- #Cousin eddie and catherine christmas vacation install
- #Cousin eddie and catherine christmas vacation series
#Cousin eddie and catherine christmas vacation install
Clark offers to buy gifts for Eddie's kids so they can still enjoy Christmas.Ĭlark begins to wonder why his boss Frank Shirley has not given him his yearly bonus, which he desperately needs to replace an advance payment he has made to install a swimming pool. Eddie later admits that they are living in the RV they drove, as he is broke and has been forced to sell his home and acreage. While standing on the front lawn admiring the lights, Clark is shocked to see Ellen's cousin Catherine and her husband Eddie, as they arrive unannounced with their children, Rocky and Ruby Sue, and their Rottweiler dog, Snots. When they finally come on, they temporarily cause a citywide power shortage and create chaos for Clark's snobby neighbors, Todd and Margo. Clark, however, maintains a positive attitude, determined to have a "fun old-fashioned family Christmas." He covers the house's entire exterior with 25,000 twinkle lights, which fail to work at first, as he has accidentally wired them through his garage's light switch. Soon after, both Clark's and Ellen's parents arrive to spend Christmas, but their bickering quickly begins to annoy the family. Realizing too late that they didn't bring any tools to cut the tree down, they are forced to uproot it instead, before driving home with the tree strapped to the roof of their car.
After walking through the snow for hours, Clark finds the largest tree he can. He gathers his wife Ellen, daughter Audrey, and son Rusty and drives out to the country to a tree farm. There are so many classic scenes here that it's hard to pick out the best but some of the highlights include the cat sequence, the walk through Wal Mart, the hilarious dog-under-the-table and of course the first appearance of Eddie.With Christmas only a few weeks away, Chicago resident Clark Griswold decides it is time to get a Christmas tree. The actor really does a terrific job bringing this character to life and the comic timing is just flawless no matter what he's doing. The stand out however has to be Randy Quaid returning as Cousin Eddie. Marshall, Juliette Lewis, John Randolph, William Hickey, Brian Doyle-Murray, Julia Louis-Dreyfuss and Mae Questel. Beverly D'Angelo is just fine as the supporting wife but we get terrific work from Diane Ladd, E.G. I think what really makes this film so memorable is the terrific supporting cast. This certainly isn't a bad thing as Chase can handle this type of comedy but there were a few too many slapstick scenes early on. He's so wild here that at times he seems like he's playing a cartoon character. I think Chase is in fine form as he goes more over-the-top here than in the previous installments. I think the film certainly has some flaws in it but when there are so many laughs you really can't complain too much. I must admit that I enjoyed the previous two films more than this one but there's still enough laughs here to make this one well worth seeing.
#Cousin eddie and catherine christmas vacation series
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) *** (out of 4) The third film in the series has Clark (Chevy Chase) deciding to stay home and instead of going anywhere he invites all the family over for the holidays and sure enough nothing goes right.
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