Fresh
Rare Exports also twists the season's staples with a morbidly merry, tongue-in-cheek sense of humor.
Christine Champ, Film.com
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
This Christmas everyone will believe in Santa Claus
2010 · 1h 23m · R
Fantasy, Horror
Directed by
Jalmari Helander
Overview
Young Pietari lives with his reindeer-herding father in arctic Finland. On the eve of Christmas, a nearby excavation makes a frightening discovery and an evil Santa Claus is unleashed…
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
89%
Tomatometer
Fresh
For anyone who can look a little askance at the monster that contemporary Christmas has become, this artfully made Finnish tale is -- I kid you not -- a real treat.
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post
Fresh
Conceived with winking humor and a terrific visual style, the pic is a rare treat.
Jay Weissberg, Variety
Fresh
Santa shows his dark side in this wildly idiosyncratic horror flick from Finnish writer-director Jalmari Helander.
Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader
Fresh
"Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale" is a rather brilliant lump of coal for your stocking hung by the fireside with care.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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