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If you're a fan of Christmas movies or films that use nostalgia as a driver, A Christmas Story cannot be missed. Then again, if you're in either category, you have probably already seen it.
There are a number of small, unexpectedly funny moments in A Christmas Story, but you have to possess the stamina of a pearl diver to find them.
There is a real knowledge of human nature beneath the comedy.
Wonderful antidote to saccharine holiday tales.
...if there is any problem with A Christmas Story, it's that it may exhaust you from laughing so hard. (Blu-ray Ultimate Collector's Edition)
Delightfully entertaining, with a wryly amusing narration to keep the adults in the audience smirking.
Funny, touching and unabashedly nostalgic. A true classic.
A great Hollywood classic!
Upon its release over 20 years ago, everyone realized THIS is a modern classic holiday film.
From the minute Ralphie and his friends press their noses against a department store window to admire the tin toys and BB-guns, viewers are transported to a different period.
The vignettes are priceless.
With much affectionate humor, A Christmas Story recalls vividly what it was like to be a kid at Christmas in a more innocent era.
Never fails to take me back to a place of welcomed innocence yet it doesn't make me wish I were back there.
It cannot be denied--as many points as they get for truly trying to make this a special edition--the film itself eclipses any bonus material. It's just priceless.
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