It Runs in the Family (My Summer Story) (1994)
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My Summer Story is the video title for It Runs in the Family. Based on the writings of humorist/raconteur Jean Shepherd, the film was the long-awaited sequel to the 1984 "sleeper" A Christmas Story. Set in the 1940s, the story is told from the point-of-view of Ralphie Parker (Kieran… More My Summer Story is the video title for It Runs in the Family. Based on the writings of humorist/raconteur Jean Shepherd, the film was the long-awaited sequel to the 1984 "sleeper" A Christmas Story. Set in the 1940s, the story is told from the point-of-view of Ralphie Parker (Kieran Culkin), who watches in bemusement as "The Old Man" (Charles Grodin) carries on a long-running feud with their hillbilly neighbors, the Bumpus family. Mary Steenburgen is cast as Ralphie's ditsy mom. Also appearing is yet another celebrity sibling, Christian Culkin. Jean Shepherd himself narrates, as he did in the earlier film, while the direction is in the hands of A Christmas Story's Bob Clark. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Bob Clark (III), Bob Clark
- Genres
- Comedy, Kids & Family
PG,
- In Theaters
- Sep 23, 1994 Wide
- Studio
- MGM Home Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Chuck O'Leary, FulvueDrive-in.com
Pleasant and often amusing without ever recapturing the charm of A Christmas Story.
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Cast
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Charles Grodin
as The Old Man
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Mary Steenburgen
as Mom
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Kieran Culkin
as Ralphie Parker
- Christian Culkin
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Al Mancini
as Zudoc
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Troy Evans
as Gertz
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Roy Brocksmith
as Assessor
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Bernard Canepari
as Neighbor #1
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Frank Collison
as Floyd Bumpus
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Robert Dickman
as Clovis Bumpus
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Wayne Grace
as Emil Bumpus
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Whitby Hertford
as Lug Ditka
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Ida Lee
as Grandma Bumpus
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T.J. McInturff
as Grover Dill
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Tedde Moore
as Miss Shields
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Michael Mott
as Fisherman
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Dick O'Neill
as Pulaski
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Jack Ong
as Mr. Won Lung
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William Preston Robertson
as Grandpa Bumpus
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Antonia Rey
as Gypsy Woman
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Glenn Shadix
as Leopold Doppler
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Darwyn Swalve
as Big Dickie Bumpus
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Scott Thomson
as Delbert Bumpus
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John Voldstad
as Ace Bumpus
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Jean Shepherd
as Narrator
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Ken West
as Neighbor #3
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Chris Owen
as Scott Farkus
