Imagine that, I only first saw "Ernest Saves Christmas" for the first time during the Christmas season of 2016. Yep, I know, way overdue. And it was only because it was part of a Christmas movie marathon with the family that I got around to watching this movie.Now, I am vaguely familiar with the Ernest character (played by Jim Varney) from my childhood, as I remember watching some of the movies back then, though the only title that comes to mind is "Ernest Goes to Camp".While "Ernest Saves Christmas" hardly is a Christmas Classic, it is still a funny and entertaining movie. Especially if you like the kind of slapstick comedy used there. And yes, there are a lot of funny situations, and I did laugh often and enjoyed the silliness of the movie, for sure.Despite being funny, then "Ernest Saves Christmas" wasn't exactly the type of movie that stood out as being memorable. I think you might actually watch it more than once, but with years in between each viewing.One of the good things is that you can sit down and watch "Ernest Saves Christmas" without having watched other movies in the franchise, as they work well as stand-alone movies."Ernest Saves Christmas" is a movie that can be enjoyed by virtually everyone in the family. And it is a fun enough movie to put on for some Christmas time comedy.

Ernest helps Santa Claus as he searches for his successor.I thought I had already written a review, but either I was mistaken or IMDb deleted it. Having seen this film five times in the last five years, it is surely one that sicks with me. Some -- myself included -- will say "Ernest Goes to Camp" is among the best in the series, as is "Ernest Scared Stupid". But only one, "Ernest Saves Christmas", has the appeal to make it one to see every December (or late November).Perfect casting for Santa, some stupid humor. Some offbeat humor (the "Santa's Slay" but is awesome). A feel-good message. And what a breakthrough role for Noelle Parker, who went on to star as Amy Fisher and then have her own television series, "Sisters". I am surprised she not got any bigger than she is... would love to hear her on an audio commentary for this film.

Christmas is coming, too bad he's in the driver's seat This is a story about how Santa Claus is trying to find a replacement but he is having trouble doing things on his own so a teenage girl and zany cab driver (Ernest) work together to help Santa save Christmas before it's too late for everyone. Will they succeed? Or will Ernest's accident prone nature destroy their chances.Well out of all the Ernest movies that were out there I found only about 4 of them to be any good and this one is definitely one of the good ones. Jim Varney is a great character actor and I feel bad that he had been caged into this role so many times. Of course he is very good at the role and it shows with this film. The comedy is slapstick in nature but highly entertaining with good character interaciton. The acting is passable overall and the story is a fairly good heartwarming one. At this time of year there are a few movies that I consider classic must see's and this is one of those.

Fourth best of the Ernest Line.This is just plain silly fun. This isn't the smartest Ernest movie, but then again, none of them are exactly brilliant. They ARE fun, entertaining, and enjoyable, however, and this one is no exception.Something I do find interesting about this work, is the fact that Ernest's Jack Russell Terrier, and many other aspects of this film, seem to return in a wildly successful Carrey vehicle known as The Mask. Ineresting, that.Aside from that, this is a sweet, high energy, endearing bit of Christmas fluff. It isn't my favorite of this category of films, but it is among them.It rates a 5.9/10 from...the Fiend :.