A Christmas Story for kids who grew up in the '80s. All Jake Doyle wants for Christmas is a Nintendo Entertainment System, and he must beg and claw his way to success. This movie hits home if you intimately know that gnawing feeling of envy when your neighbor shows off the latest electronic toys and all you can do is admire from afar. Probably not so much if you were the actual spoiled rich kid in question. With tons of heart, humor and nostalgia in full force (as well as the pain and tears), this is a new holiday classic in the making.
3½ Power Gloves out of 5
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For the Sega kids: A Genesis Christmas (a song by Jon Lajoie)
The YT link was fuggin' great. 😊
The movie looks decent, too, except my tolerance for Neil Patrick Harris is pretty low, so I'd hope for significantly more 'flashback' scenes than 'current' set ones.
It's more of a narrative framing device, like in The Princess Bride, but it's pretty overdone in the trailer.
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