The Ref

The Ref

By Ted Demme

  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release Date: 1994-03-09
  • Advisory Rating: R
  • Runtime: 1h 36min
  • Director: Ted Demme
  • Production Company: Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • iTunes Price: USD 4.99
6.6/10
6.6
From 321 Ratings

Description

MTV's Denis Leary stars in one of the year's most outrageous and highly acclaimed comedy hits. Leary plays an unfortunate cat burglar who becomes trapped in a fate worse than jail when he takes a bickering couple (Kevin Spacey, Judy Davis) and their annoying relatives hostage. Before long, they're driving him nuts, and the line between who is whose hostage begins to blur. His only hope for survival is to act as their referee and resolve their differences - or its going to mean instant insanity for everyone! Spend a hysterically funny evening with The Ref - you're sure to experience an irreverent and fun-filled time!

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  • The Best Xmas movie ever

    5
    By Final Tip
    This is one of the most slept on comedy movies of the 90s. Easily my favorite Xmas movie. Judy Davis & Kevin Spacey are great.
  • Hilarious

    5
    By Love*the*beach
    Annoying relatives and a thief to keep them under control. This is my favorite holiday movie. Leary is hilarious in this one.
  • A Real “Killer” B Movie (one of 237!)

    4
    By D. Scott Apel
    This review is an excerpt from my book “Killer B’s: The 237 Best Movies On Video You’ve (Probably) Never Seen,” which is available as an ebook on iBooks. If you enjoy this review, there are 236 more like it in the book (plus a whole lot more). Check it out! THE REF: You’ve heard of “psychodrama.” Welcome to “psychodramedy.” This savage psycho-satire is a Christmas card drawn jointly by Currier & Ives and Hieronymous Bosch; a venomous, vituperative comedy with sharply filed fangs. Spacey and Davis are the dynamic duo of dysfunction, and couldn’t get along if their lives depended on it—literally. He’s a smug, priggish mama’s boy who’s given up on life; she’s a “nasty, selfish woman” (much like Lloyd’s mother!) unconscious of her own artsy pretentions to “good taste.” Even pitted against such accomplished character actors, rasty-nasty Leary holds his own, brusque and bitter against their buttonpushing, bickering and backbiting. The irony is that everyone hates his own miserable life and envies everyone else’s—and the one with the worst life among them might be the only one with his head screwed on straight enough to give the others a healthy dose of “reality therapy.” A stimulating, refreshing farce, strong on dialog, character and in-your-face comic animosity.
  • Finally.....

    5
    By BMW4U
    I emailed them about this movie a month or two ago asking to buy it. Thank you Apple!!!!
  • The Ref

    5
    By lolas12
    Thank you! Finally able to buy this great movie!
  • Perfection

    5
    By Jelly_heads
    This is a most accurate display of family life!!
  • WANT TO BUY THIS MOVIE!!!

    5
    By MrCaplin
    Best movie, pretty upset I can't buy it... People need to email iTunes customer service to let than know. I did.
  • The ref

    5
    By 711Terry
    This movie should be ale to be bought. Its lukę a Classic. Why can't we purchase it? It is so enjoyable. Movies that cost more are able to be purchased why not this. I love Denis. I know he didn't make many movies but I enjoy every one he is in.
  • You Tube

    5
    By starshine48
    Until iTunes gets it together and makes this available to BUY…you can see the whole movie on You Tube.
  • Why can't I buy it?

    5
    By debit new
    My favorite holiday movie ever! I've been waiting for The Ref to be available on iTunes for years...it finally is available - for rent only. why I can't purchase it!?!?

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