A Christmas Story

A Christmas Story is like a Czech answer to the cult-classic Love Actually that impresses at first sight with its cast and the setting of Christmas in Prague. The storyline is a weaker take on the aforementioned classic: at first several separate stories gradually become more and more intertwined, until in the end it becomes one big tangle that doesn't impress, but doesn't offend either. Karel Roden didn't suit me well in a comedic role and Oldřich Kaiser's character seemed somewhat "schizophrenic", but in combination with Jiří Lábus it worked. The "casting" of Pierre Richard was really more for effect and the ending was unnecessarily cheesy. Christmas dullness for just one viewing! (12/17/2022)

I feel it in my fingers, I feel it in my toes, cringe that's all around me, and so the feeling grows. If a gust of wind blew Irena Pavlásková and company’s scripts into a French lake, no one would miss them. After all, they wouldn’t want to drown over something that their grandmother could have written. This scented Christmas misery wouldn’t be helped even if Oldřich Kaiser delivered his tried-and-true combination of a gremlin, Donald, a buffoon, and a klutz. (01/03/2024)