Seriously, if everyone would just chill tfo about wanting to compare this version with the original version, you would find this movie is hilarious. First time in years I didn't want to punch Ed Helms in the face after watching him in a movie. The two actors who play the boys in the movie are great. But the gem and queen of this movie is Christina Applegate. All in all, a really funny movie, a lot better than internet trolls have shown it. I just hope the 100 million worldwide gross will generate a remake of Xmas Vacation. I will admit that Chris Hemsworth, Charlie Day, Kaitlyn Olson, Michael Pena, Nick Kroll, either Key or Peele, are great in their own small role way. However, this movie does not provide the Cousin Ed role made famous by Canadian truffle sniffer Randy Quaid.

There were some good laughs, and although at points it was a little ridiculous, that ridiculousness managed to somewhat lend itself to the laughs.Another nice aspect of this movie is that, it kind of tried to steer away to some extent, from the predictability of these type of movies. Sure, a large part of it was very predictable, but, it tried with others, and I appreciated that.Overall, Vacation was pretty much what I always expected it to be, and it met those expectations quite well. Usually these road trip type comedy flicks, filled with a bunch of unnecessary spectacle end up feeling way too long, even with their usual 1 hr 30 min running time, but this film filled up that time with some palatable content for the most part. 5.7/10.P.S. Chris Hemsworth continues to deliver terrible, terrible American accents, and I have a feeling this film was just a disposable/replaceable playground to further practice his accent without consequence.

I loved all the other Vacation movies. They had charm, character and most importantly for a comedy, laughs.This movie 'Vacation', is NOTHING like the others. It's full of filthy unnecessary language, stupid scenarios, and vile, unlikable characters. The youngest son is by far the most obnoxious, unrealistic, unpleasant brat I've seen in any movie. The character is just not funny.No spoilers here, just an opinion that if you liked the previous vacation movies, you're going to be so disappointed in this one. A total let down and a disgrace to the Griswald name.Painful to watch, but I stuck with it to see if it got any better...it didn't.

The original National Lampoon's Vacation from 1983 had Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) having a shambolic journey to Wally World. It was a madcap and funny film.This modern re-boot sees Clark's now grown up son Rusty (Ed Helms) a pilot with a budget airline recreating the same journey with his family as he did when he was a kid.Along the way the family has mishaps, being chased across the country by a demented trucker, swimming in a hot spring which is full of raw sewage, going white water rafting with a suicidal guy, having their car ransacked.The humour is more course, cruder and infantile than the original film. Helms might look goofy but he does not have the comedic skills of Chevy Chase and even his screen wife Christina Applegate out acts him here. Worse still were Rusty's kids who were weird and just off putting.Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo make cameo appearances as Rusty's parents but this film is only mildly amusing and a disappointment.