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Vegas Vacation (1997)

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Reviews Counted:28

Fresh:4

Rotten:24

Average Rating:3.7/10

Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: This time out, the Griswolds test their oft-ill-fated vacation luck in America's newest family playground, fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada! Slapstick hilarity ensues.

Starring: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Randy Quaid, Christie Brinkley

Starring: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Randy Quaid, Christie Brinkley, Wallace Shawn

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Aug 22, 1997

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Reviews for Vegas Vacation

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...the Griswolds bring down the house.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
08/02/09
Blake French
Blake French
Filmcritic.com

It's a bad sign when National Lampoon wants its name out of the title.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
07/21/09
TV Guide's Movie Guide

The subplots involving D'Angelo and Newton and Ethan Embry -- the Griswolds' son, who can't stop winning -- have their charms.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
07/21/09
Lisa Alspector
Lisa Alspector
Chicago Reader
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A tepid fourth entry in the popular 1980s series that is decidedly showing its age.

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03/26/09
Todd McCarthy
Todd McCarthy
Variety
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Click to read the article

Full Review Source: JoBlo's Movie Emporium | comment Comment
06/24/06
JoBlo
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JoBlo's Movie Emporium

The fourth and weakest trip with the hapless Griswolds.

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10/06/05
Chuck O'Leary
Chuck O'Leary
Fantastica Daily

No review available.

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09/27/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

A high colonic for the brain.

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07/05/04
Martin Scribbs
Martin Scribbs
Low IQ Canadian

Stay home!

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09/21/03
James Sanford
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette

No review available.

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08/22/03
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
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To the legions who have returned as losers from the glitzy playgrounds of the Nevada desert can now be added the people responsible for Vegas Vacation.

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05/20/03
Lawrence Van Gelder
Lawrence Van Gelder
New York Times
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No review available.

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02/16/03
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

I'll lay you 3-to-1 odds that by the end of this flick even fans will be thinking that this wasn't a trip worth taking.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
01/22/02
Bruce Walker
Bruce Walker
Washington Post
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There is nothing more memorable about Vegas Vacation than the flatness of the writing in Elisa Bell's script and the uninspired direction of first-timer Stephen Kessler.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
02/14/01
Jack Mathews
Jack Mathews
Los Angeles Times
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Many gags from the previous movies are repeated

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01/01/00
E! Online

It's not really awful - it's just dull.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
01/01/00
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Full of jokes that fall flat.

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01/01/00
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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The film's only life is provided by Randy Quaid, back as Ellen's redneck cousin.

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01/01/00
Jeff Millar
Jeff Millar
Houston Chronicle
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The first half hour in particular is clogged with wheezing routines that appear to have no punchlines.

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01/01/00
John Hartl
John Hartl
Film.com
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This is not the sort of comedy that asks much of a viewer, and it's not as if you have to engage your brain.

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01/01/00
Liz Braun
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