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

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

Big disappointment.

Full Review | Apr 12, 2004

As arduous to watch as your neighbor's poorly focused vacation slides.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Apr 11, 2004

Single-handedly saving a movie may be a tall order for a short-legged clown, but Cedric the Entertainer is the best (and probably only) reason to take this Vacation.

Full Review | Apr 9, 2004

This family vacation runs out of gas long before its destination.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 9, 2004

If laughs are the currency of any comedy, then this one pays minimum wage.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Apr 9, 2004

Vacations are supposed to make you feel better, and Johnson Family Vacation does just that.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 8, 2004

Johnson Family Vacation is simply a bad trip.

| Original Score: .5/4 | Apr 8, 2004

It's a sign of trouble when watching a movie prompts nostalgia for the movie it's ripping off, particularly when that movie wasn't any good.

Full Review | Apr 8, 2004

A wheezing contraption, which strands Cedric the Entertainer behind the wheel and forces him to motor a collection of laugh-and-learn wacky situations by sheer force of his outsize charm.

| Original Score: C- | Apr 7, 2004

An African-American road trip that mostly squanders some very gifted performers.

Full Review | Apr 7, 2004

Moviegoers hankering for another installment in Chevy Chase's vacation series may get a quick fix from Johnson Family Vacation. Just don't expect the film to add anything to the time-worn vacation-from- hell genre.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 7, 2004

Passable, uninspired entertainment, as harmless as watching home movies of your own vacation -- and about as exciting.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 7, 2004

A comedy with a couple of big laughs but many more missed opportunities.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Apr 7, 2004

Apart from Williams' presence, director Christopher Erskin's feature debut isn't worth the price of submission.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Apr 7, 2004

Cedric the Entertainer stars in a long drive in search of a family comedy, which is found too late and amounts to too little.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 7, 2004

I'd like to believe I could watch Cedric the Entertainer all day long. The tedious comedy Johnson Family Vacation puts a strain on that theory.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 7, 2004

Johnson Family Vacation is no groundbreaker, but it's an easygoing, earthy comedy that's a good showcase for the robust comic gifts of Cedric the Entertainer.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 7, 2004