National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Movie • 1989 • Comedy
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It's Christmas time and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration, but things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen and their two kids. Clark's continual bad luck is worsened by his obnoxious family guests, but he manages to keep going knowing that his Christmas bonus is due soon.
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Sort of. Two children are kept in conditions most would consider unfit for a child
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Margo punches Todd after attempting to confront the Griswalds
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Clark goes to drink eggnog (an alcoholic drink) as a coping mechanism
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tobacco use throughout
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A live cat is wrapped up as a Christmas present.
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Does a cat die?
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A cat dies from being electricuted. It's extremely upsetting, especially because everyone just laughs rather than recognizing the cat's death. Awful
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A cat dies by electrocution
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Does a pet die?
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the burnt outline of the cat’s shape is shown seared into the carpet
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Is there a dead animal?
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There is a scene where a pet cat is electrocuted. There’s no blood but there is an outline of smoking fur in the shape of a cat implying it’s electrocution.
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Does a horse die?
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Is someone burned alive?
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a cat gets electrocuted and gets burnt up instantly & totally disappears. it is instant and is not shown on fire. the outline of the cat can be seen smoldering in the carpet
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Does someone fall to their death?
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A man falls from a roof but it’s played for comedy and he isn’t hurt.
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Someone faints from shock at least 3 times. It’s played as a comedic thing. A woman is left on the floor after fainting while the family runs away from a squirrel.
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Death
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a cat is electrocuted
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Some Christmas presents are burned and it's possible some of them had toys in them. The children don't seem too bothered by it.
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Does someone cheat?
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Clark flirts with a cashier and lies about not having a wife
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Is someone kidnapped?
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The boss at the end of the movie is kidnapped and restrained.
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Fear
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A few comedy-type loud noises. There’s usually some anticipation and then someone screams/there’s an explosion/etc.
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You don’t see the dog get sick at all, he just chokes up a bone under the table and you see nothing.
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Is there defecation?
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Randy emptying the septic from his tv into the sewer. Visual of gross looking water about one hour into the movie
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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An adult comments that he used to wet himself sometimes due to a head injury.
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Does someone spit?
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The Rottweiler dog is named snot and is covered in it in the first scene he’s introduced
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Is there misophonia?
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Extremely long dinner scene with chewing, talking with mouth full, forks clanking on plates. It keeps cutting to other scenes but then it returns to dinner several times.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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A character makes a throwaway comment that when he had a metal plate in his head, whenever the microwave turned on he’d wet himself and forget who he was for half an hour.
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An old woman seems to have dementia.
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Noxious
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Yes when the police charge the Griswald house.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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There aren't strobe lights, but there are flashes of light at various times, such as when Clark slides off the roof and when he is sledding with the saucer that he had put varnish on to make it go faster.
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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One use of "f**k" since the movie is PG-13
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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This movie is completely safe for my fellow tokophobes. :)
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Clark puts on women’s clothes to stay warm when he is trapped in the attic.
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Is there hate speech?
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Not that I remember within the film but Chevy is a racist, homophobe, and sexist IRL.
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Relationships
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It's a Christmas movie, but it's pretty light on the Christian themes.
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Jokes about incest.
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Is there sexual content?
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In a fantasy sequence, a woman seductively strips before jumping in a pool. The side of her breast is visible for a split second.
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Sickness
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Aunt Bethany has dementia
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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Aunt Beverly suffers from dementia. It’s played as a joke.
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Is someone homeless?
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Eddie’s family lives in a broken down RV.
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Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Does a car crash?
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Is there gun violence?
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A SWAT team storms the house with guns drawn, but no one is shot.
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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