My Summer Story

My Summer Story
Theatrical release poster (under the original title, It Runs in the Family)
Directed by	Bob Clark
Screenplay by	Jean Shepherd Leigh Brown Bob Clark
Based on	In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash and Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories and Other Disasters by Jean Shepherd
Produced by	Rene Dupont
Starring	Charles Grodin Kieran Culkin Mary Steenburgen
Narrated by	Jean Shepherd
Cinematography	Stephen M. Katz
Edited by	Stan Cole
Music by	Paul Zaza
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	September 23, 1994 (1994-09-23)[1]
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$15 million
Box office	$71,000

My Summer Story (originally released in theaters as It Runs in the Family) is a 1994 American comedy film directed by Bob Clark that serves as a sequel to his 1983 film A Christmas Story. Like the previous film, it is based on semi-autobiographical stories by Jean Shepherd, primarily from his book In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash.

The opening makes direct reference to the events of A Christmas Story, and the ending narration strongly parallels it; production delays forced most of the characters to be recast. Charles Grodin stars as the Old Man (Mr. Parker), Mary Steenburgen plays Mrs. Parker, and Kieran Culkin is Ralphie. Shepherd provides the narration, just as he had done for A Christmas Story.

Two sequels followed the film. The first, A Christmas Story 2, was released straight to DVD in 2012. The second, A Christmas Story Christmas, was released on HBO Max in 2022 and features most of the original cast from the original 1983 film returning.