Blucher
One of the worst movies I've ever seen
UnowPriceless
hyped garbage
XoWizIama
Excellent adaptation.
Hadrina
The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
cinephile-27690
I probably can't say anything about A Christmas Story that hasn't been said. There's a reason 2 channels play it 12 times in a row on Christmas. With iconic scenes like the tongue on the pole, Ralphie getting soap in his mouth, the evil Santa, his C+, etc., it's hard to hate this movie-unless you are like my mother or hers-who just hate it for the bad words! 4th graders and up should definitely see it, though! Oh, and the Lone Ranger's nephew's horse is named Victor. How the he!! do I know that? Everyone knows that!
orangemen1503
This used to be my favorite Christmas movie but over the years it's just really lost its appeal. The old man has always been the best part. Especially when he's off camera fighting the furnace.
Vonia
A Christmas Story (1983)
Director: Bob Clark
7/10 First watched as adult,
Finally get references!
Disliked narration,
Don't recall my Christmases
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Leofwine_draca
When I saw A Christmas Story repeatedly described as the 'best Christmas film ever', I knew I'd be invariably disappointed. This sweet and sentimental story is a family-focused tale about a young boy growing up in the 1940s and desperate for a toy gun for Christmas. Yep, the usual American preoccupation with commercialism, and not a patch on the likes of IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE.It is, however, the sort of film that kids would love, given that it charts children getting up to repeated mischief in much the same way as Richmal Crompton's JUST WILLIAM books. I can imagine that it's the type of film that people would watch themselves as a kid in the 1980s and grow up loving it with a fuzzy feeling of nostalgic warmth, which is fair enough.The twist about A Christmas Story is that it's actually a Canadian film, directed by the one and only Bob Clark, whose Black Christmas is one of the ultimate Christmas horror films ever made. As for this film, it's watchable and fitfully amusing, featuring the usual pratfalls and scenes of kids getting their tongues stuck to frozen poles. The main character is a bit annoying although not as much as I'd feared and old-timer Darren McGavin helps to anchor things as his dad. Indeed, I found it entertaining enough, just not the classic I'd read about.
