Director-screenwriter-editor: Zach Clark
Producers: Zach Clark, Melodie Sisk, Daryl Pittman
The film's central character is Virginia real-estate agent Suzanne (Anna Margaret Hollyman), who as her favorite holiday approaches seems to have it all. Her handsome TV weatherman husband (Nathan Williams) has scored a new job in Hawaii, and she's just sold an expensive house next door to a friendly married couple (Lydia Johnson, Joe Swanberg).
But her world is shattered when she returns home from a Christmas shopping excursion to discover her husband brutally murdered, the victim of a random break-in. She attempts to numb her grief with an endless spree of online purchasing, only to find her world further rocked when she discovers that her late husband had been frequenting a stripper club and having an affair with one its employees.
She seeks out the woman, whose real name is Fantasia (Laura Lemar-Goldsborough). The two begin an unlikely friendship, and Suzanne soon finds herself engaged in such risky activities as snorting coke, shoplifting and participating in a holiday orgy at her new neighbors' home.
Clark's screenplay succeeds at times in amusingly depicting the dichotomies of its characters, with the stripper turning out to be a sympathetic single mom and the swinging partyers capping their night of debauchery with a heartfelt conversation about parenting matters. It's all rendered in a dark, deadpan tone that mirrors its heroine's existential blankness.
But it ultimately adds up to very little, with neither the humorous or dramatic elements proving particularly resonant. Despite the more garish plot elements, the proceedings seem curiously muted, as if the filmmaker was reluctant to push the envelope that he had opened. There are some quietly moving moments, and Hollyman effectively portrays her character's repressed angst. But for all its provocations, it's hard not to wish that White Reindeer had been infused with a little more John Waters-style outrageousness.
(IFC Films)
Production: Candy Castle Motion Pictures
Cast: Anna Margaret-Hollyman, Laura Lemar-Goldsborough, Nathan Williams, Lydia Johnson, Joe Swanberg, Chris Doubek
Director-screenwriter-editor: Zach Clark
Producers: Zach Clark, Melodie Sisk, Daryl Pittman
Executive producers: Kevin Clark, Daryl Pittman, Joan Peacock
Director of photography: Daryl Pittman
Costume designers: Holly Pierson, Karen Young
Composer: Fritz Myers
Not rated, 82 min.
Producers: Zach Clark, Melodie Sisk, Daryl Pittman
The film's central character is Virginia real-estate agent Suzanne (Anna Margaret Hollyman), who as her favorite holiday approaches seems to have it all. Her handsome TV weatherman husband (Nathan Williams) has scored a new job in Hawaii, and she's just sold an expensive house next door to a friendly married couple (Lydia Johnson, Joe Swanberg).
But her world is shattered when she returns home from a Christmas shopping excursion to discover her husband brutally murdered, the victim of a random break-in. She attempts to numb her grief with an endless spree of online purchasing, only to find her world further rocked when she discovers that her late husband had been frequenting a stripper club and having an affair with one its employees.
She seeks out the woman, whose real name is Fantasia (Laura Lemar-Goldsborough). The two begin an unlikely friendship, and Suzanne soon finds herself engaged in such risky activities as snorting coke, shoplifting and participating in a holiday orgy at her new neighbors' home.
Clark's screenplay succeeds at times in amusingly depicting the dichotomies of its characters, with the stripper turning out to be a sympathetic single mom and the swinging partyers capping their night of debauchery with a heartfelt conversation about parenting matters. It's all rendered in a dark, deadpan tone that mirrors its heroine's existential blankness.
But it ultimately adds up to very little, with neither the humorous or dramatic elements proving particularly resonant. Despite the more garish plot elements, the proceedings seem curiously muted, as if the filmmaker was reluctant to push the envelope that he had opened. There are some quietly moving moments, and Hollyman effectively portrays her character's repressed angst. But for all its provocations, it's hard not to wish that White Reindeer had been infused with a little more John Waters-style outrageousness.
(IFC Films)
Production: Candy Castle Motion Pictures
Cast: Anna Margaret-Hollyman, Laura Lemar-Goldsborough, Nathan Williams, Lydia Johnson, Joe Swanberg, Chris Doubek
Director-screenwriter-editor: Zach Clark
Producers: Zach Clark, Melodie Sisk, Daryl Pittman
Executive producers: Kevin Clark, Daryl Pittman, Joan Peacock
Director of photography: Daryl Pittman
Costume designers: Holly Pierson, Karen Young
Composer: Fritz Myers
Not rated, 82 min.
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