Beverly D'Angelo, Chevy Chase, Ethan Embry

Nobody plans a vacation better than Clark Griswold. This time out, Clark has finally chosen the perfect destination. He''s selected the Promised Land where the Griswolds can enjoy their own special br...( read more  read more... )and of kinship and reach certain vacation nirvana: the new family-entertainment capital of America -- Las Vegas, Nevada. But Clark didn''t count on one thing. Despite Vegas'' new image as a city with wholesome activities for the whole family to enjoy, its tempting underbelly still lures the unsuspecting with its glitzy, glammy enchantments. And each wide-eyed member of the Griswold gang becomes seduced by the easy enticements of Sin City. Can the Griswolds come back together once they''ve tasted the high life in Lost Wages? Before their Vegas voyage is over, they''ll see and do it all: wonder at the illusion of a Siegfried & Roy stage extravaganza, scale the dizzying heights of the Hoover Dam, thrill at the bulbs and buzz on the Strip and indulge in the decadent pleasures of the big-ticket suites.

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PG, 95 min.

Directed by: Stephen Kessler

Release Date: February 17, 1997

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DVD Release Date: July 8, 1998

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  • September 25, 2009
    Apart from a nice little Sid Caesar cameo, this was awful!
  • August 8, 2009
    This is a very funny movie. Not as funny Christmas Vacation it sort of predecessor. The laughs excellently played, especially (Possibly spoiling) the Hoover Dam part (Please feel free to take any Dam pictures or ask any Dam questions). A definite must see.
  • July 18, 2009
    Hmmm losing the appeal here hahaha nice idea and nice touches here and there, chase still makes me laugh as does Randy Quaid as Eddie. Just about acceptable, best scene, Clarke tells a porky to wife Ellen about not being hooked on gambling, then proceeds to leave the room go down...( read more)stairs to the gambling den, using a cam shot following his progress, places a bet, loses, lets out the most hilarious grimace of frustration and then proceeds to run back upstairs to Ellen lol lol lol the best classic moment.
  • March 29, 2008
    Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) decided to take his Wife Ellen (Beverly D'Angelo) and his two teenagers Rusty (Ethan Embry) and Audrey (Marisol Nichols) to Las Vegas for Summer Trip. His family thinks it's a terrible place to go on Vacation at first until Clark convinced them, it wo...( read more)uld be the perfect family vacation unlike his other vacation failures. Once they are in Las Vegas, each of them for better or worse are experiencing Las Vegas as they never thought it would. Especially when Clark's wife Ellen is been flirted by Vegas Entertainer Wayne Newton, His son Rusty is enjoyable the high illegal night-life of Las Vegas and his daughter is mesmerized by her cousin Vicki (Shae D'Lyn). Which her cousin is a popular dancer in the seedy small city. As for Clark is been losing money consistently by playing Black Jack with a professor card dealer (Wallace Shawn).

    Hoover Dam Guide: "I am your dam guide, Arnie, please don't wander off the dam tour and please take all the dam pictures you want. Now are there any dam questions?
    Cousin Eddie: Yeah, where can I get some damn bait? "
  • March 5, 2008
    some good gags - like the dam/damn scene
  • November 22, 2009
    Griswald for life...same as the Bundys...
  • October 23, 2009
    1 of the last great National Lampoon movies
  • October 19, 2009
    Best of all the Chevy Chase Vacation movies really funny and my favorite family movie of all time
  • September 30, 2009
    Cada vez que la vuelvo a ver me rio y me rio y me rio.......
  • August 12, 2009
    For some reason I think I liked this one. I should watch it again and then maybe I could tell you why.

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January 1, 2000
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

Why, if [Chevy] Chase is such a funny guy, does he make such unfunny movies? full review

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  • jayliff
    May 2, 2007
    What's that girl's name who played Audrey, she was hot, especially in that scene where she was dancing on top of that sign.

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