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Vegas Vacation

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Vegas Vacation (1997)

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Reviews Counted: 22 Fresh: 2  Rotten:20 Average Rating: 3.6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins
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. [More]
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. [Less]

Genre: Comedies

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

DVD Info

Release:

Oct 7, 2003

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Snap Case
  • Widescreen - 1.85

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - French

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06/24/06 03:34 AM
JoBlo
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The fourth and weakest trip with the hapless Griswolds.

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10/06/05 10:27 PM
Chuck O'Leary
Fantastica Daily
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09/27/05 07:38 AM
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
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A high colonic for the brain.

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07/05/04 05:46 PM
Martin Scribbs
Low IQ Canadian
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Stay home!

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09/21/03 01:41 PM
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette
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08/22/03 04:55 PM
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
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05/20/03 05:14 PM
Lawrence Van Gelder
New York Times
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02/16/03 09:35 AM
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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07/30/02 08:00 AM
Blake French
NutzWorld
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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.

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01/22/02 03:13 PM
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.

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02/14/01 12:37 AM
Jack Mathews
Los Angeles Times
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It's not really awful - it's just dull.

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01/01/00 12:00 AM
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
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Many gags from the previous movies are repeated

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01/01/00 12:00 AM
E! Online
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Full of jokes that fall flat.

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01/01/00 12:00 AM
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 12:00 AM
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 12:00 AM
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 12:00 AM
Liz Braun
Jam! Movies
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Somewhere along the way, the filmmakers lost sight of what made the original Vacation funny. It wasn't the actual goal... but the journey.

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01/01/00 12:00 AM
Madeleine Williams
Cinematter
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Why, if [Chevy] Chase is such a funny guy, does he make such unfunny movies?

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01/01/00 12:00 AM
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
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01/01/00 12:00 AM
Mike McGranaghan
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