Chevy Chase, then a massive television star off the back of his comedy chops on Saturday Night Live, and who was stretching out into feature films, stars alongside Coal Miner’s Daughter actress Beverley D’Angelo and a quickfire John Candy, Randy Quaid, Eugene Levy and Imogene Coca in this briskly paced but flatly directed comedic outing that fails to ignite the imagination the caveat to this is that if you’re a child of the 80’s you’re likely reconsidering reading this review any further due to my outrageous sacrilege, but the point of this review is that despite the film’s acknowledged status as a classic of the genre, watching it today it’s nearly offensive for just how out-of-its-time much of the events within really are.įamily-man Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase – Fletch) decides to take his family on a cross-country trip from Chicago to the SoCal amusement park Walley World. ![]() ![]() Glimpses of boobs and giggling allusions to underage drug use notwithstanding, the allure of National Lampoon’s Vacation – the first of five films to bear the name – lacks bite in the post-millennial age, which will not endear it to anyone unfamiliar with it’s distinctly era-appropriate charms. Perennial 80’s cult classic Vacation franchise kicks off with a tired, worn-out disaster of a road-trip sketch comedy that offers few laughs, even fewer memorable moments, and is aimed purely at the young teenage boy market. Synopsis: The Griswold family’s cross-country drive to the Walley World theme park proves to be much more arduous than they ever anticipated. ![]() Principal Cast : Chevy Chase, Beverley D’Angelo, Anthony Michael Hall, Dana Barron, Imogene Coca, Randy Quaid, John Candy, Christie Brinkley, Eddie Bracken, Brian Doyle-Murray, Miriam Flynn, James Keach, Eugene Levy, Frank McRae, Jane Krakowski, John P Navin Jr, Violet Ramis, Mickey Jones, John Diehl, James Staley.
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