Chevy Chase
Directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik
Rating: 5 stars
To poor Clark Griswold, his Christmas vacation doesn't go exactly like he planned. What with in-laws from both sides of the family, plus an unexpected arrival of Clark's brother, Christmas in the Griswold home certainly is entertaining. Christmas is a challenge. After spending hours covering the house in lights, turning the switch to illuminate them doesn't necessarily work- until going into the basement and turning on the wrong switch does light them. Christmas dinner proves to be just as interesting with an inedible turkey and a cat that gets electrocuted by the tree. But what takes the cake in this hilarious movie is when Clark finds out he doesn't get the Christmas bonus he was expecting.
This movie deserves five stars. I've heard of this movie before but wrote it off because it was an old movie (1989) and thought it would be filled with dumb humor that wasn't funny. I couldn't be more wrong. This movie was funny from start to finish. If you're married, you might be able to relate to this movie for when you have the in-laws stay for vacation. You might understand the frustration of putting up lights and then they don't work. Or you might have a boss who is a Scrooge. I would recommend this movie to those who like a good laugh and find like dumb humor. Yes, some of the material that makes you laugh might be seen as dumb humor but who doesn't laugh when you see havoc in a Christmas movie?
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