National Lampoon's Vacation

"Every summer Chevy Chase takes his family on a little trip. This year he went too far."

Jul 29 1983 R 1h 38m
Adventure, Comedy

Clark Griswold is on a quest to take his family to the Walley World theme park for a vacation, but things don't go exactly as planned.

Plot

Having it all planned down to the last detail, the American, well-meaning paterfamilias, Clark Griswold, and his supportive wife, Ellen, take their two teenage children, Rusty and Audrey, on a cross-country trip from the suburbs of Chicago, all the way to sunny California's Walley World amusement park. However, anything that can go wrong will go wrong, and before long, Ellen's cousin, Catherine, and her husband, Eddie, enter the picture, and Clark is on the verge of blowing a gasket. Now, Roy Walley's wonderful park seems so far away, and even though the prospect of a clandestine meeting with the alluring blonde in a fast, 1981 Ferrari 308 GTSi sounds tempting, Clark must do the right thing, and find the promised land. How hard can it be to have the perfect vacation?

Written by

John Hughes

Directed by

Harold Ramis

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

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127,733
Average Rating
7.3 out of 10
Metascore
55
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