Review of Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010) by Julia C — 15 Jan 2011

Extraordinarily shot, very dark and novel little film that is going on the annual Xmas rewatch list right now.

This review of Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010) was written by Julia C on 15 Jan 2011.

Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale has generally received positive reviews.

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This movie will not be for everyone. I just wanted to get that out of the way first before going into the details…

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