Just watched this and to be honest I was hoping for the best but really expecting the worst.. Thats why, I watched it early.. Well thank god... It was a very worthy sequel to the Christmas classic.
Never over doing it and keeping the character's real.
It also benifits from getting many of the original cast back and keeping them very likable. Now, without giving to much away, the story now set in the early 70s and follows Ralphie now in his 40s coming to terms with his fathers (The Old Man) passing and also dealing with percieved personal faliures. But his mother has asked him to make a special christmas and thats what he's going to do. (All this is in the trailer).
The film has all the style of the original and the new character's such as Ralphies wife and kids are very well drawn and acted.
I will be watching this again as part of double features with the original closer to Christmas.
All in all a very fine sequel that manages to bring the story full circle..
Never over doing it and keeping the character's real.
It also benifits from getting many of the original cast back and keeping them very likable. Now, without giving to much away, the story now set in the early 70s and follows Ralphie now in his 40s coming to terms with his fathers (The Old Man) passing and also dealing with percieved personal faliures. But his mother has asked him to make a special christmas and thats what he's going to do. (All this is in the trailer).
The film has all the style of the original and the new character's such as Ralphies wife and kids are very well drawn and acted.
I will be watching this again as part of double features with the original closer to Christmas.
All in all a very fine sequel that manages to bring the story full circle..