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My Summer Story |  | Director: Bob Clark
Actors: Charles Grodin, Kieran Culkin, Mary Steenburgen, Christian Culkin, Al Mancini
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
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Rating:  33 reviews
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 85 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 15234
UPC: 027616152343
EAN: 0027616152343
Theatrical Release Date: September 23, 1994
Release Date: August 1, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| • | The unforgettable, outrageously off-beat family of A Christmas Story is back and summertime will never be the same. It s going to be a hot summer at the Parker house and not just because of the temperature! First, Dad (Charles Grodin) is forced to start a war with the new neighbors when their antics and outhouse prove too much for him. At the same time, young Ralphie (Kieran Culkin) engages in a b |
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Product Description
Young ralphie and his eccentric parents and experience a riotous series of comic disasters and triumphs during the summer months. Studio: Tcfhe/mgm Release Date: 08/01/2006 Starring: Charles Grodin Kieran Culkin Run time: 109 minutes Rating: Pg
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 33
 Best viewed as a stand-alone film July 28, 2009
Patrick Yamada (South Central Orange County, CA USA)
As others have mentioned, it's best not to see this as a sequel to "A Christmas Story". The casting isn't as good in most cases and the story isn't as compelling. If you hold this film to its predecessor's high standard, it will pale in comparison. When viewed in its own right, it makes for decent family entertainment.
This isn't quite as family-friendly as "A Christmas Story" due to its language. Both Mr. Parker and Ralphie use "son of a bitch" a few times in the film, so it's not quite appropriate for smaller children. Ah, but didn't Ralphie use the same word in "A Christmas Story"? Yes, but because it was used once in an otherwise sanitary film (unless one thinks of "Oh fuuuuudge" or his garbled pseudo-profanities blurted out as he beat up Scut Farkas as dirty words), Ralphie's sigh of disappointment "Son of a bitch!" was powerful and funny. When used repeatedly by Mr. Parker it was just trite profanity.
Mary Steenburgen makes an excellent Mrs. Parker with a fine balance of sweetness and intimidation. Usually it's the former, but as she returns to the theater for the eighth time to exchange her Deluxe Pearleen gravy boat for a matching platter her threat to Ralphie ("If you mention fishing to Randy again I will kill you") carries weight. Charles Grodin is the weakest major character in the film. Darren McGavin played a curmudgeonly father with occasional streaks of good humor, but Grodin plays a humorous father trying hard to act curmudgeonly. This is an enormous difference. If you haven't seen "A Christmas Story" it probably won't bother you. Kieran Culkin plays a passable Ralphie.
Others have criticized some of the other characters as "too cartoonish", but it's good to keep in mind the film is a reminiscence of an adult about his childhood. Memories become exaggerated after time, and this can easily account for the ultra-hillbilly nature of the Bumpass family next door. Over the top? Yes. Does it work in this film? Also, yes.
History fans will also have to suspend their objections at anachronisms. The story is ostensibly set in the late 1930s (judging by the cars and other props used), but one act in the film shows the family going to the World's Fair in Chicago (the 1933 Century of Progress Expo). This also can be attributed to a faulty childhood memory as this is not a documentary.
My 9-year old laughed at a number of the slapstick scenes and generally enjoyed the film, so I will give it 3 out of 5 stars. It's worth a rental or maybe a purchase if on blow-out sale (I picked up my copy for $3), but it probably won't take its place next to "A Christmas Story" in your DVD/Blu-ray collection of perennial favorites.
 Equally as good as "A Christmas Story" June 22, 2009
fayehazel (Minnesota)
Did you enjoy "A Christmas Story"? Then buy this movie! It's equally as warm, charming, and funny. It has several stories inside one movie and many memorable scenes. It'll have you laughing. My only point is they should have kept "Ralphie" as the same actor from "A Christmas Story", however the actor may have been too old to still play Ralphie, as this movie is newer.
NOT AS GOOD AS THE PREVIOUS CLASSIC. February 13, 2009
Bruce M. Johns (TEXAS)
I THINK THAT THIS MOVIE IS JUST "OK". TO ME, IT DOESN'T COMPARE AT ALL TO THE QUALITY OF "A CHRISTMAS STORY". I WOULD PROBABLY BUY THE MOVIE TO ADD TO MY DVD COLLECTION, BUT HAD ALL OF THE ORIGINAL ACTORS/ACTRESSES, WITH THEIR TALENTS BEEN IN THIS "SEQUEL", THEN IT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN DYNAMITE .
Enjoyable January 18, 2009
Thomas M. Mitchell
While not as clever or as fresh as its predecessor (A Christmas Story), this movie is full of the same quotability and little moments that are guaranteed to make you smirk. Originally entitled "It Runs in the Family", a much better title if you ask me, the movie proves that life is just a crummy tie.
Should I be reviewing the movie or the product itself? Because both the movie and region one DVD inside the case are good.
Christmas Story sequel, Sort of. January 16, 2009
Rufus (Old Brooklyn, Ohio (USA))
This is a funny movie. I was skeptical at first. If you like The Christmas Story I think you'll like this one, even though all the characters have changed. This is why I only gave it 4 stars.
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