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A Christmas Story (1983)

PG11/18/1983Comedy, Family1h 33m
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A tribute to the original, traditional, one-hundred-percent, red-blooded, two-fisted, all-American Christmas.

Overview

The comic mishaps and adventures of a young boy named Ralph, trying to convince his parents, teachers, and Santa that a Red Ryder B.B. gun really is the perfect Christmas gift for the 1940s.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Melinda Dillon

    Mother

  2. Cast 1

    Darren McGavin

    The Old Man

  3. Cast 1

    Peter Billingsley

    Ralphie

  4. Cast 1

    Jean Shepherd

    Ralphie as an Adult (voice)

  5. Cast 1

    Ian Petrella

    Randy

  6. Cast 1

    Scott Schwartz

    Flick

  7. Cast 1

    R.D. Robb

    Schwartz

  8. Cast 1

    Tedde Moore

    Miss Shields

  9. Cast 1

    Yano Anaya

    Grover Dill

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, cold small town, though this predates my childhood by several years. And rarely do I feel like an ensemble cast made up of both adult and child actors do so well together. The Parkers, husband and wife, have their duel over the “major award,” and at times their sensibilities reside on different planets...