Ernest Saves Christmas
“A Holiday Comedy Unlike Any Other!”
Certified Crap. CrapScore 63, rated by 1 admin.
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Ernest's taxi-driving day becomes a recruitment mission for Santa's successor. Jim Varney's broad comedy shares the screen with unexpectedly funny collisions between Christmas magic and ordinary bureaucracy. The ending settles into familiar sentiment, but the route there offers a cheerful collection of seasonal mishaps.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 6.5/10
- Plot
- 6.5/10
- Effects
- 4.5/10
- Dialogue
- 6.5/10
- Rewatchability
- 7.5/10
“Santa's succession plan has been outsourced to Ernest.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 63
Synopsis and movie facts
When Santa Claus decides to retire and pass on his magic bag of Christmas surprises to a new Saint Nick, he enlists the aid of a hilarious assortment of characters. A perky teen runaway and hapless taxi driver Ernest P. Worrell must convince a skeptical kiddie-show host to take over the post of Father Christmas.
- Released
- 1988
- Directed by
- John Cherry
- Running time
- 91 min
Starring
- Jim Varney as Ernest P. Worrell
- Oliver Clark as Joe Carruthers
- Noelle Parker as Harmony
- Gailard Sartain as Chuck
- Billie Bird as Mary Morrissey
- Bill Byrge as Bobby
- Douglas Seale as Santa
- Robert Lesser as Marty
Research behind this pick
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- Film reference · themoviedb.org
Canonical film identity, release date, runtime, director credits, cast, genres, synopsis and poster checked against TMDB movie 26386.
- Review · moriareviews.com
The review praises incongruous Santa encounters and notes the turn toward conventional sentiment.
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