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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... 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 Christmastime--even though all the in-laws are dropping by, including Clark's (Chevy Chase) redneck cousin, Eddie (Randy Quaid). Looks like it's going to be a real holly-jolly holiday--if they can make it through. [More]

Starring: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Randy Quaid, John Randolph

Starring: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Randy Quaid, John Randolph, Diane Ladd, E.G. Marshall, Doris Roberts, William Hickey, Juliette Lewis, Johnny Galecki

Director: Jeremiah Chechik

Director: Jeremiah Chechik
Screenwriter: John Hughes
Composer: Angelo Badalamenti
Producer: Tom Jacobson, John Hughes

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Nov 30, 1999

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DVD Features:

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  • Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo - English, French
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Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

The human frailty at the center of the story makes the jokes all the funnier. Holiday films are rarely as priceless.

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Chuck Rudolph
Chuck Rudolph
Matinee Magazine

As always the visual gags are more prevalent then the verbal ones, and are lit up in neon so you can't miss them.

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04/17/01
Ali Barclay
Ali Barclay
BBC

One of the great unanswered questions in Hollywood is how Chevy Chase still gets work.

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02/13/01
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
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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.

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01/01/00
Chris Hicks
Chris Hicks
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Christmas Vacation never quite reaches the levels of suburban-angst rage that other Vacation movies do, but it does have its moments.

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MaryAnn Johanson
MaryAnn Johanson
Flick Filosopher

It may be forgotten when it comes to Top 50 lists of comedys, but it's consistently funny, a mini-classic of it's kind and a re-watcher when it comes to Christmas.

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Oz
Oz
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Christmas Vacation may not be a fancy package, but it is a diverting stocking stuffer.

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Rita Kempley
Rita Kempley
Washington Post
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Sequence after sequence seems to contain all the necessary material, to be well on the way toward a payoff, and then it somehow doesn't work.

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