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Vacation
2015 99 min United States of America R 16+
★5.5
Comedy, Adventure
Director: John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein
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Description
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.
Budget:
$31M
US Gross:
$58.88M
Worldwide:
$104.4M
Starring
Ed Helms
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Christina Applegate
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Skyler Gisondo
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Awards
MTV Movie & TV Awards 2016
— Best Kiss
Key opinion
Vacation is a divisive, raunchy road-trip comedy that functions as a loose sequel to the 1980s original. While some viewers enjoy its chaotic, bawdy energy, others find the reliance on crude humor and thin plotting to be a lackluster attempt at reviving the franchise.
| Acting | Ed Helms and Christina Applegate provide solid, energetic performances that anchor the central family dynamic. | |
| Screenplay | The film features a simple, predictable road-movie structure that mirrors the formula of the original 1983 installment. | |
| Humor | The film delivers a specific brand of crude, vulgar humor, which some viewers find refreshing and hilarious while others deem gross or repetitive. | |
| Adaptation | Opinions on the film's status as a sequel are polarized, with some appreciating the nostalgic nods and cameos, while others find them forced or inferior to the classic franchise installments. |