It's all in A Christmas Story, but it's as real as wax fruit.

| Original Score: 1/4 | May 13, 2023

The film does its commercial best to dole out the requisite nostalgia without being too sticky. The result is a pleasant, undistinguished Christmas pudding spiced with humor and enriched by some good performances from the kids.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 12, 2023

It's a nostalgic comedy featuring a family of eccentrics who lovingly celebrate the holidays and life itself in Midwestern America in the 1940s.

| Nov 30, 2015

[A] richly remembered tale of Christmas past.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Dec 4, 2013

Shepherd provides the voice-over of the grown hero narrating, and his prominence on the sound track forces Clark to focus on visual humor, resulting in some wild Our Gang-style slapstick.

| Dec 5, 2012

Wonderful antidote to saccharine holiday tales.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 21, 2010

Delightfully entertaining, with a wryly amusing narration to keep the adults in the audience smirking.

| Jun 24, 2006

With much affectionate humor, A Christmas Story recalls vividly what it was like to be a kid at Christmas in a more innocent era.

| Original Score: A- | Dec 26, 2003

There are a number of small, unexpectedly funny moments in A Christmas Story, but you have to possess the stamina of a pearl diver to find them.

| May 20, 2003

There are countless hilarious scenes in this film.

| Mar 23, 2003

There is a real knowledge of human nature beneath the comedy.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 13, 2001