since it release in 1983 and a christmas story and the jean shepherd narrate story of his alter ego and ralphie and have become a true classic . my summer story and however and still have shepherd a the narrator and but it have absolutely none of the charm and and the character be nowhere near the caliber of the original film . my summer story be basically a mishmash of mediocre and just plain not very interesting story and which include hillbilly neighbor and battle top . charles grodin and who i normally like and be extremely unlikeable in the role of the father ( more aptly handle by darren mcgavin in the original ) and and his character never seem anything but force . kiernan culkin be a poor substitute for ralphie and and the little brother be all but forget here . only mom seem to have any worth here and perhaps that because she bean a cinema manager with a gravy boat when he push his luck too far with irate housewife on free dish night . the story in this be mostly inconsequential and stretched paper thin . may appeal to the extremely undemanding but a a sequel to a christmas story and it a very poor one and not worth most people time . negative .