National Lampoon's European Vacation

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r96 s 'National Lampoon’s European Vacation' largely disappoints. The opening events in England are its peak, a couple of moments produced a few chuckles; even if they were stupid scenes, good stupid though. Once leaving British borders, I did find it much more dull. The writers sure dislike the French, eh? One of two creepy gags to do with the young daughter takes place with a Frenchman, the other with the American host (was it a Family Feud spoof? Makes it slightly less weird) - I was gonna say it has aged badly, but was it ever not an odd choice of joke? On the note of her, Audrey and Rusty are recast in this. Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo do return and are as they were before. The most interesting bits in regards to the cast, for me anyway, are the appearances of Robbie Coltrane and Eric Idle. The running gag with the latter actor is probably the best part of this movie, to be honest. These (first two, at least) films are at least short at 90 minutes and it is cool see to see them travel and film on location throughout all the different places shown. As for the nitty-gritty, though, I can't say I'd recommend this one. It misses a fun ending, which the original had. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/05/25 Full Review juan c Very Hilarious Sequel to the 1st One 😅😅but the rating was wrong in my opinion this is rated R & the 1st one PG-13 because it shows more breast nudity & language..The 1st is good but this is more hilarious 😅😅 need to pay more attention on the rating .. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/14/24 Full Review mark g This movie was awful. Lacked writing, supporting cast, everything. I know some people will knock it because in comparison to the original it fell off so dramatically, this is true. However, even if there was no first one, this movie would absolutely suck. Awful, just awful. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 08/04/24 Full Review Daniel M Caught it on TV and it was nostalgic watching it after so many years Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 07/07/24 Full Review Dinos K the first movie was very funny but this sequel didn't make me laugh except for very few moments. Please, don't make another one Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 04/14/24 Full Review Blu B It's not the funniest thing in the world and it's defintely a let down from the first one but it has some good things about it. The acting, music, and cinematography isn't bad. Chevy Chase is the best thing in this and still has that goofy likeability from the first and everyone else is half decent. The central problem of all of it is this just isn't as funny compared to the first, not even clsoe. Lots of jokes just fall flat or over my head sometimes even. It does help though it is interesting to look at because of all the different locations which are memorable. It's got a lot of variety but it doesn't really meld together for anything special or funny. Another big culprit is the editing which isn't that good. In the first they wanted to get to Wally World, here it feels like there really isn't any particular end goal and it feels like they're just wandering kind of aimlessly at times. It feels like jokes and stuff just happens with no particular plot to unite them all behind which is quite shocking considering this is a John Hughes script in his prime. This does have a ok pacing at least. Honestly, there isn't enough here to laugh at or recommend especially compared to the other entries of this franchise. Skip This and just watch 1 & 3. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/01/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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