A Christmas Story

Okay, I know this isn’t a perfect movie, perhaps not close to it. We just watched it again and I teasingly pointed out small plot or action gaffes here or there. But for me it is my all time favorite Christmas movie.

Partly I suppose because it feeds into my memories of growing up in a snowy, col...

Without no doubt, a good film, where things work very well in a very simple way.

When we talk about Christmas-themed films, the choice is so huge that the difficult part has been showing things that are substantially different or original. What this film does is simply tell us a good story… a...

Ralphie's mind works in ways similar to my own, I see myself in him, and that bothers me

(4/5, originally reviewed 12/24/24)