Review of National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) by Stéphan R — 27 Dec 2015

National Lampoon's Vacation is the film that got everybody famous, Harold Ramis, Chevy Chase, and John Hughes, which really shows in this hilarious classic comedy that kept itself nice, short, and sweet.

The film is about the Griswold family that goes on a road trip vacation to Wally World, but there are obstacles that are gonna stand in their way from it. It does set u up to get to know the Griswold family, and they are just as a normal family as it is in real life, except for other family members, and they are pretty funny.

Chevy Chase is really good and has the comedic timing perfectly for the film. The writing by John Hughes is really good and goes on joke after joke which all hit bullseye. You can see the character progression while the movie keeps going which is very relatable and it does make people want to snap and have an outburst.

The family members are a lot of fun to watch like Aunt Edna and Cousin Eddie. There were some parts that I thought was gonna lead to the same cliched tropes and is not gonna make the film do any better, but it surprisingly doesn't and handles the part very well which you don't see that often.

If you haven't seen the film, you should really check it out, you won't regret it.