As bad and unfunny as the material is, it’s matched neck-and-neck by bad and unfunny performances from Vanessa Williams, Bow Wow, Solange Knowles, Shannon Elizabeth, and the generally reliable Steve Harvey.
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04/12/04
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Johnson Family Vacation (2004)
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Reviews Counted:89
Fresh:5
Rotten:84
Average Rating:3.3/10
Consensus: The poorly crafted Johnson Family Vacation squanders its talented cast in a bland family road comedy that draws unfavorable comparisons to Chevy Chase's Vacation movies.
Theatrical Release:Apr 7, 2004 Wide
Box Office: $31,038,582
Synopsis: AAA can't help the roadside emergency that is the JOHNSON FAMILY VACATION. Even the onboard navigation system has a meltdown on Nate Johnson (Cedric The Entertainer) and his family's cross-country... [More]
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Reviews for Johnson Family Vacation
As arduous to watch as your neighbor’s poorly focused vacation slides.
04/11/04
More disappointing than outright disappointment, it has the feeling of being just one rewrite, one take, one more second of comedic timing off.
04/11/04
...a punishing and weary family farce...the monotonous moments are as lost and aimless as a harried nomad with amnesia...the slapstick energy is undeniably mawkish
04/11/04
continually plays it safe and goofy, and doesn’t allow anyone to let loose
04/09/04
Single-handedly saving a movie may be a tall order for a short-legged clown, but Cedric the Entertainer is the best (and probably only) reason to take this Vacation.
04/09/04
Top CriticThis family vacation runs out of gas long before its destination.
04/09/04
Goal: family reunion in Missouri. Itinerary: bad gags.
04/09/04
A tedious outing.
04/09/04
If you've seen the Griswolds go off on any of those National Lampoon holidays, you've sort of already experienced Johnson Family Vacation.
04/09/04
Writers Todd R. Jones and Earl Richey Jones come up with only predictable road-trip comedy involving speeding, littering, a leaky cement mixer, an empty gas tank and bad fast-food.
04/09/04
If laughs are the currency of any comedy, then this one pays minimum wage.
04/09/04
Johnson Family Vacation is warmed-over sitcom fare, different only in that it’s a black family rather than a white family going through the mill.
04/09/04
A lonely highway of tedium and tired jokes.
04/09/04
It was probably a sign that I was in for a rough time when I first checked my watch and discovered the movie had only been running for eleven minutes.
04/08/04
Solange's costumes are fashionably skimpy and her cell phone seems attached to her face.
04/08/04
Appallingly unfunny...About as stimulating as an actual 300-mile drive across the desert wastelands of Arizona and New Mexico.
04/08/04
Tired and glib, it tries to milk humor from the sniping, sass and simple disrespect of its unpleasant traveling companions.
04/08/04
Johnson Family Vacation affords the viewer a single offering of suspense in wondering just how the mode of transportation (a very souped-up Lincoln) will be destroyed.
04/08/04
...leaves you with little to do but ponder which of the annoying family members should be booted out of the car first.
04/08/04
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January 04, 2006:
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For those who can't get enough of the schtick doled out in movies like "National Lampoon's Vacation" and "Johnson Family Vacation," get ready for the Barry... More...
December 20, 2005:
Another One of Those Darn Family Vacations...
We've been waiting patiently and now, finally, comes news from The Hollywood Reporter regarding a sequel that will rock the whole universe. Yes, it's time for "Johnson... More...
November 17, 2005:
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