This tale is about two kids at Christmas time who hear about weird stuff that is happening at a mountain area near were they live. Things get bizarre when children and objects start to disappear. Along with parents and some of the children that are still around, they all team up to figure out just what is going on around the mountain.
One thing that works in this film is the main characters. It can be risky putting children in the lead in a horror film and then have them be able to do much but here it is something different and interesting and I liked the idea. They all do well with their acting being very realistic. This is the good example of how to work with young kids in the lead.
Another cool and original thing about the film is how much Christmas is used as a theme. It is not used through greeting cards, snow or like Gremlins where Christmas is just a background product. Here, the film wouldn't be the same without the Christmas theme which supports the entire movie.
The ending is also very interesting. It is an ending that really wraps up the film well. This movie does have it's flaws. The flaws range from bad CGI to adults letting their kids do whatever they want by letting them hang from a helicopter and letting them get into life-threatening situations. After an hour and half, it the film seemed to fall apart a little but the ending is what makes this film so good. The ending is weird and very strange but in a good way. It is a really cool way to end this the film.
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale is really neat foreign film that has a lot of elements that you would probably never see in a domestic film. It also is an example of how strange a horror film can be. It can also put you in the Christmas spirit even in the summer time which is when I watched it. Overall it is nice foreign film that is great in so many ways.
4/5
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