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A Christmas Story Christmas

2022 · 102 min

A warm, nostalgic holiday hug that balances gentle laughs with heartfelt grief and the quiet joy of family traditions.

Directed by
Clay Kaytis
Genres
Comedy, Family
Tagline
Ralphie comes home.
Overview
Follows Ralphie, now adult, who returns to the house on Cleveland Street to give his kids a magical Christmas like the one he had as a child, reconnecting with childhood friends, and reconciling the passing of his Old Man.

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Directed by
Clay Kaytis
Genres
Comedy, Family
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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • grief
  • parenthood
  • memory
  • healing
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight6

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Genres
comedy, family
Directed by
Clay Kaytis
Written by
Clay Kaytis, Nick Schenk
Starring
Peter Billingsley, Erinn Hayes, Julie Hagerty, Ian Petrella, Scott Schwartz, R.D. Robb, Zack Ward, River Drosche
Music
Jeff Morrow
Cinematography
Matthew Clark
Runtime
102 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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