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Loews Fresh Pond. Fresh Pond Plaza. 661-2900. On "Thursday, March 17. "Lightning Jack" at 12:20, 2:40, 5, 7:10 and 9:35. "The Ref" at 1, 3:10, 5:30, 7:50 and 10:10. "Guarding Tess" at 12:45, 2:55, 5:15, 7:35 and 9:50. "Angie" at 12, 2:25, 4:45, 7:25 and 10. "Greedy" at 1:40, 6:55 and 9:20. "The Chase" at 1:55, 4:20, 6:25, 8:25 and 10:30. "Philadelphia" at 12:30 and 6:40. "Sugarhill...
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...point in "The Ref," wife/mom Caroline (Judy Davis) has her entire family wear Scandinavian candle-wreaths on their heads. When the camera pans around the dining room table allowing viewers a glimpse of each family member with a candle-wreath on his or her head, the audience erupts in laughter. Overheard by this reporter in the bathroom after the movie: "I thought I was gonna die when they had those candles on their heads...
...people in the audience at the Cleveland Circle cinema, there were many orgasmic "I'm gonna die" moments. However, if you cannot envision yourself saying something like "I thought I was gonna die when they had those candles on their heads" after you've seen a movie, then "The Ref" is not the movie...
...Ref" suffers chronically from an unsalvageably stupid and hackneyed plot line. Swarthy young thief Gus (played by Denis Leary) sets off an alarm during a robbery and barely makes his escape. He bolts for the nearest convenience store and finds Caroline (Judy Davis) wandering frustrated through the canned food aisle while her hesband Lloyd, played by Cherokee. Holding a gun to Caroline's back, he forces her to her car. Now here's the funny part: Gus doesn't know what he's in for! In an effort to get far away from the scene of the crime and gather...