3.5/4  I triple dog dare you to watch this movie!!
I first watched this movie as a little kid, remember bit parts like the leg lamp, the bully, and the Christmas parade. I would watch it again years later when it became a regular on TNT during the holiday season. It's got to be one of the ... (read full)

3/4  A Christmas Story Quick Review
You'll shoot your eye out kid!

4/4  A Christmas Story Quick Review
This movie is funny, charming and full of great scenes. It is a must-watch every Christmas.

4/4  A Christmas Story Quick Review
No Christmas season is complete without watching A Christmas Story at least once. With so many classic scenes and lines - it never gets old. Gather the family 'round and have a great time.

4/4  A Christmas Story Quick Review
Easily the best Christmas movie. There are so many classic scenes that I never get bored of it. If you haven't seen this movie, what's wrong with you?


4/4  A Christmas Story Quick Review
The best Christmas movie of all time. I watch it every year during the holidays, and each scene still shows the classic life of the 40's young boys. All members of the family will get a kick out of this one!

4/5 Great classic!!
  by K. Scott Fagan (Saint Cloud, FL)
As always, this is a great movie! I use a playstation 3 to watch my Blu Ray's! The picture quality is just slightly better than what it was shot in, and the audio is still in a mono format, but it is still a great movie! I think the picture keeps it true to it's roots and give it that oldies feel, so they were good in not doing much to it! However, I do feel the audio could have been cleaned up and enhanced more. I will enjoy my blu ray Christmas Story!

5/5 This Story Is Indeed Deserving of a "Major Award"!!
  by Richard C. Geschke (Bristol, Ct)
As I've grown in maturity, my tastes have changed in many respects. For most of my adult life my favorite Christmas story has been Charles Dickens classic scenario "A Christmas Carol" written in 1843 and which still remains as one of my favorite Christmas classics. In fact the movie rendition by Alastair Sim is indeed a Christmas ritual to be seen by all. With the last 20 years I've changed my mind as to the ultimate "Christmas Story".
Up front, I must confess that this classic movie was indeed shot and is deeply ensconced into the very fabric of Cleveland culture. The very house in the movie scenes is now a museum on the near west side of Cleveland. The very mention of "The Higbee Company" issues the very essence of "A Christmas Story". When these scenes were shot in January of 1983, I remember the cold sweeping winds coming off Lake Erie putting Northeast Ohio in a deep freeze.
The story itself remains a classic in American culture. Set in the fictional city of Hohman, Indiana all the dreams and culture of pre-World War II America presents itself. In fact from a historical point of view the Depression was in fact over and America, not at war, was in the beginnings of unprecedented prosperity. The actual beginning of life in America as it should be. In fact Ralphie experienced life on the upswing.
The fact of this pre-adolescent receiving a treasured Christmas present shows the rise of the middle class which has gone unabated since. The Christmas morning scene in which the "Old Man" stated that he got a BB gun at Ralphie's age shows the end of the depression and the start of the "good times". However as we watch this movie we can see that discipline 7 decades ago was very real. Life was indeed more structured and disciplined. The family not only ate their evening meals together, they also ate their breakfasts as a family unit. Expectations were tempered and hoped for. Life was easier but held more accountable. Life was simple and fraught with troubles but in the end, life had meaning and purpose.
This story shows us a piece of Americana never to be seen again. Family life as shown in this movie no longer exists which to me represents the sad passing of an institution which is in desperate need in our 21st century way of life. It's really no wonder why this story runs a 24 hour Christmas marathon each year. This is the big screen equivalent of a Norman Rockwell painting representing what American life was.


5/5 A Holiday Classic
  by Evie (upstate New York)
What a wonderful story.I never get tired of seeing it whether it is my own copy or on TV during the Holidays.

5/5 The stuff of legend
  by Claude Lambert (Savannah, USA)
I love that movie, never miss an opportunity to see it again at Christmas. The script is perfect, and the constant humor makes it a delight compared to overly sentimental stories. It is one of the only movies where a child is represented with the mind of a child. The little guy is obsessed with getting a BB-gun for Christmas and nothing else counts. He thinks like a child: he is not made cute for our benefit.
Entertaining and heartwarming.

5/5 A Christmas Story
  by Karen Sharp (Northfield, MN)
This is our second favorite Christmas movie! It appears to be set in the 50's. This movie brings back the simpler times of Christmas and life. The little boy wants a Red Rider BB Gun and is told, at every turn, that "You'll shoot your eye out", including from Santa! Cute, cute movie..I have a Christmas ornament of the "leg lamp"..this is a must see for Christmas!