A Christmas Story Christmas

“Ralphie comes home.”

6.4

2022

1h 42m

ComedyFamily

Director: Clay Kaytis

Overview

Follows Ralphie, now 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 Old Man.

Trailer

Official Trailer Official

Cast

Ralphie Parker

Peter Billingsley

Ralphie Parker

Sandy Parker

Erinn Hayes

Sandy Parker

Mrs. Parker

Julie Hagerty

Mrs. Parker

Randy Parker

Ian Petrella

Randy Parker

Flick

Scott Schwartz

Flick

Schwartz

R.D. Robb

Schwartz

Scut Farkus

Zack Ward

Scut Farkus

Mark Parker

River Drosche

Mark Parker

Julie Parker

Julianna Layne

Julie Parker

Snowmobile Bully

Cailean Galloway

Snowmobile Bully

Alistair Galloway

Snowmobile Bully

Grover Dill

Yano Anaya

Grover Dill

Reviews

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A Christmas Story Christmas is the best sequel of A Christmas Story bestest movie ever !!!

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Peter McGinn

I haven’t watched any other sequels of the original movie, so I have no basis for comparison there. I have read that this one is significantly better than other sequels. I thought it was okay. Of course it leaned heavily on the original movie, as you’d expect, with plenty of references to events from that story and even short video clips. (Don’t miss the sign in the bar that is a tribute to Jean Shepherd’s book that this franchise is based on.) Leaning on the original is fine, and quite apt as the story doubles as a tribute to the late Old Man. The writing is competent, though lacking the sparkle and delight of the Jean Shepherd original. But it wasn’t as predictable either as I feared it would be with subplots such as the missing presents and Ralph’s fledgling writing career. In fact, I was pleasantly surprised at what they did with those subplots, avoiding cliched pitfalls in favor of more sensible resolutions. So I found it was worth my time watching it, though it won’t make the short list of holiday films I watch every year, such as with the original Christmas Story. Actually, I wonder if it might have gained a bit more magic if it had more closely followed Ralph’s kids rather than the adults as it did. That would have been a tough script to write though, with people relentlessly comparing it to the original. I write novels in my spare time: perhaps I will attempt a bit of fan fiction writing and try it, just for kicks. Hmm.

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