Delightfully entertaining, with a wryly amusing narration to keep the adults in the audience smirking.
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06/24/06
A Christmas Story (1984)
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Reviews Counted:43
Fresh:38
Rotten:5
Average Rating:8.3/10
Consensus: Both warmly nostalgic and darkly humorous, A Christmas Story deserves its status as a holiday perennial.
Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: This vignette-laden, nostalgic view of Christmastime in 1940s Indiana follows nine-year-old Ralphie, who desperately wants a Red Ryder BB Gun for Christmas--and is waging an all-out campaign to... [More]
Starring: Peter Billingsley, Darren McGavin, Melinda Dillon, Ian Petrella
Director: Bob Clark
Reviews for A Christmas Story
Top CriticIf you're a fan of Christmas movies or films that use nostalgia as a driver, A Christmas Story cannot be missed. Then again, if you're in either category, you have probably already seen it.
06/10/08
Funny, touching and unabashedly nostalgic. A true classic.
02/20/06
A great Hollywood classic!
08/12/05
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08/12/05
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07/04/05
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04/21/05
Upon its release over 20 years ago, everyone realized THIS is a modern classic holiday film.
10/25/04
No review available.
09/17/04
The vignettes are priceless.
01/05/04
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12/26/03
With much affectionate humor, A Christmas Story recalls vividly what it was like to be a kid at Christmas in a more innocent era.
12/26/03
Never fails to take me back to a place of welcomed innocence yet it doesn't make me wish I were back there.
12/24/03
[It has] emerged over the past two decades as second only to It's a Wonderful Life as the definitive Christmas flick.
11/04/03
...sharp, insightful observations, a careful attention to period detail, and, most of all, a gentle good humor.
10/10/03
A Yuletide viewing favorite.
10/10/03
It's so sweet but it has the cynical heart of pre-WWII America.
10/05/03
The laughs are nonstop if rarely subtle, and the whole thing deserves to become a Christmastime classic.
07/30/03
Top CriticMaybe the best Christmas movie ever made!
07/10/03
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