RELEASE DATE: July 29, 2015
STUDIO: New Line Cinema (Warner Bros.)DIRECTORS: John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein
MPAA RATING: R (for crude and sexual content and language throughout, and brief graphic nudity)
SCREENWRITERS: John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein
STARRING: Ed Helms, Christina Applegate, Leslie Mann, Beverly D'Angelo, Skyler Gisondo, Steele Stebbins, Chris Hemsworth, Chevy Chase
GENRE: Comedy
SUMMARY: The next generation of Griswolds is at it again—and on the road for another ill-fated adventure. Following in his father’s footsteps and hoping for some much-needed family bonding, a grown-up Rusty Griswold (Ed Helms) surprises his wife, Debbie (Christina Applegate), and their two sons with a cross-country trip back to America’s “favorite family fun park,” Walley World.
REVIEWS: This movie is new generation of the beloved Vacation movies. Of course a 2015 comedy has to be cruder. It's funny more often than not. The Grand Canyon rafting scene is really laugh out loud.
Rusty is now a regional airline pilot. Ed Helms is competent if a bit old. Christina Applegate plays his wife. She is as always very likable and carries off the less funny parts with enough charm to make them bearable. The kids are okay too with the bullying thing. Chris Hemsworth is quite funny and well cast as Rusty's brother in law they drop in to visit on the way to Wally World. Ron Livingston is well cast as an obnoxious pilot. Beverly d'Angelo and a much heavier Chevy Chase make an appearance.
Overall liked the updating, it has enough homage to the older movies and shows the formula still works.
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