Product ReviewsA Christmas Story (DVD, 1999)

A Christmas Story (1999, DVD)

This DVD is available in several versions, released in different years, and having different features vary widely in price. One of my all time favorite holiday movies, it is shown every year on TV and is easy enough to capture on DVR, but for some reason I missed it this year, so I was compelled to buy the DVD. The 1999 var. is less expensive but works fine for the purpose. I imagine if you want a bit more HD you can buy the current release, but it's 30% more cost, and I'd rather spend it on some popcorn and drinks, kick back with the kids, and it always brings a smile to my face and a happy feeling inside that no other holiday flick seems to do (for me at least)..Read full review...

A Christmas Story

Being a child in the 50's...this movie is like stepping back in time. It truly is the 50's all over again. Darren McGavin is wonderful..rough exterior..man of the house...with a big soft heart. Melinda Dillon warms your heart, she just shines on the screen, makes you miss your own mother. Peter Billingsley and Ian Petrella are typical brothers..nostalgia plus. McGavin and Dillon have the perfect chemistry for their roles. The storyline is so like what Christmas was for children in that decade. The magic, mystery, longing and just plain anxious anticipation for Christmas morning. Yet, at the same time, the movie is justly appreciated in the present. If you have children, this is a must have movie, if you are a parent or grandparent, this is a must have movie. We adults can always use memories of what it is like for children. Being a female, my most memorable Christmas was not for a Red Ryder gun like Ralphie, but I completely relate..mine was a black English bike with a saddle bag in back. Like Ralphie, my greatest wish also came true. The scenes with the dogs running through the house, Ralphie in a pink bunny suit and Christmas dinner in the Chinese restaurant are hysterical, but what could have ever topped McGavin opening his prize and placing it in the front window..the leg lamp. Get this movie...you will not be disappointed.Read full review...

"Backwards go backwards time in your flight; make me a child again just for tonight."

A Christmas Story is in a class by itself, carrying us back to a time before drugs and technology took our focus off family. Our haven was Mom and warm smells from the kitchen and a safe place where even quirky parents and dubious neighbors didn't fail to weave a supportive realm for us to thrive. We could still be stirred by everyday joys and seasonal wonders. I miss it.Read full review...

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A Great Movie.......A Christmas Story

I purchased a DVD of "A Christmas Story" to replace the VHS that I have practically worn out. I love to watch this movie every year during the holiday season with some of my grandchildren. (I used to watch it with my children!) The movie is very true to the book in warmth and humor. The story is told around a child, Ralphie, and his desire to receive a BB gun for Christmas. The machinations of a child's mind are very funny. All of the characters in the film are very well drawn and acted. I love the cast of characters. The movie is also very true to the period right down to the accepted forms of punishment for naughty children. (My grandchildren have been shocked and awed that I, like Ralphie, experienced holding soap in my mouth for saying something objectional. Ivory isn't tasty either.) The frailities, faults and everyday wonderfulness of humans is the thread running through the movie that I enjoy. The characters of the film are shown with truth in the roles they play in their family, and with neighbors and friends. I wouldn't recommend children younger than 8 years watching the movie for two reasons. Both reasons have to do with Santa. The dept. store Santa is obviously not Santa and he and his elves are rude with the children. Santa also puts his boot on Ralphie's forehead and pushes him away. This has bothered the smaller children and raised many questions in the past so I have an eight or older rule. There are references to sex concerning a risque lamp that have never elicited the first question. GIGGLE ALERT: Tweenies and preteens may get hysterical during the lamp scene. So do I. The only disappointment I have in the film is the fact that it was heavily used in commercials this past season and it did take some of fun out of the movie for first time viewers. The movie itself is practically flawless. Good fun. Five stars.Read full review...

Enlivening Christmas Classic

This movie is one of the few I really look forward to every Christmas season. Absolutely top shelf. I can watch it repeatedly (and do when TBS runs its marathon beginning Christmas Eve). So the purchase was long overdue, and the picture will have a venerable place in my compact but prideful collection of Christmas favs!Read full review...

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Oh Fudge!!

My family and I love watching this on the one tv station. They run it on Christmas Eve for 24 hours. We just couldn’t wait that long so we purchased it and laugh. It’s a great movie for family night.

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great movie

It is a great movie. I drive a school bus,and someone told me that a child on my bus looked like Ralphie. Thats why I wanted to see the movie. The movie was really good. He did look alot like him,but the movie was great as well. Read full review...

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You'll Shoot Your Eye Out Kid!

Ver few Christmas movies have such devoted fans such as A Christmas Story. My wife and I watch it at least once a year. It's based in part on Jean Shepherd's book In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash, the movie wasn't a big hit initially, but has progressively grown into a cultural Christmas time hit since being released in 1983. Despite all the various — and arguably better — choices in holiday movies, the TNT Network plays only one movie for 24 hours on Christmas Eve and this is it.

The story is about a little suburban Indiana boy, little Ralphie Parker, and all Ralphie wants for Christmas is a Red Ryder BB rifle. He leaves hints for his parents, he writes essays about it for class and he even asks the department-store Santa. Of course, the adults in his life, including Santa Claus, are convinced that it will shoot his eye out.

That's just a summary of Ralphie's ultimate goal. A Christmas Story is actually a bit of a misleading title. The movie is really a series of loosely-connected stories that tie together some overall themes about the holiday season from the perspective of a child. The movie is really a treasure chest, containing lots of familiar moments that almost every kid — even those who don't celebrate Christmas — can relate to.

Christmas time BRILLIANCE!Read full review...

A Modern Classic

I never tire of watching Ralphie and his eccentric family at Christmas time. Like a fine wine, this classic gets better with age.

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A Christmas Story

This is absolutely a Christmas classic this movie is so funny and a favorite for all who loves this movie, it is so funny how a low budget movie such as this is such a big success, well it’s no wonder why it’s a great movie and I love every minute of it of course the best part in the movie is when Ralphie puts on the bunny costume and another good one is when The Old Man receives The Leg Lamp classic moments in movie history A Christmas Story is a movie for the whole family to enjoy. The acting, directing and the story is great. This is one too watch every Christmas. If you have not seen this movie then I recommend you doRead full review...

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