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A Christmas Story
1983
· Movie
· 93 min
B
MEANRANK
75/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1391
- IMDb #431
- Google retired #1459
- Rotten Tomatoes #774
- Metacritic #818
- Letterboxd #2082
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1383
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #617
- Metacritic Critics #894
- Metacritic Audience #897
- Criticker #787
- Kinopoisk #2882
- Trakt #845
Every rating
54–89
out of 100
Split
Lowest is AlloCiné on 54, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 89.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A young boy navigates the universal anxieties and triumphs of childhood in the weeks leading up to Christmas. His world revolves around a single, all-consuming desire: to receive a official Red Ryder air rifle. He concocts various schemes to convince his parents, teachers, and even Santa himself that this is the only gift that will make his holiday complete.
Details
- Director
- Bob Clark
- Writers
- Bob Clark, Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown
- Based on
- In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash by Jean Shepherd
- Studio
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Released
- 18 November 1983
- Country
- United States, Canada
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $3.3M
- Box office
- $20.7M
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Awards
4 wins & 11 nominations total
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