This is a film I try to watch every year prior to Christmas. It is a Chevy Chase comedy vehicle about a father and mother trying to ensure the perfect Christmas for their unappreciative children and relatives.
There are many over the top scenes to tell the viewer that sometimes more is less. The Griswold family Christmas tree is cut down from the forest, far to big to be practical. Chase spends days nailing lights to the house, which fail to light up on the grand opening - when they do they cause a neighbourhood power surge.
Griswold's trailer trash brother turns up who is on hard times, and needs to sponge Christmas off his brother. He tries to repay him by bringing his boss to the house to explain why there was no Christmas bonus this year.
The neighbours are a typical 80s modern couple who are shunning Christmas, but inevitably suffer from Griswold's attempt to celebrate it, this leads to some good comedy routines for Chase.
One funny thing that is obviously taken from the Wonderful Life film is the bannister on the stair annoying Chase (as it does Stewart), Chase "fixing" it with a chainsaw.
So a little dated, still funny, and does make you think of Christmas excess and how it is best avoided. 7/10
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