Vacation
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: July 29, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
34
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 33 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
14
Negative:
14
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38
Rolling StonePeter TraversJul 29, 2015
Leslie Mann and wild-card Chris Hemsworth, as her cock-flashing hubby, get the heartiest hoots. The rest is comic history warmed over. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeTy BurrJul 28, 2015
What’s interesting about Vacation is that it holds on to the original’s acrid cynicism for the first 40 minutes or so before turning predictable and bland. There are some real, nasty laughs to be had here, but they’re front-loaded. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreJul 27, 2015
With every desperate F-bomb, every “Dad, what’s a rim job?” crudity, every crass overreach into vulgarity, Vacation feels pointless, dated and dirty. Read full review
25
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyJul 28, 2015
Vacation is, minute to minute, one of the most repellent, mean-spirited gross-out comedies it’s ever been my squirmy displeasure to sit through. Read full review
25
The PlaylistKevin JagernauthJul 28, 2015
Carelessly crass, and yet enthusiastically performed, the film does at least offer the curious spectacle of witnessing strings of jokes energetically thud in a movie that's not worth the commute to your nearest multiplex. Read full review
25
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperJul 28, 2015
I’m all for bawdy, politically incorrect, wildly inappropriate humor — when there are consistent and genuine laughs to be mined from the material. This stuff just sits there like a steaming pile of stuff you walk around. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineEric HendersonJul 28, 2015
Father doesn't just know best, he's the only one whose knowledge or lack thereof means anything at all. Read full review
20
Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenJul 29, 2015
One of the unfunniest comedies it’s ever been my misfortune to see. Read full review
20
Time OutDavid EhrlichJul 27, 2015
These charmless characters are meant to learn that spending time with each other isn’t so bad, yet surviving 100 minutes with them is one of the great cinematic endurance tests of our time. Read full review
20
VarietyScott FoundasJul 27, 2015
Key to the success of the Vacation movies was their underlying sweetness — the sense that, for all their foibles, the Griswolds were a surprisingly functional lot. Families looked up at the screen and saw a version of themselves reflected back. Look at the new Vacation and all that stares back is a great comic void. Read full review
12
Washington PostStephanie MerryJul 29, 2015
For the most part, Vacation is a sad, cynical rip-off of writer John Hughes’s source material. No one expects originality, but the new movie may end up making history: It’s already looking like the worst movie of the year. Read full review
12
New York PostLou LumenickJul 28, 2015
The geniuses behind the new film just don’t understand the difference between genuine subversiveness and pointless vulgarity. Read full review
0
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyJul 30, 2015
Unlike Griswold vacations past, the peril in which the family finds itself isn’t leavened by anything funny. Read full review
0
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsJul 28, 2015
If any of this was surprising or cleverly timed, you'd laugh and then cringe. In Vacation you cringe first and ask questions later. Read full review
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