National Lampoon's Vacation


1983 comedy

Rating: 14/20

Plot: The Griswold family drives across the country to visit Walley World.

I had to give this movie bonus points because I find Chevy Chase so disagreeable. I assume this is better than I think it is and that the taint that is Chevy Chase fouls everything up. There's little plot, just an episodic structure giving them all chances to set up a collection of gags, and not all of them work as well as they did when I was twelve. Still, it's all memorable. Of course, I've seen this about 100 times, too, so maybe that's why it's memorable. Silly and only almost likable stuff. The best thing about the entire movie is its poster.

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