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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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Total FilmJane CrowtherAug 19, 2015
Sweet, self-aware and silly, the new Vacation doesn’t destroy memories or alienate newcomers – but neither does it break the mould. Read full review
60
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeJul 27, 2015
Vacation does occasionally spring to life, delivering the kind of ouch-inducing humor of personal humiliation and bad luck that we’ve come to know from the ongoing adventures of the Griswold family. But while those laughs are welcome, there aren’t quite enough of them to sustain the experience. Read full review
58
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallJul 27, 2015
Vacation is a Gen X comedy franchise rebooted exactly how audiences can expect in 2015, bawdier and less likable than whatever classic inspires it. Read full review
50
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzJul 30, 2015
This is a funny movie, in places. Read full review
50
HitfixDrew McWeenyJul 28, 2015
The biggest problem I have is that the film seems determined to push the outrageousness as far as possible, and there comes a point where it just stops working because it's all so outrageous. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerMolly EichelJul 28, 2015
There's nothing to say that crass can't be funny - and it sometimes is in Daley and Goldstein's iteration - but Vacation loses any of the ooey-gooey, family-friendly heart that made you really want Clark to get to Walley World to begin with. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerJul 28, 2015
It’s just a middling cover of a pretty good old song, adrift in the present day. Read full review
50
Portland OregonianJeff BakerJul 28, 2015
Nothing really connects, not the bullying brothers, not the frustrated parents, not the sight gags familiar to anyone who's seen the giveaway trailer. The whole production has a cheap, tacky look that the talented leads, Helms and Applegate, can't save despite considerable charm and effort. Read full review
40
EmpireSimon CrookAug 19, 2015
Less a reboot, more a hit-and-miss cover-version. The cast are game, Applegate especially, but the laughs flatten like a deflated tyre. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesRebecca KeeganJul 28, 2015
The new Vacation turns out to be a mostly bumpy, unpleasant trip. Read full review
40
Village VoiceStephanie ZacharekJul 28, 2015
This new Vacation is hardly an improvement on the old Vacation, and may in fact be worse. Neither of them, to borrow the immortal words of the Go-Go's, is all we ever wanted. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierJul 28, 2015
After a while, Vacation starts to reek like a car when the kids have their shoes off. Really, though, that stench is a studio digging through its old titles, trying to find something fresh to remake. Read full review
40
The GuardianJordan HoffmanJul 27, 2015
Helms, a funny performer, is just the face of a mining expedition for easy yuks out of a recognised title. What that says about our regurgitative culture is rather depressing. There’s so much nostalgia on our screens right now. I could really use a vacation. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterStephen FarberJul 27, 2015
The filmmakers’ unsubtle style is responsible for killing many of the jokes. But they do succeed with several of the performers. Read full review
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