Amazon.com video review:
You know exactly what you're getting in National Lampoon's
Christmas Vacation: another goofball, slapstick comedy of chaos
and catastrophe with Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) and family. This
time, there's no traveling involved: Clark and Ellen (Beverly
D'Angelo) prepare for a nice Christmas with the kids (played by none
other than Juliette Lewis and Roseanne star Johnny Galecki),
when their home is invaded by backwoods cousin Eddie (Randy Quaid) and
his brood, along with assorted other crazy and/or stuffy
relatives. Complications, of course, are inevitable. The film is
preceded by National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) and National
Lampoon's European Vacation (1985) and followed by National
Lampoon's Vegas Vacation (1997). Directed by Jeremiah Chechik, who
went on to do Benny & Joon and the Sharon Stone remake of
Diabolique. --Jim Emerson
Amazon.com video review:
You know exactly what you're getting in National Lampoon's
Christmas Vacation: another goofball, slapstick comedy of chaos
and catastrophe with Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) and family. This
time, there's no traveling involved: Clark and Ellen (Beverly
D'Angelo) prepare for a nice Christmas with the kids (played by none
other than Juliette Lewis and Roseanne star Johnny Galecki),
when their home is invaded by backwoods cousin Eddie (Randy Quaid) and
his brood, along with assorted other crazy and/or stuffy
relatives. Complications, of course, are inevitable. The film is
preceded by National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) and National
Lampoon's European Vacation (1985) and followed by National
Lampoon's Vegas Vacation (1997). Directed by Jeremiah Chechik, who
went on to do Benny & Joon and the Sharon Stone remake of
Diabolique. --Jim Emerson
