The Worst Film Ever

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

I have a soft spot in my heart for the original "A Christmas Story" from 1983. Little Ralphie wants a Red Rider BB gun for Christmas and we can all relate to wanting something so bad we can taste it! This time, Ralphie Parker is a teen boy played by Braeden Lemasters who wants a car instead of a BB gun. They want all of us to think everything is the same as the first movie. How wrong the writers of this are! No one but no one can play Ralphie like Peter Billingsley did in the first movie. Braeden tries but he seems so immature for his age and the fantasies he has about his school crush Drucilla Gootrad (Tiera Skovbye) cross into stalker territory. While Daniel Stern was excellent in "Home Alone" he can't live up to Darren McGavin's portrayal as the Old Man who was stern but at the same time a kind father. Let's all forget this movie exists and everyone will remember "A Christmas Story" one hundred years from now while forgetting the sequel even exists!

There's never been a sequel to The Christmas Story. You may have seen a movie you THOUGHT was Christmas Story 2, but there never was a Christmas Story 2. Daniel Stern never tried to replace Darren McGavin. There's never been a Christmas Story sequel that shovels every memorable moment into the sequel just because. There's never been a Jean Shepard soundalike that would fit right at home with a video game version of the film. I know the filmmakers were trying hard but let's be honest, was this film really necessary? I mean, I'm sure there was a love and devotion to the film because they were huge fans of the original but if that's the case, everyone should just make their own spin on Christmas Story 2. That's what it seems like anyway.The film takes place with Ralphie in his teen years. I will say one good thing that they did pick a decent Ralphie. Heck, I even liked Flick and Schwartz in this. Ralphie wants a car for Christmas as opposed to the Red Rider BB Gun. There's a miss opportunity here where instead of "You'll shoot your eye out" it could be something like, "You can't drive, kid" or something to that effect. Then Ralphie ends up damaging the car and the car owner wants him to pay for it so he and his friends go get demeaning jobs. The problem with this movie is that it's not nearly as fun as Christmas Story. It tries hard, but it doesn't succeed. Ralphie even has these imagination sequences that seem too juvenile for someone at his age. They refer to Christmas Story like it was last year when it's supposed to be years later. Wouldn't they be talking about a different Christmas by now? It's just not very good. Oh, and Daniel Stern (as good as an actor he is) just comes off as annoying and I can't see The Old Man anywhere in him.I'll end this review on a good note though. The love interest is insanely hot. I see Ralphie has good tastes. Unfortunately how he talks to her at the end is shoehorned in and-- OK I'm trying to end on a good note here. The girl is gorgeous. That is all.

After watching this movie it's official: Both my husband and I are movie masochists:Him: Christmas Story 2 is on On Demand Me: You *have to be kidding me* Him: Yes. Direct to DVD and now here. Me: No. This is not happening. They did not make a sequel. Him: They sure did. Me: (masochism now kicking in on my end) *Who is playing the dad* Him: Daniel Stern. Me: He played the villain In the Home Alone Movies. Him: He sure did. (both of us stare at each other. The look of horror in our eyes with a look of Movie Masochistic gleam) Me: Yes. Order it.The parent characters are gutted to the point of disbelief. The hair color of Ralphie is so unrealistic for a person it is beyond comical. They turned him into a bumbling teenage idiot along with his equally idiot friends. If you are waiting for a teenage kid to get his lips stuck on something in bad generated graphics for a "Nod" to to his lips getting stuck to an ice pole? Oh...this movie is for you.You are completely unconvinced Stern and Travis even like each other as Ralphie's parent. He is completely unlikable as the dad. She looks like she has been popping those 19th nervous breakdown little yellow pills as he blames her for his stupidity.She catches fish. He loses. fish. He blames her. She goes out and buys fish to cover for being inept with her money she has been getting out the dryer from his pants. Why? because he won't buy them a Turkey.And we should care about these characters...why? Even when Ralphie gets that *prized car* you still are not fond of this family.*This family* mind you. This is another Parker family. The Bizzaro World Parker family In Bizzaro Holman Indiana if you wish to be nice.They even made Valin Shinyei's Randy Parker into a kid you just don't care if he has to go to the dentist instead of sitting on the cold ice fishing with his father. Every character you loved in the first are now Smug, inept and cartoonish. No evil kids to root against with the green eyes and yellow teeth. One villain who you barely see and...who actually should be reimbursed for Ralphie's mistake.Unlikable characters. Whose change comes way too late for you to even care that Ralphie got his car.The cinematography looks like Norman Rockwell on a bad acid trip. When you get to the point where you know Ralphie bought a new leg lamp for his dad? I applauded cynically to myself and said "Well done writer! You have completely torn apart the original movie right down to this!"If you wish to be horrified by the pure annihilation of a classic movie? First pick up the remake to Casablanca, then watch Christmas Story 2.

I just adored this movie! My brother and I have been watching A Christmas Story every year since 94' and we agree this is a awesome sequel! It won't disappoint you if your a fan as well! The story line is fun and the characters are actually VERY funny. I'm honestly quite surprised that Im writing a review I never have before but due to the fact that part one is such a classic and one of the only movies I'm dedicated to watching every year I thought it only appropriate. How many classics are followed by successful sequels?? This one!!! Even though the mother doesn't look much like the first Christmas Story mom she definitely makes up for it with her charm...as a matter of fact if you don't think anyone looks true to character it honestly does not matter! That is how impressed I am with these characters and this movie. A Definite Christmas movie must have.