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The Ref

Summary: A cat burglar is forced to take a bickering, dysfunctional family hostage on Christmas Eve.

Release Date: March 11, 1994

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Crime

Director: Ted Demme

Writers: Marie Weiss

, Richard LaGravenese

Runtime: 1 h 37 min

MPAA: R

Production: Touchstone Pictures, Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 11,000,000

Domestic: $ 11,439,193

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35 year old man abduction abusive grandmother abusive grandmother abusive mother abusive relationship accomplice adulterous wife adultery alarm alcoholic answering machine apology argument arrogance asking for a cigarette awkward situation baby jesus statue baby jesus statue baby jesus statuette baby jesus statuette bar barking dog bartender biblical reference bickering bickering couple bitten by a dog black comedy blackmail boat bondage booby trap bound and gagged bound hands bound to a bed bound to a chair bound together boxer shorts as a gift boxer shorts as a gift boy boy tied to a chair break in breaking and entering breaking in bribe attempt broken chair burglar burglar alarm burglary cake camera shot from inside a safe camera shot of feet candle career criminal carjacking caroling cat urine cat urine character says merry christmas characters say same line simultaneously chauffeur cheating wife christmas christmas dinner christmas eve christmas gift christmas movie christmas party christmas tree cigarette cigarette smoking colleague colleague relationship compromising photograph computer confession confrontation connecticut coworker coworker relationship criminal criminal on the run curfew dark comedy dark room darkroom desk bell destroyed evidence developing a photograph dinner disney dog dog bite domineering mother domineering mother in law domineering wife dream interpretation drinking champagne drinking from a bottle drinking wine drunk drunken santa drunkenness duct taped mouth dysfunctional family eavesdropping elderly lady elderly lady elderly woman emotional abuse emotionally abusive grandmother emotionally abusive grandmother emotionally abusive mother emotionally abusive mother in law emotionally abusive mother in law emotionally abusive wife emotionally abusive woman envelope envelope of money escape evidence evil old woman evil woman extramarital affair f word fake beard family gathering family relationships farce father son relationship female antagonist female bondage female objectification female villain film within a film fire alarm flashlight framed photograph fruit cake fruit cake frustration gagged gagged with a necktie gagged with a necktie gay slur getaway driver gift gift wrapped present girl grandmother guard dog gun gun pointed at face gunshot heavy smoker hidden cigarettes hidden cigarettes hidden money hiding in a closet hiding money hiding place hijacking holiday home invasion hostage hundred dollar bill husband wife conflict husband wife relationship hypocrisy impostor ineptitude investigation irresponsible woman knocked out knocking on a door leg injury lie lighting a cigarette lighting a cigarette for a woman lighting a cigarette for someone limousine listening to a radio listening to car radio listening to music loan locked door locked in looking at oneself in a mirror male bondage malice malicious wife malicious woman man bound to a chair man lighting a cigarette for a woman man tied to a bed man tied to a chair man wears eyeglasses manhunt manipulative mother manipulative mother in law manipulative mother in law manipulative woman manipulator mansion marc chagall sketch marc chagall sketch marital crisis marriage marriage counseling marriage counselor married couple martyr syndrome martyress syndrome marzipan masked man military school milk and cookies mommy issues money mother hits son mother in law daughter in law relationship mother son relationship mud room mud room nativity necktie necktie as a gagged necktie as a gagged offering a bribe old man old woman on the run outburst overheard conversation overweight boy painting partner party passed out drunk passive aggressive behavior passive aggressive husband passive aggressive husband passive aggressive man passive aggressive wife passive aggressive woman patronizing phone book photograph photographer plan goes wrong plan gone wrong pointing a gun at someone police police car police chief police department police investigation police station policeman portrait portrait painting posing as a marriage counsellor posing as a marriage counsellor posing as a psychiatrist posing as a psychologist posing as a therapist posing as a therapist pouring water on someone pretending to be a marriage counsellor pretending to be a marriage counsellor pretending to be a psychiatrist pretending to be a psychologist pretending to be a therapist pretending to be a therapist pretending to be someone else psychiatrist psychologist punched in the face quitting smoking radio news reconciliation reference to james stewart reference to jesus christ reference to lee harvey oswald reference to marc chagall reference to nat king cole reference to oprah winfrey reference to penis size reference to santa claus reference to sigmund freud reporter restaurant reward rich woman ring robbery rope rottweiler rude woman rudeness running a stop sign safe safecracking salvation army bell ringer santa claus santa claus costume saying the same thing simultaneously self centered mother self centered mother self centered wife self centered woman selfish mother selfish wife selfish woman ship shooting slide small town smoke alarm spitting spitting out food sprayed with water statue statuette stockholm syndrome stolen jewelry sweater sweater as a gift talking to a dog talking to an animal talking to oneself teenage blackmailer teenage boy teenager telephone call telling someone to shut up theft therapist therapy thief threatened with a gun tied hands tied to a bed tied to a chair tied together tied up tied up with bungee cord tied up with bungee cord trap trapdoor trapped travel tv news tv reporter unhappy marriage unpunished crime urination urine vhs vhs tape video video cassette video evidence videotape villainess visit visitor wanted man watching a movie on tv watching a video watching tv wealthy woman wet clothes window woman hits a boy woman tied to a bed woman tied to a chair womanchild wound wreath

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