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Vacation
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6.3Hoping 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.
Cast
- Ed Helms as Rusty Griswold
- Christina Applegate as Debbie Griswold
- Skyler Gisondo as James Griswold
- Steele Stebbins as Kevin Griswold
- Chris Hemsworth as Stone Crandall
- Leslie Mann as Audrey Griswold
Themes
- route 66
- vacation
- grand canyon
- dysfunctional family
- road trip
- sequel
- family vacation
- amusement park
- roller coaster / rollercoaster
- theme park
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Ratings
IMDb
6.2/10
131,461 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
27%
Metacritic
34/100
- Year
- 2015
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Comedy
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- John Francis Daley Jonathan Goldstein
- Written by
- John Francis Daley Jonathan Goldstein
- Based on
- National Lampoon's Vacation , by John Hughes
- Produced by
- Chris Bender David Dobkin
- Starring
- Ed Helms Christina Applegate Leslie Mann Beverly D'Angelo Chevy Chase
- Cinematography
- Barry Peterson
- Edited by
- Jamie Gross
- Music by
- Mark Mothersbaugh
- Production companies
- New Line Cinema RatPac-Dune Entertainment BenderSpink Big Kid Pictures
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Release date
- July 29, 2015 ( 2015-07-29 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 99 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $31 million
- Box office
- $107.2 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Vacation is a 2015 American comedy road movie, written and directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein. It stars Ed Helms, Christina Applegate, Leslie Mann, Beverly D'Angelo, Chris Hemsworth, and Chevy Chase. It is a sequel to Vegas Vacation (1997) and the sixth installment of the Vacation film series.
Vacation was released on July 29, 2015, by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film received generally negative reviews from critics and grossed $107.2 million on a $31 million budget.
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