Half-baked but occasionally hilarious, National Lampoon's Vacation gets a reasonable amount of mileage out of depicting the disaster-prone journey of a "typical" family of four, the Griswolds of suburban Chicago.

| Jun 24, 2015

This is one Vacation trip not to be missed.

| Oct 7, 2009

National Lampoon's Vacation is an enjoyable trip through familiar comedy landscapes.

| May 7, 2008

Despite plenty of gross-out gags and dumb slapstick bits, the careful viewer can occasionally detect some acrid and original satire in this 1983 film.

| May 7, 2008

The result is 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.

| Jun 24, 2006

The result is a confident humor and throwaway style that helps sustain the laughs -- of which there are quite a few.

Full Review | Aug 30, 2004