| Director Bob Clark's charming, touching, and very funny adaptation of humorist Jean Shepherd's nostalgic, autobiographical Yuletide novel, In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash, remains essential holiday family viewing. Narrated by a man (Shepherd) recalling his childhood, the film looks back at the compulsive efforts of 7-year-old Ralphie (Peter Billingsley) as he tries every means possible to acquire his dream Christmas gift--a Daisy-brand Red Ryder repeating BB carbine with a compass mounted in the stock. Problem is, he lives in a Norman Rockwell-esque Midwestern town in the 1940s, where his parents, teachers, and even Santa Claus all warn Ralphie that "he'll shoot his eye out." Episodic in nature and seen entirely through the eyes of a child, the film offers a wonderful look at the day-to-day eccentricities that grew out of this conservative period. More interestingly, it cleverly captures childhood urgency, where even the most trivial fantasies or objects become immediate life-or-death necessities. While countless family Christmas movies serve up clichéd situations suffocating with preachy sermons, Clark's acute eye for detail and odd mixture of warmth, satire, and quirky humor are the reasons why so many viewers have rediscovered this after it initially bombed in the theaters. Sentimental without being syrupy, it's a true rarity: a holiday movie that adults and children can enjoy equally, for completely different reasons and regardless of the season. --Dave McCoy |
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 A Christmas Story DVD |
| Review Date: July 26, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Linda Friges, |
| Great movie....love it, brings back such memories from the good old days. Everyone should watch it. Never gets old and it is entertaining enough to watch it over and over again |
A Christmas Story
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| Review Date: July 21, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Chuck Britt, MEMPHIS, TN, US |
| I greatly enjoyed the fast service and great pricing. I am very happy to own this timeless classic. |
Just Add to Cart
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| Review Date: May 2, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Jami Sue Graham, Denton, Tx USA |
| Decorating Christmas cookies with out watching this movie just cannot happen! So funny and I love it!!! |
Best Christmas movie ever!
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| Review Date: February 18, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Jane, Larchmont, NY USA |
| We can't make it through the holidays without watching A Christmas Story once or twice...it's a modern classic. Gene Shepherd was a sublimely funny story teller and his talent lives on in the movie version of his wonderful musings. |
An Excellent Christmas DVD
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| Review Date: February 14, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Ann from Hawaii, Hawaii |
| This is a fantastic Christmas DVD! I have loved this film since it first was produced on a DVD. But I have enjoyed it even more since it has been reproduced on a blu-ray mode. I would reco9mmend this dvd to anyone who loves the old fashion memories of Christmas and children growing up! |
A Christmas Story
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| Review Date: February 14, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Scott Collins, |
| Excellent movie. I especially enjoyed the part when Ralph's father won the "Leg Lamp". The movie gave me a chanbe to see what life was like when my parents grew up. |
The best Christmas movie ever made
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| Review Date: February 14, 2010 |
| Reviewer: C. Horton, Seattle, WA USA |
| My whole family gets together Christmas Eve and watches a movie. This year I brought the Christmas Story, and it's the first movie EVERYONE has liked. It's imaginative, and silly with plenty of adult humor tossed in for the grown ups. This movie will be our new tradition, one everyone actually sat all the way through. |
Good Price
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| Review Date: February 13, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Karen Carter, Utah |
| I specifically purchased this movie from Amazon because of the great price and availability. Everything was in great shape. I am very pleased with this purchase |
never arrived
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| Review Date: February 13, 2010 |
| Reviewer: D. Crum, |
| this item never appeared at our door. shipper says they dropped it off. very disappointing. |
2 VHS, 2 DVD's...how many more.
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| Review Date: February 12, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Shai L. Jordan, Lafayette, IN |
| I have decided that Brian Wilson has creative control over the audio on all releases of this classic. I was not so surprised that it was mono on VHS, but thought that the Anniversary VHS would be in stereo...nope. 1st DVD...saw a 1.0 DD track from a mile. When I bought the 2-disc edition I thought finally a 5.1...nope. Same with the Blu-Ray...but there is some improvement in picture quality; about like "upconversion". Theoretically a THX neuralizer could put it in 7.1 as long as a pair of interconnect RCA's are running from your player to your receiver... |
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