National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2 - Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure
by Nick Marck
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Actor: Dana Barron, Jake Thomas, Miriam Flynn, Randy QuaidDirector: Nick Marck
Brand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 4.0; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 4.0
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 83 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-10-05
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Home Video
DVD Reviews of National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2 - Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure
DVD Review: Ho Ho Hum
Summary: 1 Stars
I really wanted to like this. I really wanted there to be another fun new chapter in the Vacation series. And this one focused solely on Cousin Eddie and his family. It could of been a blast. Instead, it was a bust. I should have known from the start that a Vacation movie without Chevy Chase, Beverly D' Angelo, and the rest of the Griswald brood, wouldn't measure to much of anything. It was evident from the start that this was a rushed job. It was cheesy, and written and directed as if it were some lame, direct to TV hatchett job. Oh wait. That's right. What is also upsetting is that it was written by Matty Simmons. A guy who was with all the other Vacation films. Matty, surely you know how a good Vacation movie should be!. Randy Quaid is back as everybody's favorite bumbling doofus, Cousin Eddie. Miriam Flynn also returns as his wife Catherine. Seeing the two again, and together, is nice to see. I will give them that. And it's nice that the two actors know that these roles are theirs, and no one else will do. Eddie and the fam are staying with Audrey Griswald(who is played by the original Audrey from the first Vacation, Dana Barron). This is the one good and interesting move the writer gave the film. Eddie loses yet another job and the holidays are fast approaching. There is some ridiculous mumbo jumbo at work and all, and soon Eddie and the clan are off on a tropical island adventure, along with Audrey and his old, curmudgeonly father(Ed Asner). I could of said more about it, but why bother?. It doesn't really matter. The film clunks along like it has nowhere to go and just moves along waiting to get to a point to show off how clumsy and a loser Eddie is. All in the eyes of his little son, who he wants to feel proud of his dad. You can feel sorry for Quaid, but I think he could of known what crap this is. Still, he does Cousin Eddie like he always does, and he is always great. Everyone likes Eddie, and this will be no exception. You just wish there was more to like around him. Asner can be the old curmudgeon, but here he seems to just channel every cliche of that kind of character. If only he could put a little more Lou Grant-zest to the proceedings. Flynn is always endearing and likeable, and she is here. But even she can't hold anything together. The only good thing I liked about this mess, and the only good thing Simmons put in his script, was the return of Audrey. At least he knew one Griswald should be here. But the great part about it was that it was Dana Barron. The original Audrey. This is something I always thought the big screen films should have done. Barron is undeniably cute, and she looks fantastic. You can't believe it has been 20 years or so since the original, and she still looks like a kid. Unbelieveable. All in all, this is a film designed to be overlooked and forgotten very quickly. How very sad for a great character. I have seen Chevy recently, and he looks great. Still looks like Clark. Let's get him back on the screen with a Vacation everyone wants to see. But this one, boy, this one just gets coal in it's stocking.
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Description of National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2 - Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure
Randy quaid again plays crude but lovable eddie in another comic skid on the vacation banana peel. In a way christmas has always been a test of survival for eddie & family & thats truer than ever when they receive an all-expense paid holiday tour of the south pacific & end up shipwrecked on a remote island. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 09/30/2008 Starring: Jake Thomas Ed Asner Run time: 83 minutes Rating: Nr Director: Nick MarckBestsellers in DVD
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