Yule crack up!

Starring: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Randy Quaid, Juliette Lewis, Johnny Galecki, E. G. Marshall, William Hickey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus

DML Rating: ★★★★★★★★★☆ - near perfect

"WORSE? How could things get any worse? Take a look around here, Ellen. We're at the threshold of hell." – Clark Griswold

Why watch this? ... to see Chevy lose this mind after receiving his Jelly of the Month Christmas bonus.

Plot Summary: Clark Griswold is determined to create a perfect old-fashioned family Christmas, complete with a massive light display and a festive dinner. However, his plans are consistently derailed by a series of unfortunate events, including a problematic Christmas tree, dysfunctional relatives, and the delayed arrival of his expected Christmas bonus. As the holiday descends into chaos, Clark struggles to maintain his sanity while trying to find the true meaning of Christmas amidst the mayhem.

Dad's Preview: After European Vacation (1985), I lowered my standards on the franchise. However, this side-splitting third film is perhaps the funniest of them all. "The holidays" is great fodder for comedy anyway, but the Griswald family takes it to a new level of excess. Every scene is hilarious. When Clark and his multi-generational, highly-dysfunctional family is chasing the squirrel, destroying the entire house, oh man, I can't stop laughing.


Hughes Entertainment; Warner Bros.