This charmless movie not for children.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 1, 2011

Mechanical performances by Vanessa Williams and Bow Wow, as Nate's musically inclined son, impair Cedric's earnest comedic efforts in this spasmodic comedy.

| Original Score: C | May 4, 2009

Several laugh-out-loud moments are scattered throughout this otherwise dumb-and-gets-even-dumber African-American road trip.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 7, 2008

This is a real mess, with out-of-focus shots and continuity lapses that suggest a production in chaos.

| Mar 6, 2007

Packing all the tired trappings of the raunchy road-trip genre, this loutish comedy plays out as a loosely threaded collection of shrill jokes and cliched sight gags.

Full Review | Mar 6, 2007

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Apr 2, 2005

I really wanted to like this movie, especially since I'm a fan of Cedric the Entertainer.

| Original Score: 3/10 | Feb 5, 2005

...Cedric the Entertainer simply cannot act.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Aug 17, 2004

Too many jokes fall flat and a number of promising set-ups ... wind up going nowhere.

| Aug 8, 2004

We can only generously call it a pale imitation of National Lampoon's Vacation

| Original Score: 0.5/4 | Aug 3, 2004

Find one stereotype and stick to it. Don't confuse the audience by trying to be Wayne Brady and Bernie Mac in the same movie.

| Original Score: 1/5 | May 5, 2004

It really wasn't as funny as it could of been or should have been.

| Apr 18, 2004

The direction on Johnson Family Vacation is numbingly slack; the synapses between the scenes don't spark effortlessly, as they should, and the whole enterprise feels dragged-down and belabored.

| Apr 17, 2004

Eighties nostalgia has seeped so far into our pop-cultural landscape, it's starting to feel like VH1 took over the movie studios.

Full Review | Apr 16, 2004

Family of Five in Search of a Script might be a better title, but this road picture gets better as it goes along, and the upbeat ending redeems it considerably.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 15, 2004

A shambles like this just oozes contempt for both its performers and its audience -- something that's even more unfunny than the movie itself.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Apr 14, 2004

Plays out like the pilot episode for a sitcom that no network picked up.

| Original Score: D- | Apr 13, 2004

Before the opening credits had ended, I was counting down the minutes until I could get back to scraping old tile adhesive off my kitchen floor.

Full Review | Original Score: 0/4 | Apr 12, 2004

Big disappointment.

Full Review | Apr 12, 2004

The humor runs out of gas after about 30 minutes.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 12, 2004