Set in that most all-American time and place -- 1940s Indiana -- "A Christmas Story" follows a simple thread -- the quest of nine-year-old Ralphie (Peter Billingsley) to get the one gift that means anything -- a Red Ryder Carbine-Action 200-Shot BB Air ...read the complete Christmas Story movie review at Boxoffice Magazine
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Ralphie (Peter Billingsley) can only think of one thing he wants for Christmas this year, a Red Rider BB gun. But before Christmas arrives, Ralphie goes through the gauntlet of holiday woes. You name it, it happens to Ralphie or someone he knows. The ...read the complete Christmas Story movie review at DVD Talk (Marc Girdler)
Steve Rhodes
The story is nominally about Ralphie's quest to get an air rifle for Christmas and not just any air rifle a genuine Red Ryder. The gun quest serves as a glue to hold together a ragtag collection of childhood incidents. Ralph, a preppiedressed kid ...read the complete Christmas Story movie review at Steve Rhodes