Film198895 min

Ernest Saves Christmas

Name: Ernest Saves Christmas
Genre: Comedy, Family
Released: 1988
Duration: 95 min
Cast: Jim Varney, Douglas Seale, Noelle Parker, Gailard Sartain, Bill Byrge

Taste attributes: comedyfamilyfantasyholidaysfastwholesomelightimaginarysimplelinearglossy

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"A Holiday Comedy Unlike Any Other!"

Boxlist takeA larger-than-life, wholesome comedy: breezy and glossy. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Taste details

Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: very wholesome · Weight: very light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: simple · Structure: linear · Look: very glossy · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Quality rating

5.3 /10

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What lines up

Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it
Setting / scale: Balanced, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
Wholesomeness: Wholesome, where this profile leans unsavoury

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Synopsis

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.

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