Christmas Vacation Page #3

Synopsis: It's Christmas time and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration, but things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen and their two kids. Clark's continual bad luck is worsened by his obnoxious family guests, but he manages to keep going knowing that his Christmas bonus is due soon.
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Jeremiah S. Chechik
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
 
IMDB:
7.6
Metacritic:
49
Rotten Tomatoes:
64%
PG-13
Year:
1989
97 min
33,155 Views


Which is to say Christmas, as in Yule.

...until adultery-- Adulthood.

Which is to say Christmas, as in Yule.

Yule log. Not a log, I don't have a log.

But, I mean, you know, if I had a log...

Yule log. Not a log, I don't have a log.

But, I mean, you know, if I had a log...

...not in the sense that you think

I said I did. Good golly.

...not in the sense that you think

I said I did. Good golly.

'Tis the season to be merry.

- Well, that's my name.

- No sh*t.

What do these do? Do they clip on here?

Down there?

What do these do? Do they clip on here?

Down there?

- Would you like this one?

- Sure.

These are cut really high on the hip.

Look, I'm wearing something similar.

See? You can't see the line.

- You can't see the line, can you, Russ?

- No.

No.

That's a present

from a very dear friend of mine.

Look, Daddy, teacher says

every time a bell rings...

...an angel gets his wings.

Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho.

Folks! Folks! Folks! Merry Christmas.

- Hey! How you doing, son?

- Fine.

There he is! Oh, my boy.

- Look at how big you've gotten.

- Merry Christmas.

- Mom.

- Sweetheart.

Oh, knock on the door.

Lift up the ladder.

- Listen. Doesn't Nora look old?

- You promised.

- Of course I do.

- They took a pint of fluid from my back.

Do you see this mole?

This mole on my neck?

- Think it's changing color?

- No.

- You keep touching it, it gets redder.

- I got hemorrhoids. Can you believe that?

- Oh, Mother.

- Isn't that terrible?

- You're not getting the garage space.

- After what you--

I'm doing the parking.

Russ, want to help?

Mom, they're not sleeping in my room.

I'm gonna go crazy, Mom.

Sweetheart. Your grandma's

got a real painful burr on my heel.

If you rub it for me,

I'll give you a whole quarter.

- A quarter. A quarter.

- I'll give Audrey a quarter too.

- I'm gonna put my car in the garage!

- He damaged my car, you believe that?

I'll park the cars.

This is what Christmas is all about.

I'll park the cars

and check the luggage...

...and yeah,

I'll be outside for the season.

We're gonna have the best-looking house

in town.

- I've always wanted to do this.

- That's a lot of lights, Dad.

I'm sure it's a lot of work too,

but if I'm out in the cold...

...and I'm committed to decorating

the house, I'm gonna do it right...

...and I'm gonna do it big.

You want something

you can be proud of, don't you?

- Yeah, I guess so.

- Sure you do.

- You think you might be overdoing it?

- When did I last overdo anything?

- You think you might be overdoing it?

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John Hughes

An American filmmaker. Beginning as an author of humorous essays and stories for National Lampoon, he went on to write, produce and sometimes direct some of the most successful live-action comedy films of the 1980s and 1990s. Most of Hughes's work is set in the Chicago metropolitan area. He is best known for his coming-of-age teen comedy films which often combined magic realism with honest depictions of suburban teenage life. more…

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