Review of Ernest Saves Christmas (1988) by Siân P — 02 Jul 2007

The best of the Ernest Movies, and that's not saying much.

This review of Ernest Saves Christmas (1988) was written by Siân P on 02 Jul 2007.

Ernest Saves Christmas has generally received mixed reviews.

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A cute movie that is kinda annoying at times. It is....interesting.....a nice movie to watch but I wouldn't buy 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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By Kieran F (521) on 24 Dec 2012

One of the best Christmas films ever created! Shame they never make movies like this anymore. Stupid harmless fun at it's finest…

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By Kevin S (2,121) on 12 Dec 2012

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By Brian M (1,664) on 15 Dec 2012

When Ernest saved Christmas...he saved me too…

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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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