HBO Max A Christmas Story Christmas (2022)

[Alex...]

Title: A Christmas Story Christmas (2022)

Genre: Family, Comedy

Director: Clay Kaytis

Cast: Peter Billingsley, Ian Petrella, Zack Ward, Scott Schwartz, R.D. Robb, Julie Hagerty, Erinn Hayes, River Drosche, Julianna Layne

Release: 2022-11-17

Plot: An adult Ralphie returns to his house on Cleveland Street to deliver his kids a magical Christmas like the one he had growing up.

 

[Alex...]

 

[Garysb]

Per a TVline article many of the child actors from the original movie appear in this sequel.
That was not true of previous sequels which featured none of the original cast.

A Christmas Story Christmas Teaser: Peter Billingsley Returns as Ralphie in HBO Max Sequel — Watch First Footage

See Peter Billingsley as Ralphie in the year 2022 in first trailer for 'A Christmas Story Christmas,' which has a November 17 release date.

tvline.com

 

[Alex...]

 

[Garysb]

For those fans of the Saul Bass Warner Bros logo. It is included in the above trailer and presumable in the film.

 

[Chris Will]

This looks like it could be fun. Maybe they have finally made a decent sequel.

 

[Tino]

It could go either way. Can’t tell. But I’m hoping it’s good.

 

[dana martin]

looks like something I am going to need to see, i just whish that they could have gotten Melinda Dillion to come out of retirement for this, nothing against Julie, but she is Mom, all it takes is the piggy eat scene, so endearing what parents can do, just to get a child to eat.

 

[Garysb]

 

[Tino]

Getting good reviews. Currently 71% at RT.

A Christmas Story Christmas

The family comedy

www.rottentomatoes.com

 

[DaveM4964]

I'm not interested in HBOMAX. Does anyone know when this might be released on blu-ray?

 

[Malcolm R]

I'm not interested in HBOMAX. Does anyone know when this might be released on blu-ray?

At the earliest, I'd guess Christmas 2023. A number of studios seem to release made-for-streaming projects on disc about a year after they premiere on the streaming service.

I don't understand the title. A second "Christmas" in there seems redundant when it already indicates it's a story about Christmas without it.

 

[Garysb]

Ouch!!! From the NY Times review.

“A Christmas Story,” Bob Clark’s bittersweet coming-of-age comedy based on the semi-autobiographical writings of the humorist Jean Shepherd, is that rarest of things: a holiday movie that’s actually good. “A Christmas Story Christmas,” the new legacy sequel, is something much more common: a holiday movie that’s very bad.

It’s an important distinction. “A Christmas Story” has gained in repute enormously since its modest release in 1983, to the extent that it has been firmly entrenched in the seasonal canon, cherished for its credible warmth and sly, mischievous humor. “A Christmas Story Christmas” seems destined for swift obsolescence — lost to the featureless sweep of the streaming ecosystem, where nostalgic cash-ins like this seem to vanish as soon as they materialize. When was the last time you thought about, say, “Coming 2 America”?

Mostly it made me want to watch the original, which, as always, remains well worth revisiting.

 

[Malcolm R]

RT is slightly positive at the moment, 67% "fresh" from 18 critics reviews (which includes the above).

 

[Tino]

Just finished watching it. It was perfectly fine. Non offensive and harmless. A pleasant follow up to the superior first film.

 

[MartinP.]

I don't understand the title. A second "Christmas" in there seems redundant when it already indicates it's a story about Christmas without it.

I haven't seen it yet, but from the few things I read the story is about grown-up Ralphie wanting his kids to have a Christmas like he did when he was ten, like he did in "A Christmas Story" -- he wants them to have A Christmas Story Christmas in other words.

 

[Mark-P]

Well here’s a nice surprise, it looks like A Christmas Story Christmas will be available for digital purchase starting tomorrow! I hadn’t heard any announcement about that and figured it would just be an HBOMax exclusive for a good while.