Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010)

Seen in 2013 (117 movies items)

"05/07/13 - Interesting idea but doesn't really go anywhere."

Netflix Instant Project for 2013 (89 movies items)

"Recommended by: VierasTalo"

Movies seen in 2013 (19 movies items)

"This is an imaginative and quirky tale that poses the question "what if Santa Claus is real and not anything like the jolly Coca Cola Santa Claus?" What if Santa is actually an ancient demon or monster, and his elves are Golem-wannabes? What if Santa had been buried by the Sami people of Finland and was waiting to be excavated? How much would Santa, or even his creepy little "elves", go for? Got the idea? That is "Rare Exports". I felt like I was missing out on a huge chunk of the movie. I even "

Film Diary - January 2013 (55 movies items)

" TV (RECORDED TO DVR) / New to me Date watched: 11th January, 2013 Project: No project Why?: Recorded this over the Christmas holidays. Only getting around to it now. Director: Jalmari Helander Thoughts: It was ok. I'm sure a lot of the humour was lost in translation for me. The Bechdel Test = FAIL | Two Women = No | Talking = no | About a man = no | Are there any women in this one? "

Movies watched in 2012 (75 movies items)

"27th of December, Digibox Pettymys suhteellisen koviin odotuksiin nähden. Muuten ihan hyvä ja poikkeuksellinen tekele suomalaisen elokuvan mittapuulla, mutta kokonaisuudesta paistaa läpi ohjaajan kokemattomuus sekä liiallinen epävarmuus. Tarinaltaan ja henkilöhahmoiltaan Rare Exports jää liian etäiseksi, vaikka potentiaalia on hurjasti. Juoni tarjoaa muuten virkistävän poikkeuksen ja hieman erilaisen tarinan Joulupukista. Huumoripuolesta löytyy niin kulahtaneita että toimiviakin vi"

Miika's Movie Diary - 2012 (311 movies items)

"23.12, TV"

Wrecker's Movie Diary - 2012 (204 movies items)

"Watched: 23.12.2012 - Digibox"

Watched In 2012 (53 movies items)

"Watched: 22.12.2012 ( Yle 2 ) Todella omalaatuinen idea ja hienot lapin maisemat tekevät tässtä hyvän elokuvan näin joulun alla. ja kuten tommi korpela sanoo : hyvä joulua ja vittun hyvä uutta vuotta. "

What have I been watching in 2012 (93 movies items)

"22.12. TV No täähän oli ihan törkeen kova! Onko missään muussa suomalaisessa leffassa kuultu näin monia ja kovia one-linereita ku tässä? Tuskin. Ihan helvetin loistava leffa. Varmaankin paras joululeffa mitä olen koskaan katsonut. Tommi Korpela ja Jorma Tommila on kyl suomen kovimmat äijät."

Macabre, peculiar alternative Xmas film

“"We are standing on the biggest burial mountain in the world..."

Over the years, filmmakers have inundated us with movies depicting Santa Claus as a jolly old fat man who delivers presents to all the boys and girls around the world. However, 2010's contentedly macabre Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale proposes that this fictionalised "Coca-Cola Santa" was invented to cover up who Santa really was: a horrifying, horned half-man/half-beast. A sort of Finnish-made Gremlins for the 21st Century, this tremendously peculiar horror/fantasy/dark comedy presents an entirely original take on the Christmas mythos, representing the perfect antithesis to the type of traditional holiday films to which we have become accustomed (and have grown sick of). Even if the picture only scratches the surfa” read more

Christmastime Viewings: 2012 (13 movies items)

"Second Viewing "We are standing on the biggest burial mountain in the world..." Thoughts: It was great to revisit this for the first time since February, this is a really weird, alternative and brilliantly original Christmas movie. Full review here"

Movies Watched in 2012 (339 movies items)

"New DVD"

Filmes Baixados (2226 movies items)

"Porta-CD: 03 CD: 09"

Movie/TV Diary December 2012 (56 movies items)

"Watched 9.11 "