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The Ref
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DVD Details

  • Rated: R
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 33 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: March 4, 2003
  • Originally Released: 1994
  • Label: Walt Disney Video

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Entertainment Reviews:

Certified Fresh72%

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Total Count: 54

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 26,986
Rating: 3/4 -- It's miraculous casting, and the Australian Davis -- for my money the finest actress around, bar none -- is simply uncanny in her command of East Coast gentility combined with razor-sharp timing and comedic expression. Full Review
Seattle Times
Dec 6, 2013
...Enthusiastically mean-spirited....It has as much fun being malicious as Snow White did being squeaky clean...
Los Angeles Times
Mar 9, 1994
The Ref works virtually none of the miracles of [Richard LaGravenese's screenplay for The Fisher King,] his previous mix 'n' match effort. Full Review
Variety
Mar 26, 2009
This is a funny idea, but the movie is too thinly written to build any real credibility, and the cast rarely seems in tune with the vapid vulgarities that dominate the dialogue. Full Review
Christian Science Monitor
Dec 6, 2013
Rating: C- -- A foulmouthed sitcom of a film. Full Review
Entertainment Weekly
Sep 7, 2011
Rating: C+ -- If you are in the mood for something different at Christmas than The Ref might be a fun choice for you. Full Review
rachelsreviews.net
Mar 20, 2019
The Ref is a powerfully funny adult comedy. It skewers marriage, suburban values and the trendy belief that everyone is a victim of something. Full Review
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Dec 6, 2013

Product Description:

It's Christmas Eve and Gus, a cat burglar making the final heist of his career, trips the alarm system in a suburban home, forcing him to take the occupants hostage. Little does he know his Christmas is the one that's going to be ruined as he finds himself caught between a relentlessly bickering husband and wife and their fully dysfunctional family. As Gus soon discovers, there is no cure for rancor.

Description by Buena Vista Home Entertainment.:

The Ref
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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Product Info

  • Sales Rank: 17,166
  • UPC: 786936208887
  • Shipping Weight: 0.19/lbs (approx)
  • International Shipping: 1 item

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