Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale

Probably one of the best film ideas in recent memory. It's too bad that Helander didn't follow through on the idea presented in his 2003 short film precursor to this. While the film fails at living up to it's original billing, it is extremely entertaining and will keep your attention throughout. My wife, who rarely likes films like this, said and I qoute "It was good." Well worth a watch.

Funny, but at the same time kinda creepy. In a weird way.

late comment on this, great movie, very original, the first i think of its kind others follow that example, but this due to the fact that is not mainstream and in the country/landscape that it takes place it gives more credit and makes a great story and enjoyable strange film to watch.

I really like this movie, even though I do not speak Finnish. It is the ultimate “Santa is in reality a horror figure” story. Just excellently made and great at keeping up the suspense. Just cool.

This movie was actually quite good.

It was a pretty good Christmas movie. I only wished we could have seen Santa Clause in action.

A cool movie and very original idea...just didn't stick the landing. I have a lot of questions. Not just at the logic of such an idea but also did I miss something along the way that would justify it....who knows. But a pretty interesting movie up until then.

In rural Finland at Christmas, a drilling company strikes upon the terrifying real truth behind Santa Claus.

There’s lots to like about Rare Exports. It’s more horror than comedy but when it tries either genre it succeeds. For a Christmas film, it’s genuinely suspenseful and most of all disorienting - the traditional rules of Christmas do not apply here. The cinematography is also impressive, another surprising element from a ‘holiday’ film.

However, there’s a lot of wasted potential. Whether it’s too short or just badly edited I don’t know, but there’s a whole lot of build up then a slap-dash finish. I applaud the mystery and misdirection Helander employs when unravelling his story, but it’s as if he doesn’t quite know how to tackle it beyond the initial few steps. There are plenty of times where the plot could have inched forward a tiny bit but no - another empty scare. It’s fun at first, then it’s just tiresome.

An entertaining and original Christmas tale, albeit a frustrating one at times.

http://benoliver999.com/film/2015/12/05/rareexports/

That movie was incredibly dumb.

One of the worst movies I've ever seen.