National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Written by | Matty Simmons |
| Directed by | Nick Marck |
| Starring |
Randy Quaid Miriam Flynn Dana Barron Jake Thomas |
| Music by | Nathan Furst |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Executive producer(s) | Matty Simmons |
| Producer(s) | Elliot Friedgen |
| Cinematography | Rohn Schmidt |
| Editor(s) | Joel Goodman |
| Running time | 83 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
National Lampoon Productions Elliot Friedgen & Company |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Television |
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| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | December 20, 2003 |
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure is an 2003 American made-for-television comedy film. It premiered December 20, 2003 on NBC and stars Randy Quaid and Miriam Flynn reprising their roles as Cousin Eddie and Catherine, along with Dana Barron reprising her role as Audrey Griswold. It is the sequel to the 1989 film, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, although it is more of a spin-off than a direct chapter of the National Lampoon's Vacation film series, because Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo did not appear.
The story begins with Cousin Eddie at his latest workplace, a nuclear facility where he 'works' alongside a monkey. When the monkey outperforms him in every test (specifically mental agility), the decision is made to fire him. Upon finding out the news, the two get into an argument which results in the monkey biting him.
With Christmas approaching, Eddie is worried about what this job loss will mean for him and his family and he decides to talk to his former boss. Although the thought never occurs to him, the nuclear company is convinced that he will sue. As a preemptive countermeasure, they offer him and his family (along with Audrey Griswold and his Uncle Nick) a free vacation to an island in the South Pacific. While on holiday they take a trip on a boat, while Eddie attempts to catch a shark, they get lost and eventually shipwrecked on an isolated island.
Eventually Eddie is able to prove himself a man by providing for his family and they all celebrate Christmas together on the island. Shortly after, they are rescued.
Mike Stoklasa of RedLetterMedia's show "Best of the Worst" said the film "may have been the worst [he] had ever seen in [his] whole life." The cast ended the Christmas episode of the show by running a DVD copy of the film through a paper shredder, putting the shredded pieces in a Ziploc bag, and mailing them to Warner Bros. Pictures with a letter asking why the film was made.
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