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Film · 1989 · Christmas comedy
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Directed by Jeremiah Chechik
1989
★ 3.9 editorial score
Written by John Hughes, with Chevy Chase back as the same hapless father a third time: a man books two weeks off to build the perfect family Christmas out of things that break.
“When Chevy Chase finds a good way to hurt himself in "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation," he generally tries it more than once. The board that whacks him in the chin is liable to strike again. Floors will collapse, ladders fall, Christmas trees come hurtling through windows. The film's penchant for breakage jokes is rivaled only by its taste for gross-out humor, and for the kinds of double-entendres best appreciated by 7-year-old boys.”
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