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1.0 out of 5 stars
A PUTRID HOLIDAY MESS, December 23, 2004
Take everything that was so great about the First Christmas Vacation film, toss it out the window, get a lousy cast and a worst script and you've got the makings of Christmas Vacation 2. Randy Quaid and Miriam Flynn reprise their roles as Cousin Eddie and Catherine Johnson in this horribly un-funny "holiday" film.
Though Eddie's fired right at Christmastime, his boss sends him and his family on a South Pacific vacation, hoping Eddie won't sue him after being bitten by a lab monkey. When the Tuttle family winds up trapped on a tropical island, however, Eddie manages to provide for everyone and prove himself a real man.
Incredibly the movie has a decent supporting cast including Ed Asner, Fred Williard, Eric Idle, Stephen Furst, and Beverly Garland. Never has so little been done with so much.
Why did they make a sequel to Christmas Vacation??? No Chevy Chase, no Beverly DeAngelo? This played more like a bad sitcom than a legitimate movie. Granted, it was a made for tv film, but come on! This was just pathetic.
There were zero laughs in this movie. Seriously....zero laughs. Maybe a snicker or two but that's it. That is quite an achievement! This is nothing more than a slapped together mess meant to cash in on the name of its predecessor. National Lampoon should be cursed to watch this one over and over again.
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14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
WOW, December 5, 2004
I just finished watching this movie and i must say, this was the worst movie i have ever seen in my whole life. I only wish i could rate it 0 stars to give it the justice it deserves. i threw up a little bit during this movie due to the extreme horribleness this movie exudes.
HORRIBLE
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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Lighten up, it's not that bad, especially for a t.v. movie!!, December 1, 2004
As a great fan of the other Vacation films, I just purchased and watched this film despite reading the mostly negative reviews from other Amazon customers. Frankly, before I viewed the film I was worried that I may have wasted my money. On the contrary, I haven't laughed so much or so loudly for a very long time. I found it to be the funniest film I have seen for ages. I absolutely love Randy Quaid as the hilarious Cousin Eddie and Miriam Flynn is also excellent as his adoring and long-suffering wife Catherine. It was also nice to see the now grown-up and curvaceous Dana Barron reprising her role from the first Vacation film as the original Audrey Griswold. Ed Asner is great (and very Lou Grant-like) in support as Eddie's grumpy and overly libidinous Uncle Nick. The entire cast is really good, including guest stars in cameos, such as Fred Willard, Beverly Garland and Eric Idle (reprising his role from European Vacation). It is really a very fun, pleasant, upbeat and entertaining film. I also love the original Vacation film and the original Christmas Vacation film. In my opinion, I definitely feel that this film is significantly better however, than both European Vacation and Vegas Vacation. It is nice to see Eddie given a film of his own. I feared that he might not be able to carry the film on his own, but I was wrong. Unfortunately though, the material begins to wear just a little bit thin during the last half-hour or so. Snots the farting Rottweiler is a scream. The film isn't perfect, but I personally feel that it was a most worthwhile purchase and I will definitely be watching it on a regular basis. The filming locations scenery is nice, as well. I thought they did a spendid job, especially considering the budget restrictions being a made for t.v. movie. The so-called professional critics never liked Gilligan's Island or The Brady Bunch, either. But for forty years now, Gilligan's Island has been a staple among television reruns due to it's ongoing popularity among the viewers. I would now like to see a new Vacation film made with all of the Griswolds and Eddie's family, maybe entitled National Lampoon's Cruise Vacation.
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