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Vacation (2015)

R 07/28/2015 Comedy 1h 39m
63%
User
Score
6.2/10
27%
34/100

What could go wrong?

Overview

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.

John Francis Daley

Writer

Jonathan Goldstein

Director

John Hughes

Characters

Top Billed Cast

Ed Helms

Ed Helms

Rusty Griswold

Christina Applegate

Christina Applegate

Debbie Griswold

Skyler Gisondo

Skyler Gisondo

James Griswold

Steele Stebbins

Steele Stebbins

Kevin Griswold

Chris Hemsworth

Chris Hemsworth

Stone Crandall

Leslie Mann

Leslie Mann

Audrey Griswold

Chevy Chase

Chevy Chase

Clark Griswold

Beverly D'Angelo

Beverly D'Angelo

Ellen Griswold

Charlie Day

Charlie Day

Chad

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Media

The Griswold's Tartan Prancer

The Griswold's Tartan Prancer

Horror Trailer

Horror Trailer

Cast on Chris Hemsworth

Cast on Chris Hemsworth

Griswold effect featurette

Griswold effect featurette

Debbie featurette

Debbie featurette

Rusty featurette

Rusty featurette

Stone featurette

Stone featurette

Now Playing

Now Playing

"Kevin and James" Featurette

"Kevin and James" Featurette

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Now Playing

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Reviews

A review by Reno

Written on November 23, 2016

**When the family vacation turns into a nightmare!**

Having not seen any previous films in this series, I had nothing to compare with it and to blame for. Though I have seen many similar films, but it was not as bad as they say. In this kind of theme, the basic storyline always remains same, the remaining parts like the characters, locations and the diversions in the story developments are the key. I think they did that decently, the two new directors who also penned the screenplay.

Well, this is the story of the Griswold family of a couple and their two teen sons. After realising his family is spiritless with the normal life, the husband surprises his wife and the children to go a vacation. The trip is supposed to have fun, but they find hard to come along in a single mood as a fami...

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A review by Thomaxz

Written on January 7, 2018

As one theres has seeing the originals, I have feared it was a complete rip-off, but yes there is many smilarities, but they have actual succefull made a movie with so much fun and new spins....

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A review by r96sk

Written on February 6, 2025

<em>'Vacation'</em> is a poor final film (for now, you know they'll make another some day) of this series. It is officially a sequel to the previous films, though it's practically a reboot of sorts - one that, evidently, didn't lead to much. All of this just feels lacklustre and forced.

Ed Helms and Christina Applegate aren't the best pairing, their performances aren't anything to shout about either. Helms particularly feels ill-fitting for his role. Skyler Gisondo and Steele Stebbins, the kids, are actually fairly decent, better than the adults for sure.

Chris Hemsworth's part is a little amusing, though very quickly gets repetitive; despite minimal screen time. Another two who also appear for only a short time are Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo. Good to see 'em return but again, ...

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