Warner Bros.
Starring: Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo, Juliette Lewis, Johnny Galecki
Directed by: Jeremiah Chechik
Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains a spoiler for this film!
Synopsis: Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) is looking forward to an old-fashioned family Christmas with his loved ones and their extended families. But everything that can go wrong does go wrong and the sudden appearance of Cousin Eddie and his family makes things even more crazy for the already overwraught Griswolds.
Kitty Carnage Warning! We have to jump right to the carnage warning since the only reason for the white long-haired Angora’s presence in this film is to have kitty fry when it chews on the Christmas tree lights, which Clark plugs back in unknowingly.
According to the DVD commentary, an animal is killed in all of the vacation movies, and this joke was nearly cut from the film because the studio was concerned it was in such bad taste.
But it tested as one of the biggest laugh-getters in the whole movie and as such stayed in the final cut.
Final Mewsings: Needless to say that poor kitty was in for one helluva shock at Christmas!
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