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Christmas Story, A (1983) Rank 3 Reviews
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Movie Views (Ryan Cracknell)
Let's face it. Most kids love Christmas for the presents. As much as we'd like to make them believe that it's all about the giving, they prefer the toy fire truck or the Baby Wets Her Pants over watching Dad open up yet another striped tie or seeing Mom ...read the complete Christmas Story movie review at Movie Views (Ryan Cracknell)
Exclaim! DVD (Noel Dix)
While classics It's a Wonderful Life and A Christmas Carol are considered essential holiday viewing, it's the legendary A Christmas Story that has been the season's true champion for the past 20 years. ...read the complete Christmas Story movie review at Exclaim! DVD (Noel Dix)
DVD Verdict
What could be better at Christmas time than the aptly named film A Christmas Story? Directed by Bob Clark (Porky's) and based on the late Jean Shepherd's book In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash, A Christmas Story is a yuletide classic starring ...read the complete Christmas Story movie review at DVD Verdict
DVDAnswers.com - region 1 review (Paul Cooke)
In 1983, a low budget movie called 'A Christmas Story' came and went with little notice. Two decades later, the film has become a holiday cult classic and is shown on television numerous times between Thanksgiving and Christmas. ...read the complete Christmas Story movie review at DVDAnswers.com - region 1 review (Paul Cooke)
Albuquerque Alibi (Devin D. O'Leary)
Initially ignored on its theatrical release, this hilarious film has gone on to become a holiday classic. There's only one "scary Santa" scene, but is it memorable. Based on the writings of homey humorist Jean Shepherd, Story tells the story of young ...read the complete Christmas Story movie review at Albuquerque Alibi (Devin D. O'Leary)
Apollo Guide (Dan Jardine)
In A Christmas Story, nine year-old Ralphie Parker (Peter Billingsley) wants an official Red Ryder, carbine action, two-hundred shot range model air rifle, with a compass on the stock and this thing which tells time. He's going to make sure everybody ...read the complete Christmas Story movie review at Apollo Guide (Dan Jardine)
DVD Authority.com (Matt Brighton)
It's hard to believe, but it's been twenty years since "A Christmas Story" was originally released in theaters. I remember seeing it for the first time and it's not often that a movie gains such status as to be declared an "Instant Classic". ...read the complete Christmas Story movie review at DVD Authority.com (Matt Brighton)
Crazy for Cinema (Lisa Skrzyniarz)
Though I don't think this film was very popular when it first came out, it is now a cult classic with good reason. I look forward to the holiday season a little bit more because I know this will be playing several times all over the tube. If you've ...read the complete Christmas Story movie review at Crazy for Cinema (Lisa Skrzyniarz)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Of course. That's what I kept saying during "A Christmas Story," every time the movie came up with another one of its memories about growing up in the 1940s. Of course, any nine-year-old ...read the complete Christmas Story movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
3 Black Chicks ("Bams")
Not if you ask Ralphie's Mom (Melinda Dillon), who firmly believes that he'd shoot his eye out. Ralphie's Dad (Darren McGavin) doesn't have much to say on the subject, though; he's too busy fending off the dreaded Bumpus Hounds, fighting a furnace ...read the complete Christmas Story movie review at 3 Black Chicks ("Bams")
Audio Revolution
One of the nice things about period films - those set in an era substantially earlier than the year of their making - is that they tend to age well. ...read the complete Christmas Story movie review at Audio Revolution
DVD Verdict (Patrick Naugle)
It's 1940 and Christmas time is just around the corner. In Indiana, little Ralphie (Billingsley) lives with his parents (the wonderful Darren McGavin and Melinda Dillion) and his little brother Randy (Ian Petrella). They are a typical '40s middle class ...read the complete Christmas Story movie review at DVD Verdict (Patrick Naugle)
Christian Spotlight on the Movies
Wow, what a trip into the past this one is! A composite of late humorist/author Jean Shepherd's short stories recounting his childhood growing up in the post WW2 era midwest. An utterly charming, and altogether wonderful film. Set in 1940's Cleveland, ...read the complete Christmas Story movie review at Christian Spotlight on the Movies
Time Out
Surely everyone remembers how they felt, at primary school, when a literary masterpiece came back marked with a mere C+? This and many other such crimes perpetrated by the adult world on the inhabitants of kid-dom are exposed in this nostalgic mock-epic ...read the complete Christmas Story movie review at Time Out
DVD MovieGuide
Adapted from the stories of Jean Shepherd and narrated by the author, Story easily could have turned into a cheesy and tacky piece of nostalgia. However, Clark maintains Shepherd's innate cynicism well through this flick. ...read the complete Christmas Story movie review at DVD MovieGuide
Box Office Prophets
Yes, this gentle look at a child's Christmas adventures in the suburbs of 1940s Cleveland has quietly stepped into the ranks of time-honored Christmas classics. The tale of eight-year-old Ralphie Parker's quest to receive a Red Ryder carbine-action ...read the complete Christmas Story movie review at Box Office Prophets
DVD Town (John J. Puccio)
Understand, Christmas classics are hard to come by. Nothing tops "It's a Wonderful Life," of course, but several others are high on the list: "A Christmas Carol" (1951) and "Miracle on 34th Street" (1947), surely; and more recently "A Christmas ...read the complete Christmas Story movie review at DVD Town (John J. Puccio)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
There are many small but perfect moments in "A Christmas Story," and one of the best comes after the Lifebouy is finally removed from Ralphie's mouth and he is sent off to bed. His mother studies the bar, thinks for a moment, and then sticks it in her ...read the complete Christmas Story movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
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by bfessler on May 06, 2009 Ogden, Utah
We watch this movie as a family, every year come Christmas time. Interestingly, it is set in the 1940s/50s, but the events, which happened during that setting seem to still happen now 60 years laters! We laugh about it, but most importantly connect to it. ...
by kenny on February 12, 2009 Layton, Utah
In my family this movie has taken the place of its a wonderful life, and is watched at least once in the season. Its funny and teaches life lessons such as never stick your tong to a frozen metal pole even if you are double dog dared. I highly recommend ...
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