![]() One of them is getting home! He & his friends are always being bullied before they can make it home. Before Christmas gets there he has many obstacles to overcome. His has a little brother and all he wants for Christmas is a BB-Gun. Set in the 1940's the film makes you identify with Ralphie and you your routing for him in every single way! Ralphie is in elementary school. "A Christmas Story" has gained fans for just being a great film! Now my review "Return of the Jedi" has always rode the coattails of the earlier "Star Wars" films. ![]() Even "Return of the Jedi" ( The Highest Grossing Film of 1983) "Isn't gaining as many new fans". It is now 2017, and "A Christmas Story" it is now one of the most popular films of all time. It also helped that Ted Turner made "24 Hours Of A Christmas Story" an annual event. The film was poorly handled & failed to capture a large theatrical audience! Well thanks to the Home Video Market & television this film has now become part of Americana. ![]() If anything it should of been nominated for best adapted screenplay! Now when the film was released it was "Critically Acclaimed" but, MGM failed to capitalized on that. What's hard to believe now is that "A Christmas Story" (released the same year) was ignored everywhere. ![]() The 1983 "Terms of Endearment" won the Academy Award for Best Picture. ![]()
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