ERNEST SAVES CHRISTMAS Film Review
ERNEST SAVES CHRISTMAS
Director: John Cherry III
Screenplay: B. Kline and Ed Turner
Story: Ed Turner
Starring: Jim Varney, Douglas Seale, Oliver Clark, Noëlle Parker, Billie Bird, Gailard Sartain, Bill Byrge, Robert Lesser
Rated PG
Running Time: 1 hour 35 minutes
Release Date: November 11, 1988
***1/2 out of *****
Photo: Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
Ernest P. Worrell (JIM VARNEY) is enlisted by Santa Claus (DOUGLAS SEALE) to help him on a mission of utmost importance in ERNEST SAVES CHRISTMAS.
While traveling to Florida to meet with children's show host Joe Carruthers (Oliver Clark), Santa Claus (Douglas Seale) gets into some unexpected trouble. It's up to Ernest P. Worrell (Jim Varney) to save the day and if he doesn't the future of Christmas could be in jeopardy.
Rating Scale:
***** = Outstanding ****1/2 = Excellent **** = Very Good ***1/2 = Above Average
*** = Good **1/2 = Mediocre ** = Fair *1/2 = Poor * = Bad 1/2* = Abysmal