Review of Ernest Saves Christmas (1988) by Sanford R — 22 Nov 2008

Definitely the best Ernest movie and a great Christmas movie too. I love it! :).

This review of Ernest Saves Christmas (1988) was written by Sanford R on 22 Nov 2008.

Ernest Saves Christmas has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Matthew J (1,312) on 22 Dec 2011

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Jim Varney is just great as usual and this movie is good, I mean it succeeds at what it sets out to do. I really enjoyed it…

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Not quite as bad as Scared Stupid, but still pretty darn bad. No what I mean, Vern…

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