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National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)

R 99 minutes EN Comedy , Adventure

Every summer Chevy Chase takes his family on a little trip. This year he went too far.

Clark Griswold is on a quest to take his family to the Walley World theme park for a vacation, but things don't go exactly as planned.

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Chevy Chase

Clark Griswold

Beverly D'Angelo

Ellen Griswold

Anthony Michael Hall

Rusty Griswold

Imogene Coca

Aunt Edna

Randy Quaid

Cousin Eddie

Dana Barron

Audrey Griswold

Eddie Bracken

Roy Walley

Brian Doyle-Murray

Kamp Komfort Clerk

Miriam Flynn

Cousin Catherine

James Keach

Motorcycle Cop

Eugene Levy

Car Salesman

Frank McRae

Grover

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Victor J. Kemper

Director of Photography

Ralph Burns

Original Music Composer

Pembroke J. Herring

Editor

Lindsey Buckingham

Songs

Jack T. Collis

Production Design

Dick Ziker

Stunt Coordinator

Harold Ramis

Director

Robert P. Cohen

First Assistant Director

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'National Lampoon’s Vacation' is a little underwhelming, I thought it was going to be more amusing than it is, though I think there's enough to it that's worth watching. The fun ending with John Candy is what probably nudges this into the rating that I've given.
Chevy Chase is at the forefront of the humour, as anticipated. I would've liked him to a bit more of a bumbling mess than he is, a more dumbed down deadpan delivery would've been more funny. He is shown as an idiot, but not as much as one as the character actually is.
Beverly D'Angelo is good alongside Chase. The kid actors, which notably includes Anthony Michael Hall, are fairly solid in this movie too. The earlier mentioned Candy is alright, he has obviously done far better, and there is also an appearance from Eugene Levy, albeit a fairly tiny one.

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Production companies: Warner Bros. Pictures

Production countries: United States of America

Budget: $15,000,000

Revenue: $61,400,000

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R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian 21 or older. The parent/guardian is required to stay with the child under 17 through the entire movie, even if the parent gives the child/teenager permission to see the film alone. These films may contain strong profanity, graphic sexuality, nudity, strong violence, horror, gore, and strong drug use. A movie rated R for profanity often has more severe or frequent language than the PG-13 rating would permit. An R-rated movie may have more blood, gore, drug use, nudity, or graphic sexuality than a PG-13 movie would admit.)

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