Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)
"A Holiday Comedy Unlike Any Other!"
ThumbScore
👍 67%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 36%
(RT: 36%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Oliver Clark as Joe Carruthers
Noelle Parker as Harmony
Billie Bird as Mary Morrissey
Bill Byrge as Bobby
Robert Lesser as Marty
Is Ernest Saves Christmas good?
It's divisive. 67% audience score, estimated from 220 TMDB ratings. Critics scored it lower at 36%, but audiences disagreed.
Overview
When Santa Claus decides to retire and pass on his magic bag of Christmas surprises to a new Saint Nick, he enlists the aid of a hilarious assortment of characters. A perky teen runaway and hapless taxi driver Ernest P. Worrell must convince a skeptical kiddie-show host to take over the post of Father Christmas. Wikipedia ↗
