Storyline
Hoping to bring his family closer together and to recreate his childhood vacation for his own kids, a grown up Rusty Griswold takes his wife and their two sons on a cross-country road trip to the coolest theme park in America, Walley World. Needless to say, things don't go quite as planned.
Directors
Cast
Charlie Day, John Francis Daley, Michael Peña, Leslie Mann, Nadine Avola, Beverly D'Angelo, Ed Helms, Keegan-Michael Key, Ron Livingston, Nick Kroll, Regina Hall, Matthew Cornwell, Michael H. Cole, Norman Reedus, Christina Applegate, Skyler Gisondo, Chevy Chase, Kaitlin Olson, Chris Hemsworth, David Clennon, Colin Hanks, R.F. Daley, Tim Heidecker, Valerie Payton, Ethan Maher, Libby Blanton, Brandon Michael Hale, Steele Stebbins, Catherine Missal, Elizabeth Gillies, Miles Doleac, Emyri Crutchfield, Alkoya Brunson, Hannah Davis, Kirstin Ford, Cristina Squyres, Ryan Cartwright, O'Clair Alexander, Holly Gardner, Elizabeth Fendrick, Brooke Jaye Taylor, Rick Ericson, Omar Lagudali, Cameron McIntyre
Trailer
Reviews
60
Vacation does occasionally spring to life, delivering the kind of ouch-inducing humor of personal humiliation and bad luck that we’ve come to know from the ongoing adventures of the Griswold family. But while those laughs are welcome, there aren’t quite enough of them to sustain the experience.
58
Vacation is a Gen X comedy franchise rebooted exactly how audiences can expect in 2015, bawdier and less likable than whatever classic inspires it.
50
Nothing really connects, not the bullying brothers, not the frustrated parents, not the sight gags familiar to anyone who's seen the giveaway trailer. The whole production has a cheap, tacky look that the talented leads, Helms and Applegate, can't save despite considerable charm and effort.
40
The filmmakers’ unsubtle style is responsible for killing many of the jokes. But they do succeed with several of the performers.
40
Helms, a funny performer, is just the face of a mining expedition for easy yuks out of a recognised title. What that says about our regurgitative culture is rather depressing. There’s so much nostalgia on our screens right now. I could really use a vacation.
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