Thanksgiving Family Reunion (TV 2003)

All Mitch Snider wants for his family is a traditional holiday feast with the relatives. The problem is that he doesn't have any. That is until he gets an invitation in the mail from his ... See full summary »

Director:

Neal Israel

Writers:

Marc Warren, Dennis Rinsler

Stars:

Bryan Cranston, Judge Reinhold, Penelope Ann Miller

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Bryan Cranston	...	Woodrow Snider
Judge Reinhold	...	Dr. Mitch Snider
Penelope Ann Miller	...	Pauline Snider
Hallie Todd	...	Jill Snider
Meghan Ory	...	Allison Snider
Calum Worthy	...	Danny Snider
Britt Irvin	...	Twig Snider
Reece Thompson	...	Harley Snider
Antony Holland	...	Uncle Phil
Rheta Hutton	...	Janis (as Rheta With An 'H')
David Paetkau	...	Jimmy Hodges
Garry Chalk	...	Fred Hodges
Noel Fisher	...	Buzz Hodges
Paul McGillion	...	Sheriff Kirkland
David King	...	Head Surgeon

Storyline

All Mitch Snider wants for his family is a traditional holiday feast with the relatives. The problem is that he doesn't have any. That is until he gets an invitation in the mail from his long-lost cousin Woodrow. What follows is a full-course meal of nonstop laughs when the neurotic suburbanites clash with the hippy hicks from hell in National Lampoon's most outrageous family misadventure yet.

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Plot Keywords:

free spirit | free thinker | football | male nudity | thanksgiving | 

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Taglines:

This Family Trip Is NO Vacation.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sexual content, nudity and crude humor

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 November 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

National Lampoon's Holiday Reunion

Company Credits

Production Co:

National Lampoon Productions, Relatively Crazy Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Twig Snider: What if they laugh?
Allison Snider: We'll smash their heads like melons.

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Connections

References Charlie's Angels (1976)

User Reviews

There Was A Time When "National Lampoon" Meant Something.

National Lampoon's Holiday Reunion is about two cousins in a rather dysfunctional family who do not even remember each other. Since neither cousin has any extended family, they decided to reunite and have Thanksgiving together. Of course, the "normal" family is appalled when they meet their redneck cousins. Sound familiar? Maybe because it is the same plot from National Lampoon's Vacation, only a lot less funny.

Judge Reinhold stars as Dr. Mitch Snider, an anesthesiologist for the stars in California. Bryan Cranston co-stars as Woodrow Snider, the redneck cousin with a big heart but down on his luck. Cousin Eddie.. I mean Cousin Woodrow is also in between a rock and a hard place financially and wants to ask his cousin, Mitch, for $60,000, but for some reason, asks for a kidney instead. I suppose to make Mitch feel sorry for him.

I do not even really have to go into the rest, because if you have seen the other National Lampoon movies up to this point, you know what will happen. Even the formula for Holiday Reunion is the same as Holdiay Vacation. Both families consist of the husband and wife, daughter and son, and of course, the token old guy.

I really hope National Lampoon's gets it's act together because they used to be a great franchise, but lately, I have seen nothing but unoriginality and poor writing, especially for the comedy we have come to expect from them. 3/10