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Denis Leary (Actor), Judy Davis (Actor), Ted Demme (Director) Rated:

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Genre	LEARY, KEVIN, JUDY, DENIS, Comedy, SPACEY, COMEDY, DAVIS
Format	Multiple Formats, NTSC, Color, Closed-captioned
Contributor	John Scurti, Denis Leary, Christine Baranski, Glynis Johns, Phillip Nicoll, Kevin Spacey, Richard Bright, Marie Weiss, Richard LaGravenese, Jim Turner, Adam Lefevre, Bill Raymond, Judy Davis, Ted Demme, Ellie Raab, Robert J. Steinmiller Jr., Raymond J. Barry, Robert Ridgeley See more
Language	English
Runtime	1 hour and 37 minutes

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Denis Leary plays an unfortunate cat burglar, who is abandonded by his partner in the middle of a heist and is forced to take an irritating Connecticut couple (Kevin Spacey and Judy Davis) hostage. He soon finds that he got more than he bargained for when the couple's blackmailing son and despicable in-laws step into the picture. Before long they're driving him nuts with their petty bickering and family problems. The only way for him to survive is to be their referee and resolve their differences before he can be nabbed by the police.

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Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.85:1
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.58 x 5.3 x 7.5 inches; 2.72 ounces
Item model number ‏ : ‎ MFR786936208887#VG
Director ‏ : ‎ Ted Demme
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, NTSC, Color, Closed-captioned
Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 37 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ March 4, 2003
Actors ‏ : ‎ Denis Leary, Judy Davis, Kevin Spacey, Robert J. Steinmiller Jr., Glynis Johns
Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Unqualified (DTS ES 6.1)
Studio ‏ : ‎ TOUCHSTONE PICTURES
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00008977D
Writers ‏ : ‎ Marie Weiss, Richard LaGravenese
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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Brittany Pack

Fantastic Movie

Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2024

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This is one of my all time favorite movie. Ive watched it so many times. Especially around Christmas. If you haven’t seen this you should if you like some dark humor.

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100% funny from the very first line.

Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2024

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I watched this three times because I laughed so much that I missed some of the scenes.

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Meagan Dickson

Holiday Classic!

Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2024

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Funny throw back comedy.
A 90"s gem for cocoa and festive feels.

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Cynthia r. Rubio

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Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2024

Fun for the Holidays

Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2024

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This was an awesome movie! Love the dark rare humor and I enjoyed this !

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Ms.Understood

Favorite Christmas Movie

Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2023

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I absolutely love this Christmas movie. Christmas was / is difficult this year and this movie gave me laughs and tears and belief in kindness and understanding. We all have a story and deal with pain differently. We should take time to listen and give someone a hug. Great feel good movie full of laughter. I recommend watching it.

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20 Ton Squirrel

Denis Leary and Christmas

Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2024

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You know those holidays when your drunk uncle says everything that pops into his mind, your cousins are fighting and that one aunt is on everyone's case? Then everyone just has to go along to make the holiday work? Add Denis Leary and let the sparks fly! An enjoyable Christmas outing with a heartwarming ending. Give it a watch to ease your holiday overstim.

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Rebecca

"Mary...gag your Grandma."

Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2015

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It's that time of year again and when I pulled out the Christmas movies this was the first one I wanted to watch. I think this is probably my favorite Christmas movie of all time, and even though I've seen it so many times I can practically recite it, it's still hilarious.

The synopsis is pretty simple - Gus, a washed-up cat burglar (Leary), gets into a snafu when he attempts to rob a wealthy house in a small town in Connecticut on Christmas Eve. He ends up on the run from the police, and in desperation kidnaps what he thinks is an average suburban couple - Caroline and Lloyd (Davis & Spacey) - and forces them to take him to their house while he figures out what to do next. Caroline and Lloyd are, of course, as dysfunctional as they come - on the brink of divorce and deliciously nasty to one another. And, since it's Christmas Eve, the in-laws are coming to dinner - hostage situation or not. It's family dysfunction at it's best, and anyone who has EVER suffered through tense family dinners, dreaded holiday get-togethers, or had the mother-in-law from hell can probably relate to this movie.

I'm sure I'm dating myself my saying this, but I remember Denis Leary's early stand-up days and I always thought he was funny. There's something about that sarcastic wit combined with angry rants that just leaves you howling with laughter. Add Kevin Spacey (pure genius), Judy Davis, Christine Baranski (Sheldon's hilarious mother on Big Bang), and Glynis Johns and you have the makings of one the sharpest, funniest movies I've ever seen.

No, this is NOT a family-friendly Christmas movie. This one is purely for the grown-up table - and a table with more than a few empty wine bottles at that. The humor is very dark, the characters are very sarcastic, and the dialogue is sharp, biting, and liberally laced with profanity. You'll know in the first five minutes whether or not you'll like this movie with Caroline and Lloyd's marriage counseling session - I'd quote my favorite lines but none of it would make it past the sensors, lol.

But underneath all the sniping is a VERY heartwarming movie about the best and the worst parts of the most important thing of all...family. There's a delightful twist to the end (which you will see coming a mile away), and I swear this movie fills me with more Christmas spirit than Miracle on 34th Street and the Muppet's Christmas Carol combined.

Love, love, LOVE this movie. Highly recommend it to anyone who likes dark humor, can relate to dysfunctional families, and gets a kick out of Christmas movies like Scrooged and Christmas Vacation.

**NOTE about the DVD - it's a terrible transfer, and the newer your TV the worse it's probably going to look. For some reason the "widescreen" doesn't fit the TV screen (tried it on three different TVs and it was the same on all of them). It's stretched across the screen with black bars at the top and bottom. The only way to make it "fit" is to zoom it, which makes it even blurrier. I wish there was a decent transfer available, or better yet a Blu-Ray copy, but this movie is SO GOOD that I'm happy to take what I can get. The picture may be strange, but it's better than not having it at all. I can't imagine my Christmas without "Excuse me, excuse me, EXCUSE ME!! If you don't mind, the corpse STILL has the floor!" lol!

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William Burgess

great movie

Reviewed in Canada on March 17, 2024

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Loved this movie. watched it again and again

Very good movie, a burglar being a marriage counselor! I love Denis Leary!

Denis Leary 5 stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 12, 2023

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Burglar being marriage counselor to Kevin Spacey

K. Donnelly

Humorvoelle und ein Happy Ende

Reviewed in Germany on December 23, 2017

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Ein Fassadenkettler nimmt an Heiligabend als Geislen en streitsuechtiges Ehepaar und findet sich ploetzlich ihre Eheberater. Das DVD ist in meine Top Five Weihnachten Filme.

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Scott

Films don't have to be sweet to have the Christmas spirit!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 20, 2018

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This is a great film. Fantastic humour, with every line perfectly delivered. Judy Davis and Kevin Spacey work so well together and you feel every biting comment and it makes you laugh. Denis Leary is simply brilliant, playing the referee to the warring spouses while hiding out in their house to evade the police. An alternative take on the Christmas movies, but definitely sprinkled with lots of the Christmas spirit.

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Michelle

Hilarious

Reviewed in Canada on December 8, 2023

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The language in this movie is not appropriate for kids but it is definitely a great laugh out loud movie big kids.

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