Ad exec Clark Griswold becomes consumed with taking his family cross-country to Wally World, a California amusement park. But things aren't going to go exactly as planned, especially when Clark Griswold is losing all thought towards a mysterious blonde in a red Ferrari.
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August 24, 2014
Director Harold Ramis, who went on to make Groundhog Day, keeps the silliness coming at a fast and furious pace.May 07, 2008
Despite plenty of gross-out gags and dumb slapstick bits, the careful viewer can occasionally detect some acrid and original satire in this 1983 film.June 24, 2006
The result is not so much a comedy about American values as a 2,500 mile skid on a banana skin. The visual gags come thick and fast, and are about as subtly signposted as the exit markers on a freeway.June 24, 2015
Half-baked but occasionally hilarious, National Lampoon's Vacation gets a reasonable amount of mileage out of depicting the disaster-prone journey of a "typical" family of four, the Griswolds of suburban Chicago.August 30, 2004
The result is a confident humor and throwaway style that helps sustain the laughs -- of which there are quite a few.May 31, 2013
National Lampoon's Vacation is a comedic cross-country adventure like no other, thanks to Chevy Chase and the rest of the Griswold family.May 25, 2013
The Griswolds are a national treasure.July 31, 2013
The humor in Vacation also taps into something beyond the trials and travails of a road trip gone wrong.August 02, 2013
Thanks largely to Chevy Chase's zaniness and comic timing this is a very funny movie.May 21, 2013
A timeless comedy. Hysterical.May 07, 2008
National Lampoon's Vacation is an enjoyable trip through familiar comedy landscapes.August 01, 2015
It's a pleasant diversion with a few memorable bits and a likable cast, but true comic invention is hard to locate in the meandering screenplay by the late John Hughes.