National Lampoon's Vacation

1983 • 1h 39m •

Comedy Adventure

MOVIEVIBE Rating

★ 7.1/10

1,808 reviews

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Clark Griswold is on a quest to take his family to the Walley World theme park for a vacation, but things don't go exactly as planned.

"Every summer Chevy Chase takes his family on a little trip. This year he went too far."

Top Billed Cast

Chevy Chase

Clark Griswold

Beverly D'Angelo

Ellen Griswold

Anthony Michael Hall

Rusty Griswold

Imogene Coca

Aunt Edna

Randy Quaid

Cousin Eddie

Dana Barron

Audrey Griswold

Eddie Bracken

Roy Walley

Brian Doyle-Murray

Kamp Komfort Clerk

Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews

R r96sk Verified TMDB Critic

2025-02-04

<em>'National Lampoon’s Vacation'</em> is a little underwhelming, I thought it was going to be more amusing than it is, though I think there's enough to it that's worth watching. The fun ending with John Candy is what probably nudges this into the rating that I've given.

Chevy Chase is at the forefront of the humour, as anticipated. I would've liked him to a bit more of a bumbling mess than he is, a more dumbed down deadpan delivery would've been more funny. He is shown as an idiot, but not as much as one as the character actually is.

Beverly D'Angelo is good alongside Chase. The kid a...