Vegas Vacation 1997

Critics score:
13 / 100

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Susan Stark, Detroit News: Retracing overly traveled roads. Read more

Lawrence Van Gelder, New York Times: To the legions who have returned as losers from the glitzy playgrounds of the Nevada desert can now be added the people responsible for Vegas Vacation. Read more

Jack Mathews, Los Angeles Times: There is nothing more memorable about Vegas Vacation than the flatness of the writing in Elisa Bell's script and the uninspired direction of first-timer Stephen Kessler. Read more

Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader: The subplots involving D'Angelo and Newton and Ethan Embry -- the Griswolds' son, who can't stop winning -- have their charms. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Full of jokes that fall flat. Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: Why, if [Chevy] Chase is such a funny guy, does he make such unfunny movies? Read more

Todd McCarthy, Variety: A tepid fourth entry in the popular 1980s series that is decidedly showing its age. Read more

Bruce Walker, Washington Post: I'll lay you 3-to-1 odds that by the end of this flick even fans will be thinking that this wasn't a trip worth taking. Read more