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01/09/03
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
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Reviews Counted:33
Fresh:20
Rotten:13
Average Rating:6.2/10
Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: The third in the series of National Lampoon's 'Vacation' films, this sequel concerns the Griswold family's holiday get-together. This time they're trying to have a picture book, old-fashioned... [More]
Starring: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Randy Quaid, John Randolph
Director: Jeremiah Chechik
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Reviews for National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Solid family fare with plenty of yocks.
11/27/07
With enough sight gags to please slapstick fans and enough good-natured Christmas cheer to qualify as a good holiday film, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation should keep most viewers occupied and provide 97 minutes of goofy entertainment.
11/27/07
As always the visual gags are more prevalent then the verbal ones, and are lit up in neon so you can't miss them.
04/17/01
No review available.
10/18/02
Many of those episodic moments, particularly in the film's first half, are hilarious. But as picture goes along there are far too many dry spells.
01/01/00
the last funny installment of the series
09/26/03
Easily the funniest of the four Vacation movies. Just try keeping a straight face when the uncouth Cousin Eddie (Randy Quaid) is on screen.
10/09/05
The human frailty at the center of the story makes the jokes all the funnier. Holiday films are rarely as priceless.
07/25/02
No review available.
03/17/04
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05/11/04
No review available.
08/08/05
One of the great unanswered questions in Hollywood is how Chevy Chase still gets work.
02/13/01
Top CriticThe new film does little more than reintroduce these familiar characters (with new actors playing the children, who would otherwise be college age by now) and let them get on one another's nerves in earnest.
05/20/03
Top CriticNo review available.
07/26/02
...a roller-coaster ride of hilarity, poignancy, vulgarity, and just plain dumbness.
10/03/03
No review available.
03/19/04
Amusing Chase vehicle on its way to being a Xmas perennial.
08/24/03
The best of the four “Vacation” movies.
01/05/04
Christmas Vacation never quite reaches the levels of suburban-angst rage that other Vacation movies do, but it does have its moments.
01/01/00
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