The Ref
They might be his hostages but what they're doing to this guy is criminal.
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Release Date
3/9/1994Runtime
97 minsOverview
A cat burglar is forced to take a bickering, dysfunctional family hostage on Christmas Eve.
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ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$11,000,000Revenue
$11,400,000Homepage
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A darkly comic pressure cooker where a hardened criminal finds himself less dangerous than the dysfunctional family he's taken hostage on Christmas Eve. It's chaos and cruelty wrapped in holiday wrapping, where nobody comes out looking good.
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Heads up
Denis Leary
Gus
Judy Davis
Caroline Chasseur
Kevin Spacey
Lloyd Chasseur
Glynis Johns
Rose Chasseur
Robert J. Steinmiller Jr.
Jesse Chasseur
Raymond J. Barry
Lt. Huff
Richard Bright
Murray
Christine Baranski
Connie Chasseur
Adam LeFevre
Gary Chasseur
J.K. Simmons
Siskel
BD Wong
Dr. Wong, Marriage Counselor
John Scurti
Lt. Steve Milford
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