Vacation

Like father, like son. Young Rusty Griswold (Ed Helms) has grown up and has a family of his own. He’s planned to take his wife (Christina Applegate) and kids on vacation to Walley World as his family did all those years ago. Along the way the relive memories, visit with extended family, see national monuments, get in a lot of trouble, and mostly just dislike each other.

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There is a lot of objectionable content in Vacation, from nudity, scatological humor, profanity (140 instances), bodily fluids (swimming in feces, vomit), implications of molestation – a combination of visual and spoken crudity that ClearPlay snips. But even ClearPlayed, the movie has a nastiness of disharmony that is more depressing than funny. Somewhere deep at the bottom of the film lies a kernel of hope that a family can overcome its differences. I’d keep younger viewers away ... and most older viewers.

You won’t Chase me away from this Vacation, will you?...

I have good memories of the first Vacation, but didn’t care much for the franchise after that. And truth be told, there are some laughs to be had in this reboot. But the core of the film misses badly. I would imagine if people are bent on seeing Vacation, they’ll see it in spite of bad reviews or negative word of mouth. But if you’re taking the time off, there are so many better destinations.

Marty Nabhan, ClearPlay Bureau of Tourism

Rated R for crude and sexual content and language throughout, and brief graphic nudity; 99 Mins Directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan M. Goldstein