Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale

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Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale

R

2010

1h 24m

Holiday

Adventure

Horror

Comedy

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A young boy named Pietari (Onni Tommila) and his friend Juuso (Ilmari Järvenpää) think a secret mountain drilling project near their home in northern Finland has uncovered the tomb of Santa Claus. However, this a monstrous, evil Santa, much unlike the cheery St. Nick of legend. When Pietari's father (Jorma Tommila) captures a feral old man (Peeter Jakobi) in his wolf trap, the man may hold the key to why reindeer are being slaughtered and children are disappearing.

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Critics Consensus

Rare Exports is an unexpectedly delightful crossbreed of deadpan comedy and Christmas horror.

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Jim Schembri

The Age (Australia)

12/14/2014

3/5

[A] deliciously loopy oddball of a film.

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Eric Kohn

IndieWire

12/14/2014

The flaws of Rare Export offer an important reminder that looking good on YouTube does not provide qualifications for a bigger screen.

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Christine Champ

Film.com

12/14/2014

A-

Rare Exports also twists the season's staples with a morbidly merry, tongue-in-cheek sense of humor.

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Bryce Hanson

Horror Movie Talk

Aug 12

7/10

This movie is a lot of fun in retrospect, but to be honest you really have to be in the mood for this type of film. Like most scandinavian films it is very dry and has a real particular type of slow drip black humor.

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

09/20/2023

4/5

Finds a creepy yet whimsical way to reinvent established holiday lore without sacrificing the expectations of audiences regarding its Christmas connections.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

03/07/2023

2.5/4

Although it has a lot of imagination, the lopsided outcome never balances its elements in a satisfying way.

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thiago s

@Thiagostone 3d

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom

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Miles W.

@mileslovesmovies99 3d

Probably the worst Christmas movie I have ever seen. Starts off with a great tone but about 3 quarters in it goes off the rails and you want don’t want to believe what is going on because it is so bizarre. It is similar to this directors other movie Sisu which also went off the rails by the 3rd quarter. Do mot recommend AT ALL.

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Jack F

@MovieFan111 Nov 14

No, I didn't like this movie. It was weird and I didn't understand it really. It's a good thing that no one knows about this movie.

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Horror fan 4

Aug 12

It's beautifully shot but the story sucks. The characters are terrible and for the umpteenth time the performances are God awful. Tim Treakle

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acsdoug D

@acsdoug Jun 23

Good production values - the movie looks great - and the Finnish countryside is beautiful. Unfortunately, the story is just dumb.

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Tom L

Feb 6

The most wonderfully demented, off the rails Christmas movie you’ll ever see. Uses Nordic folklore’s dark origins of Santa Claus to great and gruesome effect. Creative and intelligent storytelling with a heart, not cheap and mean-spirited the way some Christmas-themed horror movies are.

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Synopsis

A young boy named Pietari (Onni Tommila) and his friend Juuso (Ilmari Järvenpää) think a secret mountain drilling project near their home in northern Finland has uncovered the tomb of Santa Claus. However, this a monstrous, evil Santa, much unlike the cheery St. Nick of legend. When Pietari's father (Jorma Tommila) captures a feral old man (Peeter Jakobi) in his wolf trap, the man may hold the key to why reindeer are being slaughtered and children are disappearing.

Director: Jalmari Helander
Producer: Petri Jokiranta, Knut Skoglund
Screenwriter: Jalmari Helander
Distributor: Oscilloscope Pictures
Production Co: Yleisradio
Rating: R (Some Nudity|Language)
Genre: Holiday, Adventure, Horror, Comedy
Original Language: Finnish
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 3, 2010, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 24, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $263.2K
Runtime: 1h 24m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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