• National Lampoon's European Vacation (2006)

    After winning a European vacation on a game show, Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) convinces his reluctant family to accompany him. His wife, Ellen (Beverly D'Angelo), is excited, but daughter Audrey (Dana Hill) is reluctant to leave her boyfriend behind, while teen son Rusty (Jason Lively) dreams of meeting girls. After arriving in London, the clan encounters one disaster after another...

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National Lampoon's European Vacation
47
metacriticBased on 10 Critics
67
Based on 6 Users

Release Date: July 10th, 2006

DVD Release Date: April 2nd, 2002

PG-13 |1 hr 34 min

Plot Summary

After winning a European vacation on a game show, Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) convinces his reluctant family to accompany him. His wife, Ellen (Beverly D'Angelo), is excited, but daughter Audrey (Dana Hill) is reluctant to leave her boyfriend behind, while teen son Rusty (Jason Lively) dreams of meeting girls. After arriving in London, the clan encounters one disaster after another as they travel through France, Germany and Italy, while Clark's attempts to cheer everyone up make things worse.

Cast: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Dana Hill, Jason Lively, Eric Idle, Victor Lanoux, John Astin, Paul Bartel

Director: Amy Heckerling

Genres: Comedy

Production Co: Warner Brothers

Distributors: Warner Bros., Warner Home Vídeo

Keywords: Madcap, Hilarious, 1980s, Son, Love, Father, London, Daughter, Wife, Hotel

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  • 63
    Chicago Tribune

    Too many scenes in European Vacation peter out about a gag or two short for the film to be as funny as it ought to be. But the basic amiability of the humor is as pleasant as it is surprising. show more

  • 50
    Jay ScottThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)

    National Lampoon's European Vacation is directed by Amy Heckerling, whose career began with the spunky if not inventive Fast Times at Ridgemont High and continued with the inventive if not spunky Johnny Dangerously; this time, she's responsible for a picture that's neither inventive nor spunky. [29 July 1985]

  • 50
    Bill CosfordMiami Herald

    Chase and D'Angelo are clever and naturally funny, and they're well-matched. And yet the movie is dumb, so dumb it must have taken some work to make it that way. Perhaps next the Griswalds should make a forced march through a Hollywood executive's brain. [27 July 1985, p.B3]

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