I mean, we've got Cousin Eddie returning to the series. It's somewhat shocking because it seems writer Matty Simmons, a vet of this series, was really trying to delivers the goods to fans. Man, oh man, what a complete and utter disaster this thing here turned out to be. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2 (2003) 1/2 (out of 4) Cousin Eddie (Randy Quaid) gets bitten by a monkey so to avoid a lawsuit the company sends him and his family on a vacation to a tropical island. They took the original piece of work and dragged it through the mud!!!! Why? So Sad! They milked these stories for all they were worth. They did the same thing to such greats as "Jaws", "Crocodile Dundee", "Superman" and so many others. The story was rediculous and not the least bit funny, but really sad. All these characters were morally depraved, and just disgusting all together. So it was her, cousin eddie, and his wife and the grandfather, played by Ed Asner. This one basically found the long lost Audrey and put her together with her trailer trash cousins, which if you had seen the first movie know would NEVER happen. The Christmas one.hmmmm, not crazy about, but not horrid. The second was not as good, but still pretty decent. The original vacation was hilarious and I still laugh when I see it. First off, what is Vacation without Chevy Chase? He WAS the movie. Why do movie producers insist on tarnishing the name of something that was truly great? They did not HAVE to use the "vacation" name to make a story out of this piece of crap, but that is the ONLY way anyone would have EVER watched I suppose. One inherent problem parents may have with this movie is how it juxtaposes juvenile humor with sexually suggestive scenes and strings of profanity - it wants to appeal to younger viewers, yet it includes adult content.This movie was a disaster. The Griswold kids might as well be cardboard cutouts with their eyes permanently rolled. The producers attracted some decent talent to act as Clark's foils, but neither the stuck-up neighbor ( Julia Louis-Dreyfus), the uncouth second cousin ( Randy Quaid), or the boss who stiffs Clark on his Christmas bonus ( Brian Doyle-Murray) generate much in the way of laughs. Clark's frustration at putting up 25,000 Christmas lights and a SWAT team descending on the family home to the tune of "Here Comes Santa Claus" are among the movie's best moments. Chase has some good moments, and those who enjoy his double-talk and pratfalls will find redeeming value in this lukewarm movie. Those who found the original utterly tasteless will find National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation to be slightly (but not much) cleaner. (Note: If you're around kids who believe in Santa, the movie makes lots of references to who really stuffs stockings, etc., so you may want to avoid.) To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails.įor those who enjoyed the original Vacation, this holiday edition offers virtually the same story and characters, with more predictability and less help from the supporting cast. Adults regularly drink alcohol and are shown drunk, as well as smoking cigarettes and cigars. On the other hand, the cast is all White, and stereotypes include the reinforcement of gender roles, sexualizing a woman who sells lingerie, and less affluent family members being portrayed as uncouth. The movie makes all of its characters look ridiculous, though some show positive qualities. The language is toned down a bit from the previous Vacation movies, but there are still plenty of four-letter words, including "f-k" and "s-t," some said by kids. Many of the movie's laughs depend on mishaps like falling from ladders or traveling in a car stuck underneath a big rig, but no one is hurt in a way that lasts (though a pet cat does get electrocuted). Parents need to know that much of the slapstick humor in 1989's National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation is directed at younger viewers - from the cartoon opening to an impossibly high-speed sled ride - but language and sexual references make it iffy for younger kids.
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