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Summary: It is Christmas
Review: This was a good movie. It bought out that young boy just whanted on thing more then anything in the world. He did not give up on it.
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Summary: A true Christmas Classic...
Review: This movie is my favorite christmas movie...cause it has everything...comedy, wit, tears and a lot of holiday magic...
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Summary: A "MODERN DAY" CLASSIC
Review: I make it my business to watch "A Christmas Story" every holiday season. A major part of the charm of the film is the fact that it takes place in the 1940's, when charm was still in vogue and simplicity dominated the times. Ironically, this is unfortunate because if the film translates to today's times, the BB gun would translate into a Macintosh with Windows, 256 MB of Ram, etc. You get the idea.
I thought Darren McGavin stole the show. My favorite scene involved him and Ralphie changing the tire. When Ralphie loses the nuts to the hubcaps, he says the "Queen Mother" of all curse words; the big one that didn't come out as "fudge". McGavin told him to get into the car. The camera stays on McGavin and you notice the least bit of a smirk on his face, as if to say "I know Ralphie's a good kid. This is just part of his growing up".
On all counts, this is a gem of a picture, with marvelous performances, directing and writing. Almost every scene is memorable and can be bantered about over the holiday table. Even if you don't laugh out loud after the 100th viewing, it is still as entertaining and fresh as it is with the 1st.
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Summary: A Christmas Classic.
Review: One of the most beloved and memorable Holiday flicks ever made! this is the story of a 1940's boy who desires a BB Gun for Christmas but some of the adults are telling him that he'll shoot his eye out but he is determine to do anything to get one.A entertaining and heart-warming yet funny family film for Christmas from Bob Clark ( Director of " Porky's"), every family should watch this on Christmas.
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Summary: Great movie, poor DVD.
Review: Little to no extras. This great film deserves better treatment than this. We can always hope.
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Summary: A Brilliant Christmas Classic...
Review: A CHRISTMAS STORY is a timeless holiday movie classic, right next to THE GRINCH WHO STOLE CHRISTMAS (cartoon version, movie version still good). This splendid holiday tale is about nine-year-old Ralphie's wish to get a Red Ryder BB Gun for Christmas. The little subplots: one involving the tongue stuck to the frozen pole scene; the bullies Scott Farkus and his sniveling assitant; and Ralphie's dreams of the teacher loving all his work...it's all crucial to how great this movie really is. Jean Shepherd's commentary during parts of the movie also adds to the comic splendor you'll laugh with. All the actors in this movie are terrific, especially Darren McGavin, Peter Billingsley, Melinda Dillon, and the teacher and Ralphie's brother. They show 24-hour marathons of this movie on TNT every Christmas Eve/Christmas Day...and it's easy to love this timeless classic again and again. You and your family will love this splendid tale, and may it bring warmest wishes for your holiday seasons to come! This is one Christmas classic you'll want to own.
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Summary: Destined to be a christmas classic
Review: This movie is guaranteed to put you in the Christmas spirit, even if you do shoot your eye out with that brand-new Red Ryder bb gun with a compass in the stock and this thingy that tells time (if you haven't seen the movie, that made little sense to you). The story and filmography will make you think that this was a classic you grew up with as a kid. However, unless you were a kid in 1990 - you're wrong. It was released in 1983. As far as the DVD is concerned - there is nothing to get excited about. Aside from the theatrical trailer, there are no special features on this disk. In fact, it's only available full-screen format and the audio isn't even stereo. If you're looking for a high-quality holiday movie that the entire family can enjoy - you just found it.
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Summary: A Very *FUNNY* Christmas Movie!!
Review: I love this movie. Ralphie is so funny. This video is a classic family film to watch at Christmas time. I have the movie on VHS, but I hope to get the DVD before the Christmas season. This movie is the type that should become a Christmas tradition, it is unforgetable. So if you haven't seen "A Christmas Story" then go and rent it from your local video store. Your local Blockbuster should have this movie.
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Summary: Without this, you know, it just ain't Christmas...
Review: There are a number of movies that enhance my Christmas experience every year. "Miracle on 34th Street" (the real one, with Maureen O'Hara, and not the dreadful remakes), "Holiday Inn," and television shows like the Peanuts masterpiece. I admit that I, like most folks, get nostalgic for a Christmas that sometimes seems so far off that it never really happened. However, movies like this help me recapture some of the magic that Christmas meant when I was a boy (a local department store, Miller and Rhodes, now gone, had the REAL Santa, and you could have lunch with him and have Rudolph cake, in which you looked for hoof prints -- you know, that kind of thing), and that's not a bad thing, not at all. If you have somehow missed the 7,889 times this film is run during the Christmas season, grab it up now. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll want Chinese food -- magic.
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Summary: One of the great holiday classics
Review: "A Christmas Story" belongs right up there with "It's a Wonderful Life," "Miracle on 34th Street" and "A Christmas Carol" (choose your favorite version) in the canon of great, indispensable Christmas movies. Though set in the 1940s, it's story is timeless, taking us back to when we were kids and so desperately wanted that one special gift under the tree on Christmas morning. The movie brilliantly captures the obsession of young Ralphie and his quest to ask Santa for a Red Ryder BB gun, relaying perfectly the magic and thrill of Christmas through a child's eyes. Intermingled with this are wonderful, hilarious snippets of the absurdities of everyday life, from poor Flick getting his tongue frozen to a lamppost, to the perpetually smoking coal furnace, to Ralphie getting his mouth washed out with soap for saying "fudge" (though he actually said something else other than "fudge"), to the family's hapless introduction to "Chinese turkey." Indeed, the entire movie has a subversive edge that lets it be nostalgic without sinking into schmaltz. This is one of those rare movies that I can watch again and again. In fact, Christmas isn't complete without at least one viewing. This DVD is worthy of anyone's collection; in fact, if you have a VHS version, you've probably worn it out.
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