Loud and obnoxious.
Those are the two words that define A Christmas Story. The kids are loud and obnoxious. In many ways they are the American stereotype loud, obnoxious and self-entitled. They also run away when their friends are in trouble, but hey that just seems to be this current administration.
This film felt like it was made on cocaine, as there was a lot of random scenes that didn’t make sense, they were almost cartoony which did not work within the film itself, it almost felt like Family Guy cut aways. Moreover, the level of consumerism that was rampant throughout the film was sickening, yes Christmas is a consumerist holiday, but that doesn’t mean we have to fetishize specific items, or that that should be encouraged in children.
There is also a really unpleasant domestic abuse undertone in this film, wherein the mother and the kids seem genuinely terrified of the father, this isn’t like normal discipline this is a child worrying that they would die if their father heard they had done something wrong and the film presenting this as a rational worry not a kid being ridiculous.
Overall, an unpleasant film that shows why foreigners have a never impression of America.
0.5/5
Pros.
It is not offensively bad
Cons.
It is obnoxious
The materialism
The domestic abuse vibe
It is depressing
It is weird tone wise
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