Review of National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985) by Adrian W — 20 Jun 2015

Felt like it was dragging and expected around the end. (1 time, June 2015) AMC.

This review of National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985) was written by Adrian W on 20 Jun 2015.

National Lampoon's European Vacation has generally received mixed reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of National Lampoon's European Vacation

Review of National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)

By Chili D (8) on 14 Sep 2015

Not having Ramis to direct and Randy Quaid as cousin Eddie may be what hurt this film. But no matter what it's hard to follow a classic…

Read Review

Review of National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)

By Andres K (16) on 03 Sep 2016

Super hilarious the pioneer from the movies comedies from the last 31 years…

Read Review

Review of National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)

By William C (881) on 28 Jan 2015

Grade:Low 6/10 National Lampoons European Vacation is a film that although never lives up it's very good starting film, still manages a few…

Read Review

Review of National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)

By Jacob B (1,524) on 24 Mar 2018

Look, I like John Hughes regardless of whether he's directing or just the writer but European Vacation just isn't as good as the other two…

Read Review

Review of National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)

By Jeremiah M (118) on 23 Aug 2013

I own this on DVD in a three movie pack along with: * National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) * National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) * Vegas…

Read Review

Review of National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)

By Kaden A (9) on 13 Aug 2017

European Vacation isn't a terrible sequel but it just doesn't hold up and get anywhere near being as good and the first movie…

Read Review

Review of National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)

By Alec B (1,705) on 02 Jun 2018

Hilarious addition to the National Lapoon's series…

Read Review

Review of National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)

By Clinton E (111) on 17 Jul 2013

I liked it, but it wasn't as funny as the other ones. it had its moments of laughs, but not as much as the others…

Read Review

Review of National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)

By Ethan B (398) on 03 Jul 2015

Unfunny and conventional. What a weak follow up…

Read Review

Review of National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)

By Becs D (120) on 15 Aug 2014

(First and only viewing - In my early twenties)…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of The Avengers (1998)

By Keith Phipps (1,177) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 17 Sep 2011

It's almost fascinating to witness just how lousy The Avengers really is…

Read Review

Review of Look Who's Talking Too (1990)

By Mani B (52) on 03 Jul 2012

A completely different film than the first one turns a sweet little story to a dirty-minded, annoying flick…

Read Review

Review of Half Baked (1998)

By David Luty (29) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 01 Jan 2000

The film, in spite of any plot, is one sketch after another, some of which fall flat, some of which fall flatter…

Read Review

Review of 11:14 (2004)

By Wet Wire (13) on 16 Sep 2009

Cannot believe how well received this piece of crap was. It's been done many times before, and done better every single time…

Read Review

Review of Look Who's Talking (1989)

By Csj (4) on 26 May 2017

Quite candidly one of the worst movies that I have ever seen…

Read Review

Review of The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997)

By Rob Gonsalves (1,031) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 26 Sep 2007

You have to be a Bill Murray fan, or in an especially generous mood, to find The Man Who Knew Too Little more than mildly amusing…

Read Review

Review of Now and Then (1995)

By Ash J (272) on 20 Sep 2010

I fell asleep on it. May have a bit too much estrogen for my taste here…

Read Review

Review of Private Parts (1997)

By Jeremy S (1,980) on 27 May 2010

If all I did was talk about body parts and have porn stars on I would be pretty funny as well. The movie is one side Bio by him sorry just stupid…

Read Review

Review of Thank You for Smoking (2005)

By Scott M (2,584) on 10 Apr 2017

Movie about a liar who goes around telling people that cigarettes are not bad for you. Smiling and laughing behind your back…

Read Review

Review of EuroTrip (2004)

By Eric Lurio (584) for Greenwich Village Gazette (481) on 04 Mar 2004

Slapstick is hard to do, but Schaffer and friends manage to pull it off…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Parasite

2019

87%251 Reviews

Upgrade

2018

76%696 Reviews

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

2021

66%228 Reviews

A Quiet Place

2018

76%1,685 Reviews

The Judge

2014

67%866 Reviews

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

2023

79%186 Reviews

No Hard Feelings

2023

65%90 Reviews

The Batman

2022

75%430 Reviews

The Killing of a Sacred Deer

2017

69%660 Reviews

Split

2017

71%1,218 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

National Lampoon's European Vacation

1985

57%476 Reviews

A Quiet Place

2016

73%1,207 Reviews

The Killing of John Lennon

2007

55%105 Reviews

Eli

2019

60%17 Reviews

Flight World War II

2015

40%13 Reviews

The Firm

1993

68%499 Reviews

The Silence of the Lambs

1991

87%964 Reviews

Darling Lili

1970

62%27 Reviews

The Disaster Artist

2017

76%940 Reviews

Airplane!

1980

79%803 Reviews