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)
88 %
Reviews Counted: 43 Fresh: 38 Rotten:5 Average Rating: 8.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins
Synopsis: Humorist Jean Shepard's vignette-laden, nostalgic view of Christmastime in Indiana during the 1940s. The main story involves nine-year-old Ralphie, who desperately wants a Red Ryder BB Gun for Christmas -- and is waging an all-out campaign to convince his reluctant parents that the toy... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Peter Billingsley, Darren McGavin, Melinda Dillon, Ian Petrella, Scott Schwartz
Director: Bob Clark
Story: Jean Shepherd
Screenwriter: Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown, Bob Clark
Composer: Paul J. Zaza, Carl Zittrer
Producer: Bob Clark, Rene Dupont
Story: Jean Shepherd
Screenwriter: Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown, Bob Clark
Composer: Paul J. Zaza, Carl Zittrer
Producer: Bob Clark, Rene Dupont
Reviews
Top Critic
Upon its release over 20 years ago, everyone realized THIS is a modern classic holiday film.
10/25/04
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
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10/10/03
The laughs are nonstop if rarely subtle, and the whole thing deserves to become a Christmastime classic.
07/30/03
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