Suicide Reference is Inappropriate

Rating: Null/10 (24 November 2004)

What is a suicide reference doing in an otherwise great Christmas Story?
It's inappropriate and unnecessary. He could have just as easily sitting on a park bench feeling lost. My 9yo saw that scene. I'm not happy...it had no place in this story. There were better ways to tell it, and I've said that how many times in this paragraph.
The film is rehashed themes that otherwise work. My kid and his friends loved it. The flying sleigh scene is very well done. I loved the 'holiday spirit' meter that went up and down based on the prevailing sentiment in NYC.
Rant over.