National Lampoon's Vacation 40th Anniversary
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The all-American Griswold family just wants to go on an all-American vacation. Everyone is packed. The route is planned... And absolutely everything goes wrong as a simple trip quickly becomes a madcap cross-country odyssey and heroic quest in search of National Lampoon's Vacation.
Cast
- Chevy Chase
- Beverly D'Angelo
- Christie Brinkley
- Anthony Michael Hall
- Imogene Coca
- Randy Quaid
- Dana Barron
- John Candy
- Eddie Bracken
- Brian Doyle-Murray
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- Aug 20, 2023
75 That grand reveal of the Walley World skyline: one of the greatest matte paintings in the history of the medium. Funny movie. If you've seen one Vacation movie, you've seen them all, but Chevy Chase is particularly unhinged in this one. It works because he's not…
SilentDawnJul 17, 2019- Hey, you got Pac-Man? - No. - You got Space Invaders? - Nope. - You got Asteroids? - No, but my dad does. He can't even sit on the toilet some days.
Mikael StånggrenJul 6, 2022Clark Griswold, lovable family man or deranged killer? I’m leaning towards the latter on this one guys.
Bryan Espitia - Dec 22, 2014
Holiday rooooAAAAOOOoooaaaoooaaaooooad. Holiday rooooAAAAOOOoooaaaoooaaaooooad. There's one scene here that now (and then too, frankly) is in such poor taste, where the Griswolds get lost on the "wrong side of town" and a bunch of African Americans steal their hubcaps…
Matt SingerJul 20, 2025my mother passed away a few days ago and this was her favorite movie and far and away the movie we have watched the most times together — it helped to inform our shared sense of humor and inspired our love of road trips and amusement parks but, most of all, it spoke to the…
Justin LaLibertyJul 5, 2020because nothing screams quirky family road movie like abandoned corpse
Daniel Azbel - Nov 6, 2023
"You think you hate it now, wait till you drive it" The Griswold's cross country adventure from Chicago to Wally World, California in a car that looks like it's been designed by Homer Simpson on crack. "Don't Die unless someone's home" Excellent Chevy Chase road…
VIVE_le_FILTHDec 22, 2025not as funny as christmas vacation but i still enjoyed it!
hannah ˚˖𓍢ִ໋🐈✧˚.⋆Dec 12, 2025okay so me and my parents rewatched national lampoons christmas vacation as we do every year (i actually enjoy that movie now) and then my dad insisted we immediately watch this one as i’ve never seen it.. ..yeah would’ve been happy not to.
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- Kyle likedNational Lampoon's Vacation
This was a pretty great movie! Definitely worth the watch if you like cheesy! Super funny. Sometimes I espire to have family vacations like this 10/10 💯 🚙
Sabrina Bondi likedNational Lampoon's VacationHalf-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.
sakiya. lovedNational Lampoon's Vacationto put in queue 1. i was dying when clark said roll em up😭 2. i also thought i was funny when he feel asleep while driving and acted nothing happened when they got to the motel 3. “that hurt ellen”🤣 4. “sit down and shut up! - move out of that seat and i’ll split your lip”
- Alex Ruppert likedNational Lampoon's Vacation
Honestly I don’t know how well I remember this one. But if it’s as good as Christmas Vacation this it’s gotta be stellar itself. I’m sure the comedy is great and although Chevy Chase is controversial you can’t deny that he fits the role of a suburban dad.
Jenna likedNational Lampoon's Vacationi was fully going to “meh” this movie but the whole scene when wally actually comes in and the security guard enjoys the rides made it so much better hahaha pretty okay movie what a great cast
James Pritchard is "meh" onNational Lampoon's Vacationit felt like fairly funny skits attemptedly glued together to make a film, had funny moments but didn’t feel worthy of a film. probably funnier for americans, didn’t really suit british humour
- Arsal likedNational Lampoon's Vacation
The movie captures the anxiety of forced family bonding and ruined vacations perfectly. Its humor is broad but relatable, and its premise became a blueprint for future comedies.
Alyssa Jones is "meh" onNational Lampoon's Vacationthere were some funny moments but i felt kind of bored tbh and the acting couldve been better. some things went on a bit too long and it def doesnt top christmad vacation
nevan likedNational Lampoon's Vacationwildly stupid and occasionally funny movie. it’s shocking how much the road trip i was on while watching this mirrored the film; the christmas one is peak by the way
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- TGTom Gomez
It's still funny after all these years.
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National Lampoon's Vacation, which is more controlled than other Lampoon movies have been, is careful not to stray too far from its target. The result is a confident humor and throwaway style that helps sustain the laughs - of which there are quite a few.
Janet Maslin
The New York Times
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