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- 1994
- PG
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 25 m
- 1994
- PG
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 25 m
Summary In this sequel to A Christmas Story (1983), it is now summer in the Parker family and the usual number of events is happening in their separate lives.
Directed By: Bob Clark
Written By: Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown, Bob Clark
- 1994
- PG
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 25 m
- 1994
- PG
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 25 m
My Summer Story
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Summary In this sequel to A Christmas Story (1983), it is now summer in the Parker family and the usual number of events is happening in their separate lives.
Directed By: Bob Clark
Written By: Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown, Bob Clark
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Mixed or Average
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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20% Positive
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1 Review
40% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
40% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
45
20% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
40% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
40% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Imagine Garrison Keillor narrating a series of Norman Rockwell paintings and you’ll have a very good idea of what My Summer Story is all about. Nostalgic and gently humorous, this sequel to 1983’s A Christmas Story continues the adventures of Ralph Parker in the prepubescent universe of bullies, parents, best friends, and no girls.
Recapturing magic proves elusive -- or maybe the late Darren McGavin was just irreplaceable -- in an OK follow-up to 1983's beloved A Christmas Story. [11 Aug 2006, p.15D]
The sequel retains only vestiges of the charm and bizarre humor which made the original a surprise cult favorite.
Unfortunately, everyone's trying too hard to recapture the original's wry tone, and Culkin lacks the gawky, impish charm that Billingsley brought to Shepherd's childhood alter ego. [06 Jul 1995, p.E1]
Derived from the folksy, avuncular works of Jean Shepherd, it's a movie in search of a story, characters and a reason to exist. In this quest, it goes 0 for 3. It's like watching Jell-O harden, then melt, only not quite so much fun. [23 Sep 1994]
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