Let me first qualify my outlook on A Christmas Story(1) by saying I never allowed myself to purchase it, nor do I watch it before Christmas Eve, so I suppose I am a purist when it comes to this classic. The title of this movie caught my eye and aroused my curiosity and in the end I thought it was quite good for a remake without re-boot. It's very difficult to re-capture an original hit, and certainly this re-used a lot of the original gags but I thought it was very well done, had a very good storyline and I enjoyed it quite a bit. Some folks may just need to let go and have some fun with movies, that's what they are for! Relax... it's JUST a movie!