Granted this isn't as good as the original but I didn't expect it to be. It wasn't meant to be an award-winning film just a fun movie to watch at Christmas time . The people who are angry that this movie was even made crack me up because they are so overdramatic about it . You don't like it don't watch it . It isn't hurting the original . Anyway I thought the cast was very good especially the boy who played Ralph . There were some funny moments as well as some heartwarming ones . Many of the gags from the original are repeated. I would have preferred substitute swear words rather than the actual ones . It did have a few scenes that were kind of annoying or unrealistic . Overall it's an enjoyable movie . Some have complained that the actors are not like the ones in the original Christmas story . To me that's no big deal . Every time the Parker family is filmed they are played by different actors of different ages . The age difference between Ralphie and Randy changes every time . Christmas story 2 is far from the best Christmas movie ever made it's also far the worst . I enjoyed it .