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

-Lisa AlspectorFull Review

A tepid fourth entry in the popular 1980s series that is decidedly showing its age.

-Todd McCarthyFull Review

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.

-Lawrence Van GelderFull Review

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.

-Bruce WalkerFull Review

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.

-Jack MathewsFull Review

The first half hour in particular is clogged with wheezing routines that appear to have no punchlines.

-John Hartl

Full of jokes that fall flat.

-James BerardinelliFull Review

The film's only life is provided by Randy Quaid, back as Ellen's redneck cousin.

-Jeff Millar

Chase unrolls his tired collection of mugs and stumbles, while some truly funny performers - particularly Sid Caesar and the usually reliable Wallace Shawn - are wasted in do-nothing roles.

-Sean Means

Why, if [Chevy] Chase is such a funny guy, does he make such unfunny movies?

-Mick LaSalleFull Review

Retracing overly traveled roads.

-Susan StarkFull Review

Despite Chevy Chase's decent effort trying to revive the Griswold franchise, VEGAS VACATION is just a big disappointment. This one could have just premiered on TV, as it resembles that sort of mediocrity.

-Austin KennedyFull Review

Lame National Lampoon with usual innuendo, drinking.

-Renee SchonfeldFull Review

...the Griswolds bring down the house.

-Blake FrenchFull Review

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

-Full Review

The fourth and weakest trip with the hapless Griswolds.

-Chuck O'Leary

A high colonic for the brain.

-Martin Scribbs

Stay home!

-James Sanford

It's simply so lacking in attempts at humor that Chase might have had a better chance at coming up with a winner playing a slot machine.

-Scott RenshawFull Review

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

-Full Review

The central idea of the series -- even normal families aren't normal -- apparently isn't completely exhausted yet. I'm surprised at how much I liked this film.

-Mike McGranaghanFull Review

So far from funny it's actually painful to sit through.

-Pat KramerFull Review

There should be a self-help group where insecure people make themselves feel better by constantly repeating: "He's Chevy Chase and I'm not."

-Mark BazerFull Review

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.

-Liz Braun

Somewhere along the way, the filmmakers lost sight of what made the original Vacation funny. It wasn't the actual goal... but the journey.

-Madeleine WilliamsFull Review

This is one vacation that went off the rails from the outset.

-Urban Cinefile CriticsFull Review


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