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6.3/10 • 3.7K

2015-07-281h 39m

Comedy

What could go wrong?

Hoping to bring his family closer together and to recreate his childhood vacation for his own kids, a grown up Rusty Griswold takes his wife and their two sons on a cross-country road trip to the coolest theme park in America, Walley World. Needless to say, things don't go quite as planned.

Directors
John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein
Writters
John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein
Characters
John Francis Daley, John Hughes
Editors
John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein, Jamie Gross

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Ed Helms

    Ed Helms

    Rusty Griswold

  2. Christina Applegate

    Christina Applegate

    Debbie Griswold

  3. Skyler Gisondo

    Skyler Gisondo

    James Griswold

  4. Steele Stebbins

    Steele Stebbins

    Kevin Griswold

  5. Chris Hemsworth

    Chris Hemsworth

    Stone Crandall

  6. Leslie Mann

    Leslie Mann

    Audrey Griswold

  7. Chevy Chase

    Chevy Chase

    Clark Griswold

  8. Beverly D'Angelo

    Beverly D'Angelo

    Ellen Griswold

  9. Charlie Day

    Charlie Day

    Chad

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Reno

Nov 23, 2016

7/10

When the family vacation turns into a nightmare! Having not seen any previous films in this series, I had nothing to compare with it and to blame for. Though I have seen many similar films, but it was not as bad as they say. In this kind of theme, the basic storyline always remains same, the remaining parts like the characters, locations and the diversions in the story developments are the key. I think they did that decently, the two new directors who also penned the screenplay. Well, this is the story of the Griswold family of a couple and their two teen sons. After realising his family is spiritless with the normal life, the husband surprises his wife and the children to go a vacation. The trip is supposed to have fun, but they find hard to come along in a single mood as a family. Meanwhile, their journey begins to face many hurdles, though they are not giving up. So how memorable their adventure becomes is what unfolds in the remaining section. The cast was good. Both, Ed Helms and Chritina Applegate was impressive, though the film is not laudable. Not all the jokes, but some of them were really cool and most of them were adult stuffs. Yep, this is an R rating film, not a family film, despite the impression you get from its posters. So for the grown ups, this is not a bad film to give a try. I can't suggest or reject on the merit of its previous installments, because I've already given the reason. People like me can definitely have a good time with it. 6.5/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$31,000,000.00
Revenue
$104,400,000.00
Keywords
route 66vacationgrand canyondysfunctional familyroad tripsequelfamily vacationamusement parkroller coaster / rollercoastertheme parkplano texasairplane pilotchildhood memorycomedy of errorsmarried with children