Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure (2003) (TV)

User Rating:

2.7/10   

Director:

Nick Marck

Writer (WGA):

Matty Simmons (written by)

Release Date:

20 December 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

What could go wrong in paradise? Just about anything!

Plot:

Though Eddie's fired right at Christmastime, his boss sends him and his family on a South Pacific vacation...

Plot Keywords:

Island | Christmas | National Lampoon Series

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Randy Quaid	...	Edward 'Eddie' Johnson
Miriam Flynn	...	Catherine Johnson
Dana Barron	...	Audrey Griswold
Jake Thomas	...	Clark 'Third' Johnson
Sung Hi Lee	...	Muka Laka Miki
Julian Stone	...	Melbourne Jack
Beverly Garland	...	Aunt Jessica
Stephen Furst	...	Doctor
Rodger Bumpass	...	Air Controller (voice)
Eric Idle	...	British Man on Plane
Fred Willard	...	Professor Doornitz
Edward Asner	...	Uncle Nick (as Ed Asner)
Kate Bradley	...	Paige
Jay Greenberg	...	Santa Claus Security Guard
Caroline Walker	...	Air Traffic Controller's Wife

Also Known As:

Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie (USA) (promotional title)
Cousin Eddie's Christmas Vacation (USA) (working title)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure (USA) (DVD title)
National Lampoon's Cousin Eddie's Christmas Vacation Lost (USA) (working title)
National Lampoon's Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure (USA) (promotional title)

Runtime:

83 min | USA:120 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:PG | Netherlands:6 | Germany:o.Al. | USA:TV-14

Company:

Warner Bros. Television

Trivia:

'Dana Barron' is the first Griswold kid to reprise their role.

Goofs:

Continuity: After Eddie loses his nuclear testing job, during his "poor me" scene in the living room, he looks behind him at the dog laying on the loveseat with two throw pillows. Immediately afterward, Eddie flops himself down on the same loveseat but it is empty and a purple blanket has appeared and is hanging over the back of it. The throw pillows have vanished and the dog is lying on the floor under the Christmas tree in the other room.

Quotes:

[Eddie looks out his window while sitting in an airplane]
Edward 'Eddie' Johnson: Hey, Third. All those people down there look like ants.
Clark 'Third' Johnson: [looks out the window] Dad, those *are* ants. We haven't taken off yet.
Edward 'Eddie' Johnson: You mean... we're gonna go higher?

Movie Connections:

Spin off from Christmas Vacation (1989)

All I want for Christmas is for them to stop making these awful "Vacation" movies ...

I watched about the first 30 - 40 minutes of this movie on television the other night and can agree that this is by far the worst of the series. Not any of it is funny, even Randy Quaid can't save this mess. Eric Idle wasn't funny in N.L. Euro. Vacation, and he's even worse here. The only funny scene is where they're at the airport and some guy dressed as Santa walks by the camera yelling "Did anybody lose this?" as he holds up a prosthetic leg...

1/2 a star out of ****