The Ref

This aims for a dark holiday farce and mostly gets there. A thief breaks into a house only to find himself playing mediator in a marriage on the verge of collapse. Turns out, holding a family hostage is the least of his problems.

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Ted Demme directed The Ref in 1994. See Ted Demme's full filmography, where to start with Ted Demme, or where to go after you've seen everything by Ted Demme.

The Ref was released in 1994 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 97 minutes.