National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)

★ 6.2 1h 35m 976 votes IMDb
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The Griswolds win a vacation to Europe on a game show, and so pack their bags for the continent. They do their best to catch the flavor of Europe, but they just don't know how to be be good tourists. Besides, they have trouble taking holidays in countries where they CAN speak the language.

National Lampoon's European Vacation

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Chevy Chase
Chevy Chase as Clark Griswold Age 82 · New York City, New York, U.S Cornelius Crane "Chevy" Chase (born October 8, 1943) is an American comedian, writer, and television and film actor, born into a prominent entertainment industry family. Chase worked a plethora of odd...
Beverly D'Angelo
Beverly D'Angelo as Ellen Griswold Age 74 · Columbus, Ohio, USA Beverly Heather D'Angelo (born November 15, 1951) is an American actress who starred as Ellen Griswold in the National Lampoon's Vacation films (1983–2015). She has appeared in over 60 films and was n...
Dana Hill
Dana Hill as Audrey Griswold Died 1996 · Los Angeles, California, USA Dana Hill (born Dana Lynne Goetz; May 6, 1964 – July 15, 1996) was an American actress and voice actor with a raspy voice and childlike appearance, which allowed her to play adolescent roles into her...
Jason Lively
Jason Lively as Rusty Griswold Age 58 · Carroll County, Illinois, USA Jason Lively, standing in at 6' 2" (1.88 m), was born on March 12, 1968 to Elaine Lively, a talent manager and her first husband Ronnie Lively. He is the brother of Lori Lively and Robyn Lively, and o...
Victor Lanoux
Victor Lanoux as Thief Died 2017 · Paris, France Victor Lanoux (born 18 June 1936 in Paris) is a French actor.He started out in cabaret, where he collaborated with Pierre Richard. He made one of his earliest film appearances in The Shameless Old Lad...
Eric Idle
Eric Idle as The Bike Rider Age 83 · South Shields, County Durham, England, UK Eric Idle (born March 29, 1943) is an English comedian, actor, author, singer, writer, and comedic composer who wrote and performed as a member of the popular British comedy group Monty Python..

Audience Reviews

r96sk 6/10 Feb 05, 2025
<em>'National Lampoon’s European Vacation'</em> largely disappoints. The opening events in England are its peak, a couple of moments produced a few chuckles; even if they were stupid scenes, good stupid though. Once leaving British borders, I did find it much more dull.

The writers sure dislike the French, eh? One of two creepy gags to do with the young daughter takes place with a Frenchman, the other with the American host <i>(was it a Family Feud spoof? Makes it *slightly* less weird)</i> - I was gonna say it has aged badly, but was it ever not an odd choice of joke? On the note of her, Audrey and Rusty are recast in this.

Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo do return and are as they were before. The most interesting bits in regards to the cast, for me anyway, are the appearances of Robbie Coltrane and Eric Idle. The running gag with the latter actor is probably the best part of this movie, to be honest.

These (first two, at least) films are at least short at 90 minutes and it is cool see to see them travel and film on location throughout all the different places shown. As for the nitty-gritty, though, I can't say I'd recommend this one. It misses a fun ending, which the original had.

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