8º – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (Jeremiah S. Chechik, 1989)
We will follow the preparations for the Griswold family’s Christmas, capturing all the confusions among its members, with unpleasant visits, problems with Christmas lighting, and Clark’s battle to take his beautiful year-end bonus from the company where works. So cool when the first movie in the saga, ‘National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation’ smacks of laughter from beginning to end, bringing a concise and delectable plot, plus the unique performance of master Chevy Chase as protagonist. Its inclusion in this list breaks some strands, since the terrible neighbors are the Griswold own, who work by harassing the poor couple of the house next door.
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