National Lampoon's Vacation

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National Lampoon's Vacation

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National Lampoon's Vacation

Anthony Michael Hall, Beverly D'Angelo, Brian Doyle-Murray, Chevy Chase, Christie Brinkley

The Griswold family, father Clark W., wife Ellen, daughter Audrey and son Rusty, set out in high spirit to spend their vacation driving cross-country from Chicago to a glorious climax in Walley World ...( read more  read more... )on the West Coast. The trip which Clark planned down to the minute, slowly loses its smoothness from the moment the first grain of sand gets in. A meeting with constantly-in-debt, simple-minded cousin Eddie results in the Griswold family giving cantankerous aunt Edna a lift to Phoenix. Of course, the Griswolds receive one strike of bad luck after another, and when they finally arrive at Walley World, they have to find out that the park is closed for maintenance. But Clark promised his beloved family the best vacation ever...

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  • SirPant
    September 25, 2009
    SirPant
    The first one was the best one! Love the poster for it.
  • stopitgoaway
    August 8, 2009
    stopitgoaway
    Every summer Chevy Chase takes his family on a little trip. This year he went too far.

    Chevy Chase stars as Clark Griswold, the typical American businessman. Well, almost a basic businessman. He works in food preservatives. Beverly D'Angelo plays his wife, Anthony Michael Hall ...( read more)plays Rusty, his teenage son, and Dana Barron plays his daughter Audrey . This summer, Clark has decided to go all out and take a vacation with his family to "Walley World," a theme park spoof on Disney World, owned by "Roy Walley".

    Basically, this film starts out strong and ends strong. There are many gut grabbing scenes, and the film never resorts to gross out humor. The biggest gross out is when Clark bites into a sandwich a dog leaked on, but that's a different story.

    Along the way to Walley World, everything and everything that can go wrong does, and Clark ends up with Aunt Edna (Imogene Coca), who adds more fun to this wallop of a comedy.

    The laughter just escalates more and more as we see Clark's dreams flush down the toilet farther and farther, and I can't tell you how much I laughed at some of the scenes.

    "Vacation" isn't typical National Lampoon fare.

    Chevy Chase gives by far his best performance (akthough he acts just as well in "Christmas Vacation") as Clark, a real optimist, go get'm kind of guy, who completely snaps toward the end of the film. The rest of the cast does well, and Beverly D'Angelo does surprisingly well as a house wife. The two children, Audrey and Rusy, squawk at each other, but not to the point of obnoxious, which is another good thing about this film.

    Is it no surprise that John Hughes, the king writer/director of the 80's comedy films wrote this, or that Harold Ramis (Groundhog Day, Ghostbusters, Striped, Analyze This) directed the film?

    With cameos by the likes of John Candy, Eugene Levy, Brian Doyle Murray (who played Clark's boss in "Christmas Vacation"), and more, "Vacation" is a comedic triumph of the eighties that is now an icon of how to make a good comedy.
  • phubbs1
    July 18, 2009
    phubbs1
    MAJOR blast from the past here lol it still holds up pretty well, its actually very funny in spots, mainly down to chase, the classic 80's comedian from the SNL 80's platoon haha the look is historic now and the plot easy going, but the comedy is great and the soundtrack is prett...( read more)y sweet too. Best scenes include...the red Ferarri girl, highjacking WallyWorld, the dead aunt, Randy Quaid as Eddie, arriving at WallyWorld to find its closed and many various in car travel moments. The thing is, you can relate to it haha maybe not now, but back in the day, I had afew roadtrips on hols with the family when I was a kid haha
  • briandeguelle
    April 27, 2009
    briandeguelle
    Classic 80's comedy.Chevy chase at he's best...
  • bradwest
    October 19, 2008
    bradwest
    Still cracks me up.
  • doctordoom
    December 24, 2009
    doctordoom
    A classic comedy from the 80's. One of Chevy Chase best comedies. This is the first vacation movie about the Griswold family. This movie has them traveling across the USA. The movie is full of funny scenes and lines. The film does seem very dated now. But it is still funny to th...( read more)is day. Well worth checking this movie out.
  • ZakaryasX
    December 20, 2009
    ZakaryasX
    SO FREAKIN HILARIOUS
  • saabrian
    December 15, 2009
    saabrian
    One of the best comedy movies ever.
  • terpar26
    December 10, 2009
    terpar26
    Seriously this is comes to a close second from christmas vacation
  • OoHSoAmaZiNg
    December 3, 2009
    OoHSoAmaZiNg
    dffntly some of my favorite chevy chase movies!!
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