THE REF (1994) ¢ ¢ ¢ 1/2
D: Ted Demme
Denis Leary, Judy Davis, Kevin Spacey,
Raymond J. Barry, Richard Bright, Christine Baranski,
J.K. Simmons, Adam Lefevre, Robert J. Steinmiller Jr.
A funny, profanity-laced comedy about a burglar who takes a bickering suburban couple hostage and finds his getaway plans going haywire in ways he could never imagine. A holiday movie, more or less, that's pretty much devoid of the usual holiday-movie sweetness. Any picture in which Judy Davis can cast a withering glance at Kevin Spacey and deliver a line like "Why don't you eat me?" has got to be worth looking at.
