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Name: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Released: 1989-12-1
Cast: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Randy Quaid, Miriam Flynn, William Hickey

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

PG-13
1h 37m
1989

70%

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Clark Griswold, the well-intentioned, walking disaster who has dragged his family through the horrors of traveling in two previous National Lampoon Vacation films, has decided to stay home for the holidays--and the neighborhood will never be the same.

Director:

Jeremiah S. Chechik

Producer:

John Hughes, Tom Jacobson, Matty Simmons

Writer:

John Hughes

Cast:

Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Randy Quaid, Miriam Flynn, William Hickey, Mae Questel, Diane Ladd, John Randolph, EG Marshall, Juliette Lewis

Trailers

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National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation Trailer 2

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Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

70%

Critics Consensus: While Christmas Vacation may not be the most disciplined comedy, it's got enough laughs and good cheer to make for a solid seasonal treat.

Reviews

Medium Popcorn

Justin Brown

I was prepared to enjoy this and it ended up feeling like a dreadful task I had to complete. This wasn't a good movie and definitely doesn't stand the test of time.

The pacing was rough, Clark Griswold is not a fun protagonist to follow and the comedy was all over the place tonally. Randy Quaid is the best thing in this, which is bonkers to say.

...an affable yet thoroughly erratic comedy...

…Christmas Vacation is the Fanny and Alexander of the John Hughes canon, a sincere, wry look back at Christmases past, and a showcase for the great comic talents of Chevy Chase…

It didn't seem like much of a big deal at the time -- in most respects, it still doesn't -- but the passing of years has revealed National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation to be the best in the series.

November 19, 2022

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