Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin, Peter Billingsley
Ralphie has to convince his parents, teachers, and Santa that a Red Ryder BB gun really is the perfect gift for the 1940's.
DVD Release Date: September 28, 1999
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Stats: 15,442 reviews
Flixster Reviews (15,442)
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January 6, 2009It's hard to believe that A Christmas Story is from the same man that gave us Black Christmas and the Porky's trilogy, but he did and this is probably Bob Clark's most enduring masterpiece which follows Ralphie's (Peter Billingsley) quest for a Red Ryder BB rifle.
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December 25, 2008"Ho, ho, but no matter. Christmas was on its way. Lovely, glorious, beautiful Christmas, upon which the entire kid year revolved."
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December 21, 2008I only half watched it while I was playing a board game, but it was pretty funny. I like santa kicking a kid down the slide.
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October 31, 2008Darren McGavin steals what is essentially a kid's movie. Hard to do? Not for Kolchack.
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November 1, 2009can you condense the world of a 9-year-old and his family into one hour-and-a-half holiday comedy? as this film brilliantly proves, yes you can. the sheer honesty of the writing and acting is just phenomenal--nothing outlandish or cinematic, nothing over-the-top, just plain and ...( read more)
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Critic Reviews
February 13, 2001
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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April 5, 2009WE ALL KNOW WHAT HE REALLY SAID DONT WE WHEN HIS DAD SPILED THE BOLTS RALGH IN STEAD OF SAYING OH FUDGE IH SAID THE 4 LETTER WORD WE ALL KNOW BEGINES WITH AN F.OH BOY DID GET INTI TROUBLE HUH THE KID WHO REALYY SAIT THE BAD WORD GET HIS WHIPPING FROM HIS MOM FOR SAYING IT.WHO EVER HASNOT SEAN THIS MOVIE SHOULD, ITS A REAL CRACK UP.(:
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November 15, 2006I have to agree.
Thi smovie prolly knocks that gay black and White movie It's A Wonderful Life completely out of the ballpark when it comes to GOOD christmas movies! -
October 13, 2006This "crap" as you put it is frickin AWESOME! One of the Best Movies Ever!
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July 4, 2006says the person who's not interested in seeing Cars, but apparently though the Da Vinci Code was a 5 star success! :/
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