A Christmas Story (1983) Reviews & Ratings

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A Christmas Story reviews

A Christmas Story holds a 7.2/10 average from 1,472 TMDB ratings.

Okay, I know this isn’t a perfect movie, perhaps not close to it. We just watched it again and I teasingly pointed out small plot or action gaffes here or there. But for me it is my all time favorite Christmas movie. Partly I suppose because it feeds into my memories of growing up in a snowy, cold small town, though this predates my childhood by several years. And rarely do I feel like an ensemble cast made up of bo…
— Peter McGinn (10/10)

**Without no doubt, a good film, where things work very well in a very simple way.** When we talk about Christmas-themed films, the choice is so huge that the difficult part has been showing things that are substantially different or original. What this film does is simply tell us a good story… and it works like that! It's not a film that enchants us, and I, personally, hardly see myself seeing it again. But the fac…
— Filipe Manuel Neto (8/10)

Ralphie's mind works in ways similar to my own, I see myself in him, and that bothers me > (4/5, originally reviewed 12/24/24)
— honeybee <3 (8/10)

The comic mishaps and adventures of a young boy named Ralph, trying to convince his parents, teachers, and Santa that a Red Ryder B.B. gun really is the perfect Christmas gift for the 1940s.

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