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National Lampoons Vacation
1983
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National Lampoons Vacation
Positive Reviews
14
Negative reviews
2
Average Rating
3.9
/5
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5.0
Parents need to know that National Lampoons Vacation is a 1983 comedy filled with inappropriate behavior from both adults and tweens.
Common Sense Media
4.0
Its not the best Vacation movie by any stretch, but its a wild ride from start to finish.
We Got This Covered
2.5
This is certainly Chases most likable vehicle to date, and he endows Mr. Griswold with a sincere sort of goofiness.
4.0
I just watched the original VACATION again for the umpteenth time and let me tell you, it just gets funnier every time that I see it.
JoBlo
4.4
National Lampoons Vacation (1983) 3 1/2 Stars (out of 4) Walley World By Jeffrey M. Anderson National Lampoons Vacation boasts a great cast and great ..
Combust Ible Celluloid
3.0
Despite plenty of gross out gags and dumb slapstick bits, the careful viewer can occasionally detect some acrid and original satire in this 1983 film.
Chicago Reader
4.0
Review Our Score by Joanna Berry National Lampoons first outing 1978s Animal House is still the funniest by far, but this decent effort is miles bette ..
Radio Times
4.5
And I have to imagine any movie with Chevy Chase would be loaded with hilarious outtakes, yet we dont see any of those either.
Bullz-Eye
4.5
National Lampoons Vacation is an enjoyable trip through familiar comedy landscapes.
Variety
3.5
The satire of suburban attitudes remains mostly implicit, though it bubbles to the surface with another race themed gag: when a Native American sizes ..
Groucho Reviews
1.5
Its a pleasant diversion with a few memorable bits and a likable cast, but true comic invention is hard to locate in the meandering screenplay by the ..
Clclt
4.5
...a zany, lighthearted look at numbskull American tourism at its most chaotic.
Movie Metropolis
3.5
Thanks largely to Chevy Chases zaniness and comic timing this is a very funny movie.
People
2.0
The technical skill it must have taken to put these shots together is worn extremely lightly.
Critics Notebook
4.5
The humor in Vacation also taps into something beyond the trials and travails of a road trip gone wrong.
Mania.com
4.5
Perhaps the most interesting thing about Harold Ramiss classic 1983 comedy of errors is how well its held up in the two decades since it hit theaters.
Dvd Journal
4.5
In fact, Ellen regularly gives it tight to Clark about what hes doing wrong; sure, shes one more indignity for a hen pecked husband, but shes also a s ..
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