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- 2022
- PG
- HBO Max
- 1 h 38 m
- 2022
- PG
- HBO Max
- 1 h 38 m
Summary The sequel to the 1983 holiday classic A Christmas Story follows Ralphie, now an adult, who returns to the house on Cleveland street to give his kids a magical Christmas like the one he had as a child, reconnecting with childhood friends, and reconciling the passing of his father.
Written By: Clay Kaytis, Jean Shepherd, Nick Schenk
- 2022
- PG
- HBO Max
- 1 h 38 m
- 2022
- PG
- HBO Max
- 1 h 38 m
A Christmas Story Christmas
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7.5
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Summary The sequel to the 1983 holiday classic A Christmas Story follows Ralphie, now an adult, who returns to the house on Cleveland street to give his kids a magical Christmas like the one he had as a child, reconnecting with childhood friends, and reconciling the passing of his father.
Written By: Clay Kaytis, Jean Shepherd, Nick Schenk
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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40% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
50% Mixed
5 Reviews
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10% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
55
40% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
50% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
10% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
The result is something that, while never reaching the ineffable magic of Clark’s film, ends up in solidly entertaining, if slightly disjointed, holiday territory.
After fits and stops, this sequel finds its nostalgic sweet spot midway through and lands an ending that feels earned and honors the spirit of Shepherd and the characters of A Christmas Story.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 49 User Ratings
7.5
63% Positive
31 Ratings
31 Ratings
29% Mixed
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
8% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 49 User Ratings
7.5
63% Positive
31 Ratings
31 Ratings
29% Mixed
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
8% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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Fans of A Christmas Story, and those simply in the mood for a holiday flick, will enjoy A Christmas Story Christmas for the light, nicely touching tale that it is in its own right, without the pressure of having to be as perfect as something as legendary as the leg lamp.
Unfortunately, no matter how hard A Christmas Story Christmas tries to replicate what audiences loved about the original, it can't help but feel overshadowed by the legacy of nostalgia that the 1983 classic inspires.
While it spends perhaps too much of its running time either recreating or directly quoting moments from its 1983 predecessor, it still manages to land some new and original gags of its own.
Like its predecessor, it is enjoyably episodic, jumping from one comic vignette to another. Some of these connect, while others land with a thud. But so it goes with Christmas. Not every present is a winner.
Mostly it made me want to watch the original, which, as always, remains well worth revisiting.
Yet another reminder how difficult it is to make a good movie. Whoever wrote this needs a 12 step program.
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In the interest of full disclosure (and at the risk of sounding like Ebenezer Scrooge), I must confess that I have never been a big fan of this offering’s perennial and much-beloved holiday predecessor (1983), as I saw it as a vehicle that aimlessly meandered and struggled too hard to elicit laughs. But the problems faced by the original can’t begin to compare to those of this ill-conceived sequel, a plodding and even more meandering release that’s just not funny and is far too derivative for its own good. It’s easy to see why this is a project that went straight to streaming, because it never would have stood a chance in theaters, despite whatever goodwill and good cheer the holiday season might have been available to generously (and undeservedly) shower upon it. In short, director Clay Kaytis’s third feature outing misses the mark across the board with its lame narrative and even lamer attempts at humor, which come too few and far between to be detectable. “A Christmas Story Christmas” once again proves the old Hollywood adage about not remaking classics or attempting to produce sequels of them; they rarely work, as is very much the case here – a project that never should have left the drawing board.
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this movie is fantastic and a true sequel to the original. thats what i wouuld say if i was a liar. i reality this film gave me ass cancer.
things i would rather do than watch this movie:
run barefoot through a lego covered floor.
shoot my own eye out with a red ryder bb gun.
get a rough handjob from a chimpanzee.
enjoy a nice homecooked meal with jeffrey dahmer.
trust a fart after taco bell.
spend the afernoon with james corden and amy schumer.
in closing this film is further proof that hollywood is runny out of ideas.
i think they should play this movie on loop in prisons as a way to punish rapist and childmolesters
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