  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: David Rooney
    60
    Despite some hazy plot points, the tough, compelling drama comes together quite satisfyingly, standing alongside 1996's "The Funeral" as perhaps the most controlled and cohesive of Ferrara's uneven work of recent years.
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  2. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Dan Fienberg
    70
    R 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.
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  3. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    50
    The title refers to the commercialization of just about everything in modern society, and Ferrara brings touches of his ornery filmmaking imagination to bear on the pessimistic parable.
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