It doesn't matter if you watch this movie on Christmas Eve, the Fourth of July or whenever, it is an absolutely hilarious film! This time around, instead of going to some exotic location for a vacation, Clark Griswold decides to "have a fun, old-fashioned family Christmas" at home. So he invites his parents, his wife Ellen's parents and his uncle Lewis and aunt Bethany, who is well past senile, and later gets a "surprise" visit from his cousin Eddie and his family in a rusted "Tenement on wheels" RV.
Well, the holiday goes about as haphazard as you'd might expect, pretty much not unlike a holiday any of us ever had. From Clark's gallant attempt to have a house decorated with 25,000 imported Italian twinkle lights (and nearly killing his yuppie neighbors in the process when the lights flash on and off), to exploding turkeys and burnt Christmas trees and destroyed rooms courtesy of Eddie's dog Snotz(sp?) and a squirrel, until it finally culminates in Clark receiving an envelope from his company. He expects it to be his Christmas bonus (which would pay for the swimming pool he wants to put in), instead it's a Jelly-of-the-Month-Club enrollment, which sends Clark into a hilarious, classic tirade that has to be heard to be appreciated. Basically, he wants his boss brought to his house so he can bitch him out. Naturally, Eddie obliges, bringing out the local SWAT team, who add just a little more chaos to this holiday. Eventually, Clark's boss realizes the folly of his ways, and adds 20% to what he earned that year, surely enough to get the pool and fly the whole family in for the dedication.
If there was a rating higher than 10, I'd give it. Do whatever you have to do, within the law, to GET THIS MOVIE!
Well, the holiday goes about as haphazard as you'd might expect, pretty much not unlike a holiday any of us ever had. From Clark's gallant attempt to have a house decorated with 25,000 imported Italian twinkle lights (and nearly killing his yuppie neighbors in the process when the lights flash on and off), to exploding turkeys and burnt Christmas trees and destroyed rooms courtesy of Eddie's dog Snotz(sp?) and a squirrel, until it finally culminates in Clark receiving an envelope from his company. He expects it to be his Christmas bonus (which would pay for the swimming pool he wants to put in), instead it's a Jelly-of-the-Month-Club enrollment, which sends Clark into a hilarious, classic tirade that has to be heard to be appreciated. Basically, he wants his boss brought to his house so he can bitch him out. Naturally, Eddie obliges, bringing out the local SWAT team, who add just a little more chaos to this holiday. Eventually, Clark's boss realizes the folly of his ways, and adds 20% to what he earned that year, surely enough to get the pool and fly the whole family in for the dedication.
If there was a rating higher than 10, I'd give it. Do whatever you have to do, within the law, to GET THIS MOVIE!
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