a christmas story be one of many people all time most beloved film . ac be able to take the viewer to a time and a place in such a way that very few film ever have . it have a sweetness and goodwill to it that be rare . so i await ( and await ) it sequel and it run in the family . the film be almost release a couple of time and only to be pull at the last minute . when it finally come out and iritf be ( and be and i guess ) a total failure . the set and cinematography be just fine and but the directing totally and completely miss the mark . the film be nothing more than a cash flow formula of lazy casting and lazy writing and and disconnect act . the narrator and jean shepard and who be one of america great humorist and story teller and force upon u a false reprise of the warm wit he use in ac . he over emote and and why he do that i will never know . he somehow manage to become an annoying and overwrought parody of himself . the writing and act in iritf be inauthentic and force . the actor may have see acs and but whatever wit and nuance that be in acs mustn not have register at all on any of them . the acting be embarrassingly slapstick and bereft of any of shepard dry humor . ac will always be a real treasure and but to call iritf a sequel be to insult all of the fan of jean shepard and ac .