Vegas Vacation

PG

1997

1h 35m

Comedy

List

15%

33 Reviews

Tomatometer

51%

50,000+ Ratings

Audience Score

The Griswolds are off on a family outing to Las Vegas, where they each have their own misadventures. Hapless dad Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) immediately starts losing money at blackjack, while his wife, Ellen (Beverly D'Angelo), develops a crush on lounge performer Wayne Newton (Wayne Newton). Elsewhere, young Rusty (Ethan Embry) is enthusiastically playing dice, and his sister, Audrey (Marisol Nichols), winds up in seedy nightclubs. Can the family reunite and stay out of trouble?

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Critics Consensus

The Vacation franchise hits rock-bottom in this corny and tepid trip to sinfully laugh-free city.

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Hch

Vegas Vacation is massively underrated...I absolutely love this movie and can't understood the negative reviews?!! It's funny, fun and has lots of cousin Eddie!! European vacation was an awful sequel to Vacation and to me Vegas Vacation is as good as Vacation if not better! Christmas Vacation will always be my number 1 though!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/31/24

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Price M

Best Vacation movie ever!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/28/24

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Chris F

Great movie if you love Vacation and Vegas.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/26/23

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BRENDEN J

Vegas Vacation was a good fun movie and Chevy Chase was funny in this film. But this movie was not as good as the other ones were, anyway, I still recommend it.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

11/09/23

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Lisa L

Cute movie. Love cousin Eddie and Nick Papagiorgio

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/17/23

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Zac

One of the best movies ever. In my top 5.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/24/23

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Stephen Kessler

Director

Chevy Chase

Clark Griswold

Beverly D'Angelo

Ellen Griswold

Randy Quaid

Cousin Eddie

Ethan Embry

Russell "R'usty" Griswold

Marisol Nichols

Audrey Griswold

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Lisa Alspector

Chicago Reader

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

Jul 21, 2009

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Todd McCarthy

Variety

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

Mar 26, 2009

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Bruce Walker

Washington Post

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.

Jan 22, 2002

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Brian Rowe

InSession Film

Pleasant enough to play in the background of your living room while you’re busy doing other things, but this movie is a mostly forgettable trifle that, at best, simply reminds you of all the better films worth watching in the franchise.

May 3, 2023

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Cory Woodroof

615 Film

This was okay; nothing special, kind of amusing.

Jul 17, 2022

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Mal Vincent

The Virginian-Pilot

You'd be wise not to gamble on this.

Rated: 2/4

Mar 2, 2022

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Synopsis

The Griswolds are off on a family outing to Las Vegas, where they each have their own misadventures. Hapless dad Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) immediately starts losing money at blackjack, while his wife, Ellen (Beverly D'Angelo), develops a crush on lounge performer Wayne Newton (Wayne Newton). Elsewhere, young Rusty (Ethan Embry) is enthusiastically playing dice, and his sister, Audrey (Marisol Nichols), winds up in seedy nightclubs. Can the family reunite and stay out of trouble?

Director: Stephen Kessler
Producer: Susan Ekins, Matty Simmons
Screenwriter: Elisa Bell
Production Co: Warner Bros., Jerry Weintraub Productions
Rating: PG
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 15, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA): $36.4M
Runtime: 1h 35m
Sound Mix: Surround

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