National Lampoon's European Vacation

National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)

  • 38% of critics liked it
    (21 reviews)

  • 55% of users liked it
    (60,852 ratings)

Despite the many adventures they suffered in National Lampoon's Vacation, the Griswold family decides to take another crack at having fun. This time, the doltish clan heads across the Atlantic for a whirlwind vacation after winning a game show. Will the monuments of Europe survive? ~ Sandra Brennan,… More

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PG-13, 1 hr. 35 min.
Directed By
Amy Heckerling
Written By
John Hughes, Robert Kane
Genres
Comedy
In Theaters
Jul 26, 1985 Wide
On DVD
Apr 2, 2002
Warner Home Video

Critic Reviews

  • Tim Brayton, Antagony & Ecstasy

    Awkward and unamusing and ridiculous in the bad way.

  • Peter Canavese, Groucho Reviews

    I see London, I see France, I see Chevy do a dumb dance. [Blu-ray]

  • Sierra Filucci, Common Sense Media

    Funny but extremely crass '80s family comedy.

  • Steve Crum, Kansas City Kansan

    Not as funny as the first, but has its moments

  • Fred Topel, About.com

    Another great Vacation movie. Typical dumb tourist antics in Eurpoe, and it still works.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Phil H


    Solid stuff, very funny in places but very dumb in others. Its hella dated though haha again Chase is making it happen here, the strip club, the German beer festival clog dance, the roundabout in London, the hotel in london, staying with the German relations etc...Chase makes this… More

  • Alexander D


    Sequel to 1983 road movie still has the innuendo and raunch that made us laugh so hard. The laughs aren't <i>as</i> large and frequent with EUROPEAN VACATION, but it still is definitive of the series's sponsor's name (<i>National Lampoon</i>).… More

  • Martin S


    I can't seem to understand why this would be funny...

  • Mike S


    Say what you will about Chevy Chase, but I've always enjoyed his style of humor. At least as it comes to his "Vacation" comedies, which I can watch over and over again, without the entertainment value ever fading. Here in Sweden they run them on TV all the time, and… More

  • Dean !


    I just remembered I have seen this, the bit in the London B&B. It's not as good as the first Vacation film.

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