A Christmas Story

Name: A Christmas Story
Released: 1983-11-18
Cast: Peter Billingsley, Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin, Ian Petrella, Scott Schwartz

A Christmas Story

PG
1h 33m
1983

90%

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It's the final days before Christmas in early 1940s Cleveland, and 9-year-old Ralphie wants one thing from Santa Clause more than anything else: a Red Ryder Carbine Action Air Rifle. As he trudges through the snow to school, faces the neighborhood bully and visits a malevolent department store Santa Clause, Ralphie connives, conspires and campaigns for the most fabulous Christmas present ever in this heartwarming, hysterical and sweetly nostalgic holiday film.

Director:

Bob Clark

Producer:

Bob Clark, Rene Dupont

Writer:

Jean Sheppard, Leigh Brown

Cast:

Peter Billingsley, Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin, Ian Petrella, Scott Schwartz, Tedde Moore

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Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

90%

Critics Consensus: Both warmly nostalgic and darkly humorous, A Christmas Story deserves its status as a holiday perennial.

Reviews

Keith & the Movies

Keith Garlington

Bob Clark’s little Christmas movie “A Christmas Story” has vaulted into full Christmas Classic status.

For old timers like myself, the final scene of Ralphie sleeping with his Christmas prize will always hold true to me and brings back yearly memories of one of the easiest times of anyones life, their childhood.

An uproarious adaptation of Jean Shepherd's book In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash.

I think it is one of the best portrayals of childhood ever in the movies.

May 2, 2019

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