Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Chevy ChaseClark Griswold
- Beverly D'AngeloEllen Griswold
- Anthony Michael HallRusty Griswold
- Imogene CocaAunt Edna
- Randy QuaidCousin Eddie
- Dana BarronAudrey Griswold
- Eddie BrackenRoy Walley
- Brian Doyle-MurrayKamp Komfort Clerk
- Miriam FlynnCousin Catherine
- James KeachMotorcycle Cop
Recommandations
- 70
Variety
National Lampoon’s Vacation is an enjoyable trip through familiar comedy landscapes. - 70
The New York Times
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. - 70
Newsweek
While there are few huge laughs, the very lack of pushiness in Harold Ramis's direction comes as comic relief. [8 Aug 1983, p.55] - 70
Washington Post
This is certainly Chase's most likable vehicle to date, and he endows Mr. Griswold with a sincere sort of goofiness. [29 July 1983, p.D1] - 70
Chicago Reader
It's no masterpiece, but compared to the toothless comedies of its era, its attack on American mythology seems almost worthy of Preston Sturges. - 50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
The film is primarily an excuse for Chase to demonstrate that though he may be a movie star he has yet to learn how to create, let alone sustain, a character, and for director Harold (Caddyshack) Ramis and screenwriter John (National Lampoon's Class Reunion) Hughes to demonstrate that some movie stars get the colleagues they deserve. [2 Aug 1983] - 50
TV Guide Magazine
Director Harold Ramis, star and co-writer of STRIPES (1981) and GHOST BUSTERS (1984), keeps this film moving and heightens the humor with his inclusion of comic cameos from a variety of actors. - 50
Time Out
Not so much a comedy about American values as a 2,500 mile skid on a banana skin. The visual gags come thick and fast, and are about as subtly signposted as the exit markers on a freeway. An exercise in the comedy of humiliation which is the stuff of shamefaced giggles.
