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List Price: $28.99 | | Label: Warner Home Video
Salesrank: 16478
Released: December 5, 2006 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: HD DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Make merry as Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Randy Quaid and an ensemble of comedy favorites strive to gift-wrap the "perfect Christmas" for the Griswold family. The most successful of the three vacations. Year: 1989 Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik Starring: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Randy Quaid,
Description of National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation [HD DVD]:
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
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation [HD DVD] Reviews:
Christmas couldn't get any funnier than this! 
2009-12-23 - National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation . . . what can I say? It's a comedy classic! It's yet another film that you can enjoy during the holiday season. It's also the best National Lampoon motion picture that features the Griswolds. It has a cleverly written script, interesting characters, and the true definition of family gatherings (well, maybe not ENTIRELY true, but true nonetheless). But I think the best part of this film is the humor. There are so many sight gags and witty dialogue that anyone can remember off the top of their heads. The most memorable scenes include bringing the humongous Christmas tree into the house, the dry turkey, the squirrel, the awkward talk with a female salesperson, and of course, "s****er was full!". While it may not be one of my all-time favorite films, it's still one of the greatest Christmas films of all time. You can watch it along with It's A Wonderful Life, A Christmas Story, Miracle on 34th Street, Elf, Home Alone, A Charlie Brown Christmas, Scrooge, Scrooged, A Garfield Christmas, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, etc etc etc etc etc etc etc.
Grade: A
Best Christmas Movie Ever
2009-12-21 - I love this movie. It isn't secular Christmas until I've seen it each year. (I know it isn't the 'reason for the season.' That's the "other Christmas".) Every time I see it my appreciation grows deeper and I see it afresh. "My favorite part" changes every year!
Why no HD audio? 
2009-12-21 - A 5 star comedy to be sure. But when a studio takes a classic and repackages it at higher cost, I except more. Better video they did, but the audio is simple 2 channel. Not even Dolby Digital 5.1.
5 Star movie, 1 Star video.
2009-12-21 - This is the exact same transfer as the 2006 Blu-ray of this movie. Google reviews of it and you will see it is terrible. Warner needs to put some cleanup time into this transfer and less time adding junk like instant snow and mini-mugs. WE want the BEST video and audio POSSIBLE! My favorite Christmas movie gets shafted once again...
The funniest Holiday movie ever!!!
2009-12-21 - This is one of the funniest Holiday movies ever. I can watch it again and again and never get tired of it. It is a classic.
