Hands down, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation is the best Christmas theme comedy ever filmed. Personally, I'm not used to seeing this film about ten million times between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Even after the movie so many times that I season recite word-for-word Christmas Vacation remains as hilarious and entertaining as the previous holiday. More than just a film of the season, it's one of those rare comedies that it near perfect from beginning toEnd.
Christmas Vacation follows the ongoing exploits Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) and the Griswold family, but this particular version of the classic holiday film is probably the best. As in previous films, Clark's goal is to create the perfect vacation for his family. Only this time, instead of flying Hit the road for Wally World or Europe, the Griswolds stay at home in a suburb of Chicago.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (mere months before signing on forthe role of Elaine on Seinfeld) makes several appearances as Clark's annoying, yuppie neighbor Margot, accompanied her as a sign of elitist yuppie partner, Todd (Nicholas Guest). Randy Quaid makes a return appearance as Cousin Eddie, playing the same role from the original Vacation movie. As Clark naive and backward relative, Eddie is a man whose "heart is bigger than its brain." Beverly D'Angelo is also in her previous role as Mrs. Clark,Ellen.
When Clark vows to create "the most fun-filled old-fashioned family Christmas ever", which naturally go awry. The Griswold family, and her parents live under one roof, the relatives constantly get on the nerves of the other side. Clark sets out to decorate the house for Christmas, and his efforts culminated in a 25,000 light extravaganza that covers every square inch of the house. In the process, he almost breaks his neck several times and knocks Todd and Margot windowwith a flying lance gutter ice.
The laughs multiply several times as Cousin Eddie comes uninvited and parks his RV in the Griswold driveway. In tow are his wife Catherine, their two kids Ruby Sue and Rocky, and her beautiful dog "Snot". The crescendo of disaster is always higher than Christmas Day approaches with Clark's agony compounded the absence of his annual Christmas bonus. Clark's big Christmas surprise for the family that he would in a pool, butBegin to work as soon as the ground thawed, he had laid a strong deposit, not the cover without the scrutiny of his Christmas money.
Exploded after a Christmas Eve in Turkey, is directed towards Aunt Bethany cat itself, Uncle Lewis burns the tree, and a squirrel is loose in the house, a late night knock on the door provides Clark with hope. A messenger handed him an envelope, which fell between the seats, the fabled Christmas bonus. But if the bonusis not quite what awaits Clark, Cousin Eddie Clark with an unexpected surprise last-minute gift ...
Originally published in 1989, Christmas Vacation has surprisingly little content that makes it seem "expiration date passed. As such, it is surely just a holiday tradition for future generations. With some of the best one-liner in all comedy, you find yourself reciting their dialogue for many Christmases to come. But what makes Christmas Vacation as a permanent filmthat anyone who observes how he can relate to within the events. Almost everyone has a strange relationship as Eddie or a pair of snotty elitist neighbors, and of course, anyone who is not a squirrel plunder her house on Christmas Eve? Overall, this film is a barrel of laughs. If you do not like it, you will probably not breathe ...
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